Govt yet to diagnose nature, source of strange ailment in Benue — Health Commissioner
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State Government has explained that medical experts from the state are still battling hard to successfully diagnose and ascertain the nature and source of the strange ailment that broke out two weeks ago at Oye-Obi settlement, an Island bordering Obi and Oju Local Government Areas, LGA, of the state. […]
Benue records 101 fire outbreaks in 11 months — Fire service
The Benue Fire Service on Monday said that the state recorded a total of 101 fire outbreaks between January and November 2019.
1,118 pregnant mothers out of 100,000 die in Benue from childbirth complications — Report
MoreHealth Africa donates 100 maternal delivery kits to the stem tide Mrs. Ortom sets up Integrated Health Facility to fight menace By Peter Duru – Makurdi No fewer than 1,118 pregnant mothers out of 100,000 die annually in Benue state as a result of complications arising from childbirth. The Executive Director of MoreHealth Africa, Dr. […]
Benue govt queries 20 LG Directors over poor immunization exercise
…..Inaugurates Taskforce on immunisation By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue state government has issued queries to 20 Directors in selected Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state over poor performances during immunisation exercises in the said LGAs. Executive Secretary of Benue State Primary HealthCare Board, Dr. Bem Ageda made this known during measles and meningitis […]
Rainfall: Benue rice farmers expect low yield
Some rice farmers in Benue have predicted low harvest due to excessive rainfall experienced in the area this year. The farmers made the observation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Makurdi. A farmer, Mr. Tse Tyotimat, said the constant rainfall in the state would have a negative effect […]
I have dismantled devils in Benue Govt. House ― Ortom
….they cannot come near him again. Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue said on Sunday in Makurdi that he had dismantled all negative tendencies often believed to deter progress in the Government House and the state. Ortom said this during a Special Thanksgiving Service organised in his honour by the Independent Print-Media Publishers Association of Nigeria […]
Gunmen kill Radio Nigeria staff, one other in Benue ― Police
The Benue Police Command on Sunday confirmed the assassination of Mr Patrick Kumbul, head of ICT, Radio Nigeria Harvest FM Makurdi, and one Shongo Wuester by unknown gunmen in Makurdi. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the victims were killed […]
Benue police arrest teacher who allegedly raped JSS1 student
Benue Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school teacher, Terseer Maikyo for allegedly raping a JSS 1 student in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press statement on Friday, 25th Oct. signed by the Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sewuese Anene and made available to the […]
Miyetti Allah did not claim responsibility for killings in Benue, want peace ― Onyema
By Lawani Mikairu Chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, FEHN, and the Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema who brokered the peace meeting between the Fulani socio-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and Benue state government has reacted to the reports indicating that Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore apologised for the killings in […]
Fulani Socio-cultural organization apologises to Benue over herdsmen attacks
By Peter Duru The Fulani Socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, has apologized to the government and people of Benue state over herdsmen attacks and killings in the state in 2018. National Secretary of the organization, Alhaji Alhassan Saleh, tendered the apology Saturday at a peace meeting brokered by the Chairman of Air Peace, […]
Lassa Fever: NCDC confirms five deaths in outbreak in Benue
By Peter Duru, Makurdi National Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 21 suspected cases and five deaths in the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever in Benue state. Programs Officer, Risk Communications Desk, NCDC, Mrs. Hanatu Bello who made the disclosure yesterday in Makurdi said “since the beginning of the year, there have been 21 […]
