Benue: Communal clashes, herdsmen attacks claim 80 lives in four months
There is utter outrage and disquiet in Benue state at the moment over the spate of communal crisis and herdsmen attacks in parts of the state in the last few weeks amid the scourge of the novel Coronavirus pandemic that has precipitated a sharp downturn in the economic fortunes of the ordinary man.
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COVID-19: Alleged Benue State index case demands rerun of test
Health minister, governor agreed to resolve the controversy – Elder brother By Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale As controversy trails the purported COVID-19 index case in Benue State, the family of Mrs Susan Okpe Idoko Lawani, the woman at the centre of the controversy, has demanded a rerun of the coronavirus test which earlier indicated she […]
Makurdi Court convicts 18-year-old herder for violating Benue grazing law
By Peter Duru, Makurdi A Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Mr. Isaac Ajim, yesterday convicted and sentenced an 18-year-old herdsman, Adamu Golle to one-year imprisonment for violating the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of Benue State, 2017. Earlier, the Prosecuting Police Officer, Assistant Superintendent, ASP Hyacinth Gbakor, told the court that […]
COVID-19: Benue index case refusing to cooperate to enable contact tracing – Benue Deputy Gov
By Peter Duru Chairman of the Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 and Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Benson Abounu has alleged that index case in the state has refusing to cooperate with his committee to enable contact tracing in the state. The Deputy Governor who made this known yesterday at the end of […]
Gov Ortom imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on Benue
Gov Samuel Ortom has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Benue to curtail further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Ortom announced the curfew in a radio broadcast to the state on Sunday in Makurdi. He said the decision became imperative following the discovery of the index case of coronavirus in the state and […]
Benue State records first case of coronavirus
By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday reported that Benue State has recorded its first case of the coronavirus disease. NCDC revealed this in its recent update that also stated Nigeria’s total cases of confirmed victims of the COVID-19 has risen to 89 from the previous 81 which was reported […]
