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 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 […]

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 […]

Hold Jumaat prayers in Makurdi By Peter Duru – Makurdi Muslims in Makurdi the Benue state capital Friday held their Jumaat prayers in defiance of the state government’s order banning congregational and religious gatherings to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state government had last Tuesday after an expanded State Executive Council, […]

The Defence Headquarters says the troops of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ deployed in Benue has recovered a large cache of weapons from fleeing bandits in Odogoke and Odejo communities in Agatu Local Area of the state. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Onyeuko […]