COVID-19: Muslims defy Benue govt’s ban on religious gathering
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, […]
UNICEF/DFID to support Benue state attain ODF status
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, with financial support from the Department for International Development, DFID has pledged sustained support for Benue to enable the state attain Open Defecation Free, ODF, status by 2025.
Benue fisherman beats wife to death over missing N5,000
By Peter Duru A 42-year-old fisherman, Patrick Ejiro Wednesday morning in Tyomu community on Makurdi-Gboko road in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state reportedly beat his wife to death over alleged missing N5,000. Vanguard gathered that the fisherman, an indigene of Delta state had been living with his Benue wife in the community where […]
Man beats wife to death over missing N5,000 in Benue
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A 42-year-old fisherman, Patrick Ejiro reportedly beat his wife to death over alleged missing N5,000 in Tyomu community on Makurdi-Gboko Road, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state Vanguard gathered that the fisherman, an indigene of Delta state, had been living with his Benue wife in the community where he […]
Gov. Dickson bags Idoma traditional title
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has been conferred with an Idoma traditional title, ‘Oyi’Ihotu K’ Idoma’ (the cherished son of Idoma land) in Otukpo, Benue State. According to a statement issued by the Secretary, Idoma Area Traditional Council, Mr. Joseph Adah, the governor described the award as a ‘handshake across the Niger’. The Paramount ruler […]
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. […]
