Senate raises alarm over strange epidemic outbreak in Benue
….calls on Health Ministry to investigate disease, as death toll hits 15, infected persons 104 The Senate has raised alarm over the outbreak of a strange epidemic on January 29, 2020, in Oye-Obi Local Government Area of Benue State. The upper chamber, accordingly, urged the Federal Ministry of Health to immediately mobilize focal persons to […]
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, […]
