FG, Benue State to collaborate on massive food production
As 632 LGAs set for full mechanized farming By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government and Benue State Government move to collaborate on massive food production and job creation in order to tackle security challenges and poverty. This was made known by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, during a courtesy […]
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 […]
