By Peter Duru, MAKURDI One person was feared dead and scores sustained injuries following the renewed hostility between the people of Mbakume and Mbasombo at Ikayongo in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness in the area that the crisis, which broke out Wednesday night led to the razing […]

By Peter Duru, MAKURDI Bothered by the menace of illegal revenue collectors in parts of Benue state, Governor Samuel Ortom has warned that those behind the act will be treated as armed robbers when apprehended. Th Governor said those who carry weapons to cajole innocent Nigerians to part with their monies on the roads and […]

THE Senate has condemned the incessant bloody clashes between the Ezza and Effium people of Benue and Ebonyi states, which have claimed many lives across the divide.

By Peter Duru – Makurdi A huge mango plantation belonging to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by unknown hoodlums at Howe community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state. Vanguard gathered that the 140 hectares plantation was torched at about 2 pm on Saturday by the arsonists following probable disagreements […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi A retired soldier and grandfather of late Terfa Akure, a Senior Inspector of Taxes, who was at the weekend allegedly abducted from his duty post and gruesomely murdered by unidentified military personnel, Pa Aondo Kenase, has described as unbelievable the alleged murder of his only surviving grandson by personnel of […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State government has raised concern that the state is producing a generation of illiterate children as a result of the activities of armed herdsmen and the consequent humanitarian in the state. The Special Adviser to the Benue State Governor on SDGs and NEPAD and Chairman Technical Committee on Benue […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi With the next general elections fast approaching, and aware of the enormity of the task of repositioning before the 2023 polls, the dominant political parties in the respective states are no doubt making concerted efforts to put their houses in order ahead of time. Being a transitional election in majority […]

The Benue Police Command has confirmed the deaths of three members of a family as a result of fire disaster in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene, made the confirmation on Friday in Makurdi. An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity to the […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed concern over the absence of a school for the over 3,000 children of school age at the Uikpam Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The Chief of UNICEF Field Office Enugu, Dr. Ibrahim Conteh […]

By Peter Duru Few days ago, some Benue State pensioners under the aegis of Aggrieved Benue Pensioners took to the streets of Makurdi to demand the payment of backlog of unpaid pensions and gratuities accumulated by successive governments in the state. The aggrieved pensioners who marched through parts of Makurdi town displayed placards with inscriptions such […]