Police dispels rumoured Tiv/Jukun crisis in Makurdi as fishermen fight over fish pond
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State Police Command has dispelled the rumoured crisis between the Tiv and Jukun communities in the Wurukum area of Makurdi town. The clarification followed reports of sporadic gunshots and touching of huts in the area Wednesday afternoon following a dispute over the ownership of a fish pond in the […]
Varsity student, one other shot dead in Benue cult clash
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A four hundred level Mass Communication student of Benue State University, BSU, Makurdi and one other, names withheld, were Monday night reportedly shot dead in the Gyado Villa area of Makurdi town by alleged rival cult members. Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that the victims were killed at about 10 […]
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 […]
41 die in one of Benue’s Internally Displaced Persons camps
By Peter Duru Indications emerged Tuesday that over 41 inmates at the Abagena Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in the outskirts of Makurdi town lost their lives since the camp was opened in 2018. The camp which is one of the 22 official and unofficial camps housing persons displaced by herdsmen crisis in the state […]
UN Agency trains, empowers 300 HIV positive, displaced women in skills, arts
By Peter Duru The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, has trained and empowered 300 vulnerable Nigerian women residing in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps and those living with HIV/AIDS. National Programme Officer, UN Women Nigeria, Mrs. Patience Ekeoba made the disclosure yesterday at the graduation ceremony and […]
Makurdi varsity VC decries cult related attacks on off-campus students
…..engages local vigilante to check menace By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, FUAM, Prof. Richard Kimbir has decried the spate of cult-related attacks on students of the university residing outside the campus of the institution. Prof. Kimbir said, “such attacks have continued to challenge our administration but we […]
