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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Benue Executive Council has approved the suspension of Dr Stanley Ugah, the State Programme Manager, Saving One Milion Lives, over alleged embezzlement of N900 million of the scheme’s funds. This was contained in a press statement issued Thursday by Read More …
The Benue State government has suspended three traditional rulers over their alleged roles in the prolonged crisis between Shitile and Ikyurav people of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area. Those suspended are Tivlumun Ubugh, Mue Ter Chongo, and Chief Ayoleve Ornguga, Mue Ter Ipusu as well as Read More …
The Benue Police Command has confirmed the killing of four persons in the early hours of Saturday at a burial in Tongov district of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area. The commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mukaddas Garba, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Read More …
The Benue State Government, yesterday, gave mass burial to people that died in the Monday tanker explosion. Deputy Governor of the state, Engr. Benson Abounu, disclosed this to journalists after he visited and condoled with survivors of the disaster. The survivors were receiving treatment at Read More …
[FILES] Confirming the crisis, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, Catherine Anene, put the casualty figure at 10 It was a black Sunday for the people of Agatu Local Council of Benue State, as 12 persons were reportedly killed at Okokolo Read More …
The family of Mr Teryima Abomnger of Gboko South, Benue State lost their two children Master Saater Abomnger (10yrs) and Master Terhide Abomnger (8yrs) after they got drowned at Nguambi stream Gboko south while in search of used plastics (empty bottle water).They were pupils of Read More …
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The inauguration of Governor Samuel Ortom for the second term on May 29 has opened a new vista in the political history of Benue State. It was a day power broker, political leaders and stakeholders publicly let out of the bag Read More …
The residents around Benue State University Guest House New GRA Makurdi were in the early hours of Sunday June 23rd, 2019 in a state of serious panic as men suspected to be Hausas stormed the area with trucks loaded with coffins and began offloading. A Read More …
Suspected Jukun militants, believed to be from neighbouring Taraba State, have launched a fresh attack on Gyenku, a densely populated village in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, leaving at least five people dead. The invaders made incursion into the community about 8a.m. on Read More …
At least 200,000 students in post-primary institutions alongside 1,000 teachers are reported to have been displaced as a result of herdsmen attacks in Benue State. The herdsmen also destroyed 20 out of 64 government-owned post-primary schools across the three senatorial districts of the state. The Read More …