All 13 remaining passengers, including the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination candidates abducted from an 18-seater Benue Links bus last Wednesday along the Makurdi-Otukpo road by armed men, have regained their freedom. It was gathered that about eight of the released victims were candidates of the Joint Admissions and...
Security operatives in Benue State have arrested seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping incident in Otukpo Local Government Area. The development was confirmed in a statement issued yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer for the Benue State Command, Udeme Edet. The abduction occurred on Wednesday when gunmen attacked a comm...
•Terrorists If condemnations could stop incessant killings in the country, the lamentations and pledge of action that trailed Palm Sunday’s dastardly attack in Plateau State, last week, would have prevented the ‘Bloody Easter’ that was unleashed on Christian faithful in Kaduna, Benue and Borno States yesterday. Yesterday’s attacks came barely ...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, has condemned the fresh attack that claimed nine lives in Gwer Local Government Area of the state. In a statement yesterday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Kula, described the attack as barbaric, saying it was unacceptable. He said the incident was a direct affront ...
•Female IDPs For 27-year-old Aondona Dooshima, bringing forth a new life into the world was a familiar path; and she hoped her fifth pregnancy would be a walk in the park. Sadly, Dooshima, a displaced mother of five from previous pregnancies, could not give birth as expected, as her baby reportedly died from complications on […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a nationwide warning as temperatures continue to soar across several states, raising concerns over heat stress and related health complications. In an advisory posted on its X page, NiMet said residents of Benue, Nasarawa, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kogi, Niger, Kebbi, Cross River...
•Lassa fever The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Paul Ogwuche has assured residents of the state that measures were being put in place to contain the spread of the Lassa Fever outbreak in the state. In an update on the current state of Lassa Fever, the commissioner noted that another health […]
•Lassa fever The Benue State government has confirmed the death of 10 health workers following an outbreak of Lassa fever, with 45 cases testing positive out of 250 suspected infections recorded across the state. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Msuega Asema, disclosed this yesterday during an assessment visit by the Commissioner for Health and Hu...
•Terrorists The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, heard chilling details of how over 100 AK-47-wielding terrorists stormed Yelwata community in Benue State, killing more than 150 persons and razing houses, during a coordinated attack. The revelation came as the court remanded nine defendants over their alleged involvement in the...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State A former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico and High Commissioner to Canada, Iyorwuese Hagher, today, criticised the Benue State Government’s reported plan to establish a rehabilitation centre for bandits, describing it as a misplaced priority. He accused the government of prioritising banditry over traumatise...
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