Tag: Benue
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14 die from Cholera outbreak in Benue
Fourteen persons have died from Cholera outbreak in Agatu Local Government Area and Abinse, a riverine community in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State. This is as health workers race to contain the spread and halt fatalities from the outbreak. The Commissioner for Health, Joseph Ngbea disclosed this on Friday while presenting additional drugs and…
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Benue govt imposes curfew on 2 LGs
The Benue government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas as part of measures to address insecurity there. The north-central state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Benson Abounu, disclosed this at the end of a security council meeting on Wednesday in Makurdi. “The curfew will be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.…
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Benue LG chair elected in 2020 dies at 52
Mr Daniel Deajir, Chairman of Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State is dead. Gov. Samuel Ortom confirmed the death of the chairman in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase, and and made available to newsmen on Friday in Makurdi. Ortom, in the statement said Mr Deajir, who was elected…
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Herdsmen attack Benue community
Suspected herdsmen have attacked Okokolo community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. Four herdsmen suspected to have carried out the attack have been arrested and transferred to the Benue State Police Command Headquarters in Makurdi, the state capital. The Chairman of Agatu Local Government Area Adoyi Suleiman confirmed the incident during a security…
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Unknown gunmen kill 3 police officers in Benue – PPRO
The Benue Police Command has said that unknown gunmen attacked and killed three Police officers at the residence of the Katsina-Ala Local Government Chairman, Mr Alfred Atera. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anene, who disclosed this in Makurdi, on Thursday, said the incident took place in the early hours of today. Anene confirmed…
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Alleged Fulani gunmen kill Benue lawyer, wife
Alleged gunmen on Tuesday night attacked Agboughul community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, and killed a legal practitioner, his wife and a blind old man. The victims were identified as Moses Udam, Mrs Nkechi Udam and Nyikyor Mazugu. Three persons, comprising two children of the blind and a sister to the deceased lawyer, were…
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Panic in Benue community as suspected herdsmen slaughter lawyer, wife in their apartment
There was panic in the Agboughul area of Makurdi, Benue State when residents discovered the corpses of a lawyer, Barrister Udam, and his wife, Nkechi. According to reports, the victims were murdered by suspected Fulani herdsmen brutally murdered them in their apartment. Udam, who was a Managing Partner at Orkar, Udam and Associates (Attorneys and…
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Herdsmen murder four in Benue community, Ortom reacts
Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday said suspected herdsmen killed four persons at Tse-Angbande, Makurdi, the State Capital, on Friday night. Ortom stated this at Tse-Angbande, when he visited the village for an on-the-spot assessment of the impact of the attack that also left seven persons injured. He said the attack which took…
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Farming ends in Borno; National famine begins in ernest – Dele Sobowale
By Dele Sobowale “Over 100 confirmed dead…. The news report brought back memories of my years in Haske Rice Mills, along Kalambina Road, Sokoto, next to Sokoto Cement then. We purchased paddy rice from all over – including Borno State. Most of the farmers, like others at the Bakolori Dam area in Zamfara and Yelwa…
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Don’t reverse ban on rice importation – Ortom begs Buhari
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the policy on ban of rice importation and not succumb to any pressure. The governor made the appeal in Makurdi when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed paid him a courtesy visit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…