Benue

By Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION YELWATA in Benue state has been drenched in blood. Last October, I launched 50 books at the same time in Abuja to mark my birthday. One of the books is titled “Blood on the Niger and Benue:…

IT was a bloody weekend in parts of Benue State, following the killing of over 46 persons by rampaging armed herdsmen in two separate attacks on communities in Apa and Gwer West Local Government areas of the state. This came as no fewer…

‎A legal practitioner and his wife have been killed by suspected gunmen at Agboughul, a community in Makurdi, Benue State. ‎A blind old man was also killed during the attack. The legal practitioner and his wife were…

‎The volume of crude oil discovered in Benue Trough was in commercial quantity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced on Thursday. The NNPC, in a statement, said Nigerian geologists were spearheading efforts in…

‎The death toll from a disease suspected to be yellow fever has climbed to 20 at Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. ‎The development followed three new deaths in the community. The state…

Benue State government on Tuesday said 17 persons have reportedly died of a strange illness ravaging the Okpeilo-Otukpa area in the Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. . The statement issued by the Commissioner for…

‎A portion of COVID-19 palliatives meant for the Benue State were  diverted to Kano State by a market leader in Makurdi. The Benue State government disclosed in a press briefing on Wednesday that the Chairman of Wurukum Market…

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has inaugurated 11 reactivated Aerospace ground equipment at the Tactical Air Command, Nigeria Air Force, Makurdi. Abubakar, at the ceremony on Wednesday, disclosed that the…

Hoodlums, suspected to be herdsmen have invaded Governor Samuel Ortom’s village, Tse-Apera, in Nzorov, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and killed five persons. Sources in the village disclosed that ‎several people…

‎ Benue State Government on Wednesday approved Monday, September 21, 2020, as reopening date for all primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, who disclosed this in a…