No fewer than 12 people were reportedly killed on Sunday in Okokolo village by some youths allegedly from Abugbe village — both in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. No one could explain the reason for the early morning attacks on Okokolo village but it was gathered that a peace meeting was held on […]Read More
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi says that there is no plan to establish Ruga settlement in any part of the South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria. Umahi disclosed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emma Uzor, in Abakaliki on Sunday. Umahi, chairman of the South-East Governors Forum’s reaction followed controversies and […]Read More
Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has blamed the deplorable state of tertiary health institutions in the country on the inability of state governors to fund basic primary and secondary health facilities under their respective care. Adewole, who stated this at the Senate plenary on Tuesday, said state governments had “literally abandoned” health care. He […]Read More
The Federal Government has ordered the closure of the land borders in states where supplementary elections will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2019. A statement from the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede, confirmed the order for the closure of the land borders of Adamawa, Benue and Sokoto states, from […]Read More
The Nigerian Air Force has deployed 1,300 Special Forces in Zamfara and Benue states to stop bloodletting. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who confirmed the deployment of the Special Forces at the NAF First Quarter Conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said the Augusta 109 would soon be delivered into the […]Read More
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed 37 new cases of Lassa fever recorded between Feb. 4 and Feb. 10. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known on Wednesday in a statement in Abuja. Ihekweazu said that from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10, 2019, out of […]Read More
Nigerian security personnel were already uncovering the network of the killers and arresting them. President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed at a meeting with a delegation of Benue All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Senator George Akume. “We know about herders. The ones we knew carried sticks, and sometimes cutlasses to cut foliage for their cattle. “We […]Read More
A State High Court sitting in Makurdi on Monday vacated the interim order which restrained the Speaker, Titus Uba; and 21 other members from sitting at the Assembly complex. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Aondover Kaa’kan, vacated the order while ruling on a motion brought to it by counsels to the Speaker, Mr. […]Read More
Captain in the Operation Whirl Stroke stationed in Benue, Zakari Sani, has been wounded in an ambush, alongside other officers, Defence Headquarters said on Tuesday. In a series of tweets on its verified Twitter handle @DefenceInfoNG on Tuesday, the DHQ said that “a very courageous and hardworking officer, Zakari Sani, was ambushed alongside other soldiers […]Read More
After three years of legal battle over a legislative seat in the Benue State House of Assembly, the Appeal Court in Makurdi on Friday gave judgment in favour of Joseph Boko and ordered the immediate sack of Benjamin Nungwa, the occupant of the seat. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that both Boko and Nungwa […]Read More
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