Tag: BENUE
Benue: Gov’t To Conduct Livestock Census To Curb Clashes.
Benue State Government is set to conduct livestock census in the state to have statistics of both the livestock and owners.The Principal Special Assistant...
FG Begins Construction Of Dam In Benue To Combat Flooding
The Federal Government has commenced the construction of a multi- purpose dam upstream of the River Dura in the Buruku Local Government Area of...
Benue: Hoodlums Attack PDP Factional Secretariat.
Hoodlums have attacked the factional Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Makurdi, benue state capital.Bede Bartholomew, media aide to Senator Gabriel Suswam,...
Lassa Fever: Benue Records 63 Cases, 16 Deaths.
Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Yanmar Ortese said the state received a total of 820 suspected cases of Lassa Fever out...
Many Killed In Benue Farmers-Herders Clashes
Many residents have been killed in a clash between herders and farmers in some communities of Kwande local government area of Benue State.Eyewitnesses said...
Sokapu Criticized Planned Formation Of Vigilante Group By Miyetti Allah
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU has criticized the proposed formation of a Vigilante outfit by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore to prevent the...
Insecurity: Troops Neutralize Two Terrorists, Three Bandits In Katsina, Benue
Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have neutralised two terrorists in Katsina State.The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko confirmed this in...
Grazing Reserve: Benue Governor Threatens Legal Suit Against President Buhari
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has threatened to sue President Muhammadu Buhari if he insisted on going forward with open grazing or grazing reserves policy...
10 Massacre In Benue IDPs Camp
In the late hours of yesterday, suspected gunmen killed ten persons living at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Benue on Monday night.It...
Operation Whirl Stroke:Troops Storm Kidnappers’ Den In Benue Forest, Rescue 34
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have recorded a major feat with the rescue of 34 kidnap victims during a coordinated raid of kidnappers’ den...
Troops Eliminate Bandits, Arrest Kidnappers In Taraba, Benue
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have eliminated four armed militia men at Rafin Kada in Wukari Local Government Area and Yojaa in Donga Local...
Covid-19: Nigeria Records 35 New Cases, Total Now 442
Nigeria has recorded thirty-five more new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 442.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced...
Incessants Attacks: Ortom, Sule Appeal To FG To Sustain ‘Operation Whirl...
Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa
State and his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, have appealed to the
Federal Government to sustain the military operation code-named: ‘Operation Whirl
Stroke’, to guarantee full...
USAID Programme: FG Pledges Enabling Environment For More Investment
The Federal Government has re-affirmed its commitment to
create an enabling environment to attract more investment opportunities into
the country.The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade...
Military To Flush Out Militants In Benue, 2 Other States
The Nigeria Defense Headquarters has said that 'Operation
Whirl Stroke', OPWS had achieved its set mandate and would wind down in phases.The Acting Director, Defence...
Inferno: Fire Destroys Benue Biggest Market
A raging inferno has consumed a section of the main
market in Markurdi, Benue State with about many shops and goods worth millions
of naira destroyed.Benue...
Kidnapping: Troops Rescue Three Victims In Benue
The Defence Headquarters said troops of Operation
Whirl Stroke deployed in North-central of the country have rescued three
kidnapped victims in a family compound in Katsina-Ala...
