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Benue: Gunmen kidnap over 20 medical students in Oturkpo

August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 Aminu Imam

More than 20 medical and dental students, along with a house officer, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Benue State. According to reports, the students were travelling to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu, when they were ambushed around 5.30pm in the Oturkpo area. The victims are reportedly from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos. The Benue State Police Command spokesperson, SP Catherine Anene, confirmed the abduction and stated that an investigation is underway. �Yes, the report of the kidnapping…

Banditry: Army to deploy Special Forces to Benue – COAS

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Army said it would deploy its Special Forces to tackle banditry and other security challenges in three local government areas of Benue State. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, disclosed this on Wednesday, when he paid a courtesy call to Gov. Hyacinth Alia at the Government House, Makurdi. Lagbaja said the Special Forces would be deployed to Ukum, Logo, and Katsina-Ala to restore peace in the local government areas. He said he had discussed with the Commander, 4 Special Forces in Doma, Nasarawa State, and agreed…

Lassa fever Outbreak: ‘Traders importing live rats from Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi’ – Benue Govt.�

December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Benue State government has raised the alarm over the importation of live rats into the State, warning that individuals behind the trade are exposing its people to Lassa fever outbreak. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Terungwa Ngishe expressed the worry while speaking at a one-day ‘Sensitisation Engagement on Anti-microbial Resistance’, (AMR), and the need for behavioural change, organised in Makurdi by the Benue State office of ‘One Health’. Dr. Ngishe pointed out that people importing rats into Benue were taking advantage of the fact that �rat is a delicacy in…

Benue: Four bank robbery suspects arrested

October 22, 2023October 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

Four armed robbery suspects have been arrested by Joint Security Forces comprising officers of the Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigerian Armed Forces, amongst others, along Otukpo-Taraku road, Benue State on Saturday. A police source, who made the development known to our correspondent late Saturday night while sharing a video of the armed robbery suspects, said, �Four armed robbers have been arrested by Joint Security Forces along Otukpo-Taraku road, Benue State on Saturday. The robbers are part of those armed robbers who attacked banks and a police station at Otukpo,…

Benue: Tribunal returns Gabriel Suswam to Senate; sacks APC�s Udende

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has declared Senator Gabriel Suswam, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the February 25 election for Benue North-East senatorial district. The tribunal�s judgment, which was delivered yesterday after a three-hour hearing, nullified the election of the incumbent senator, Emmanuel Udende of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In its judgment, the tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to Suswam. Udende represents Benue North-East senatorial district in the red…

Humanitarian crisis in Benue worse than situation in North East � UN

July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 Aminu Imam

The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mathias Shemale has expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Benue state saying it is worse than the situation in Borno State. Shemale made the observation when he led a delegation on a courtesy call on Governor Hyacinth Alia in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The Resident Coordinator assured of providing immediate humanitarian needs for the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state while also looking at ways of ensuring the return of the displaced persons to their ancestral homes. He urged…

Benue: Ortom left State with N187.56bn debt � Govrnor Alia

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Benue State Governor, Rev. Father Hyacinth Alia lamented an alleged massive looting of the Government House in Makurdi, Benue State by the immediate-past administration led by Samuel Ortom, noting that he was left with no single official car. Alia also stated that he inherited an empty treasury and a whooping huge debt profile of N187.56 billion accompanied by accumulated months of unpaid salaries and entitlements of civil servants and pensioners in the state. Governor Alia, who revealed this in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary Tersoo Kula,…

“Nasarawa killings a war crime; presidency, military’s silence unacceptable” – MACBAN

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), has condemned the silence of the Federal Government and the military authorities on the deaths of pastoralists in Nasarawa State. Recall earlier reports that over 38 pastoralists were bombed to death in Rukubi village, of Doma local government area of the state last week. The incident had sparked outrage, but the authorities have been silent on it. In an issued statement yesterday, the MACBAN’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, said the Benue State government should be held liable for the atrocious…

Bandits behead eight in fresh Benue attack

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 Aminu Imam

Suspected bandits have attacked Abagana community, opposite the Abagana Internally-Displaced People (IDP)’s camp in Makurdi, Benue State, and reportedly beheaded eight people. According to the report, the killers beheaded and took away the heads of the victims, including an entire family of six. Eight other persons were wounded, with three of them in critical condition. The attack, which took place on Thursday night when the community had retired for the night, is the second in two years, in an attempt to hit the Abagana IDP camp, where hundreds of internally-displaced…

Benue: “Killing of 36 people shows FG�s nakedness in tackling insecurity” – Suswam

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 Aminu Imam

Former governor of Benue State and Senator representing Benue-North East senatorial district, Gabriel Suswam, has said that the killing of innocent people in Gbeji, Ukum local government area of the State clearly showed the nakedness of the Federal Government in tackling insecurity. This is just as the death toll from the Wednesday invasion of the area hit 36, with several others still said to be missing. Suswam, who made the lamentation yesterday during a visit to the area to commiserate with his constituents, said President Muhammadu Buhari has further demonstrated…