Metro News

SSS recovers guns, magazines at Abuja home of former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswam

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

Officials of the State Security Service SSS, says it has recovered a cache of guns and magazines in a property allegedly belonging to former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, after conducting a search on the property on February 24th. In a statement signed by one Tony Opuiyo and released

Health News

Soldier’s wife dies of Lassa Fever in UCTH

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2017 0

A soldier’s wife, Mrs Cristobel Itodo, age 22, is said to have died of Lassa Fever at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Reports said she died less than 12 hours after admission at the hospital. Mrs Itobo was brought to the Hospital on Sunday night with the Lassa fever after it was managed […]

News

Benue Monarch Urges Herdsmen to Register with Host Communities

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

A traditional ruler, Chief Iorbee Lada, has called on the leadership of Miyyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria to impress on herders grazing cattle in Benue State to formerly register with traditional rulers and community leaders, so as to fashion out how they could move with their cattle without destroying farm lands and so […]

Features

Agatu Killings: Who Will Stop the Bloodshed?

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

A roadmap to peace between warring Fulani herdsmen and Agatu people of Benue State may be in the offing at last. FREDDIE ADAMGBE in Makurdi reports that a recommendation that will give herders a right of way in the community if implemented is before the State Government. The recent attack on Egba Community in Agatu […]

Nigeria

Benue Massacre: Mark Tasks Security Agencies on Culprits

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2015 0

Worried by the massacre of his constituents in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, the Senate President, David Mark, has tasked security operatives to leave no stone unturned in fishing out the assailants and bringing them to justice. Scores of indigenes of Egba community, in the Council, were ambushed and murdered by the assailants […]