Activities at the Benue State University, Makurdi was on Monday stopped by protesting students of the institution who blocked and shut down all the main entrances into the school in opposition to increment of school fees by the management. The university approved the increment of the school fees from N56,000 to N92,000 per session. But […]
The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi has fixed May 22, 2018, for the mass burial of those recently killed by suspected herdsmen in the church. Victims of the St. Ignatius Catholic Church, will be buried at the holy pilgrimage centre in Ayati, Benue state. The church is calling for the security of lives and properties in […]
I believe everyone knows the medical facilities in Benue state are overstretched at the moment. The recurring bloodbath in the state has exalted a strain on medical services. And that some of them are sub-standard makes the situation more daisy and messier. But medical professionals and administrators like a Consultant Surgeon and Medical Director (MD), […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted partly cloudy to cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Friday morning with chances of isolated thunderstorms over Lafia, Makurdi and Obudu. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Thursday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 32 […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with stakeholders in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. This President Buhari’s first visit to the state since the New Year killings which claimed the lives of over 70 people. Details Later…
Operation Cat Race, the military exercise aimed at curbing conflicts and other criminal activities in the north central is set to take off today in Benue State Ahead of the formal inauguration of the operation, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has visited Governor Samuel Ortom at the Government House in Makurdi […]
…Buhari orders arrest of perpetrators Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Wednesday escaped death when he was stoned while trying to calm protesters at Wurukum in Makurdi, the state capital. The protesters, who were aggrieved as a result of the fresh killings by the suspected herdsmen, also booed Ortom, who had earlier raised the alarm […]
Four persons were reported killed in an auto crash along Makurdi/Gboko highway on Friday. The accident was said to have occurred around 2:00 pm. An eyewitness said that the accident involved a passenger Picnic bus and a RAV 4 Jeep at Tiortyu village along Makurdi -Gboko highway. The cause of the accident could not be […]
The past month has been particularly stormy and devastating around the world. From Makurdi in Nigeria’s Benue State, to Houston, Texas in the United States, and a large swathe of the Caribbean have been left drenched and battered by torrential rains and record level hurricanes. For several days earlier this month, the heavens opened up […]
The Benue Police Command has confirmed the death of a businessman, Felix Tochukwu, after he was shot by unknown gunmen on the evening of 2 September 2017. The incident occurred at about 6:35 pm along Gbehe Ikaya Crescent, Nyima area, Makurdi, the Benue state capital. More details on the incident are yet to be released […]
No fewer than 15,000 persons have been rendered homeless as flood wreaked havoc in Benue communities last weekend. Then, on Wednesday, 30 August, Makurdi, the state capital, was again flooded after a five-hour downpour. The downpour, which started around 12.24am, lasted till 5am, rendered thousands of residents homeless, and destroyed lots of properties. The areas […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather condition in the central states of the country on Monday. This is contained in the Weather Outlook issued by NiMet’s Central Forecast Office (CFO) in Abuja on Sunday. It added that chances of localised thunderstorms were expected over Abuja, Makurdi, Lokoja, Lafia and […]
Not deterred by the massive defection of members of his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Governor Gabriel Suswam has inaugurated caretaker committees for the 23 local government councils in the state. Performing the ceremony at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, on Wednesday, Suswam told […]