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By Peter Duru The Benue State Security Council, yesterday directed traditional rulers and stakeholders in Konshisha Local Government Area, LGA, to ensure the unconditional return of the arms and ammunition confiscated from the 12 soldiers killed on Easter Monday by armed bandits in the area. The Council also advised against any form of inflammatory statements that could aggravate the situation in the area urging stakeholders to allow the government and security agencies to handle the matter. These were part of the resolutions reached at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided ov...

Translate Benue HIV/AIDS prevalence rate drops from 12.9 to 4.7 per cent — NACA On By Peter Duru – Makurdi The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Wednesday disclosed that the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Benue state has dropped from 12.9 to 4.7 per cent. The Zonal Coordinator, North Central Zone of the agency, Mr Lawrence Kwaghga made this known when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi. Mr. Kwaghga acknowledged the support of the Benue State government to the fight against the spread of the scourge and sued for its sustenance. He ...

Translate KONSHISHA ATTACK: Benue tribal leaders blame criminal elements for murder of 11 soldiers On By Peter Duru Leaders of Benue socio-cultural organisations have blamed criminal elements for last Monday’s murder of 11 soldiers in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State. Their leader, Chief Iorbee Ihagh, who spoke on their behalf, condemned the action of bandits and appealed to the military to observe restraint in their quest to recover missing weapons of the murdered soldiers. The President General of Mzough U.T. (MUT) Worldwide, who spoke yesterday to Sunda...

Vanguard News Jerry Gana, others rejoin PDP at Makurdi Zonal Congress On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana on Saturday rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the North Central Zonal Congress alongside five other notable former members who left the party prior to the 2019 general elections. Prof. Gana had at the time defected to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, to contest the presidential election on the platform of that party. Others who got readmitted at the Zonal Congress held Saturday in Makurdi the Benue State capital were Mr Humpery Abah, A...

Vanguard News 2023: PDP leaders have resolved not to repeat mistakes of 2015 — Ortom On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Saturday said the Governors and leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have revolved that they would not repeat the mistakes of 2015 that cost the party the leadership in the country. The Governor who spoke at the North Central Congress of the PDP held in Makurdi commended the party for holding a rancour-free congress which clearly indicated the resolve of the party to ensure fairness in all its activities. According to him, “the s...