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The death toll in the recent cholera outbreak in parts of Benue state has risen to 14 while 25 others are currently being treated.

COVID-19:  Ortom isolates self as Ekiti imposes curfew On …Buhari should wear face-mask in public as role model — TOMORI …Obaseki urges banks to intensify efforts to curb Covid-19 second wave …How vaccines’ll be administered — NPHCDA …Frontline workers, adults, uniformed personnel, high burden states top priority list …84,655,749 Nigerians to be vaccinated in first quarter By Sola Ogundipe, Adesina Wahab, Chioma Obinna, Gabriel Enogholase, Peter Duru & Rotimi Ojomoyela Worried  over the spike in COVID-19 infection in the second wave in the state, the Ekiti State government,...

By Peter Duru – Makurdi An outbreak of Cholera disease has claimed the lives of three children at Abinsi community in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. An outbreak of the disease has also been reported at Obagaji in Agatu LGA where several persons have come down with the disease through no fatality has been recorded so far in the area. Vanguard gathered that about 30 persons had been treated for the ailment in Abinsi while six others are currently on admission at the Primary Healthcare Centre in the community. READ ALSO:  Confirming the outbreak and deaths yesterday in Makur...

18-year-old girl sets lover ablaze after quarrel in Benue On By Peter Duru – Makurdi An 18-year-old girl, name withheld, has been apprehended by the Police after she allegedly set her boyfriend ablaze after a quarrel in the Wadata area of Makurdi town. Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that the teenage girl carried out the dastardly act Monday morning at about 2 am when the victim was fast asleep. According to him “the loud scream from the victim attracted the attention of neighbours who rushed to help him but he had already suffered much burns. “The neighbours immediately rushed hi...

By Peter Duru GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has said the State Security Council would soon meet to review the security situation in the volatile Katsina-Ala and Ukum Local Government Areas, LGAs of the state as well as the ban on the use motorcycles in the area. The Council had days ago embargoed the use of motorbikes in the two LGAs following the increasing cases of violent crimes being perpetrated by armed men on motorbikes in the area. The armed men had a day to Christmas attacked the Katsina-Ala home of the LGA Chairman where three security personnel and two others were killed and...