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  • Updated: August 03, 2021

Latest Benue State News Online Today Tues. 3rd August 2021

Latest Benue State News Online Today Tues. 3rd August 2021

Good day, welcome to the latest Benue State online news headlines update for today, Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021, on AllNews.

Here are the latest Benue news headlines


FG Declares Benue LGA Open Defecation Free

Federal Ministry of Water Resources has declared Buruku Local Government Area (LGA) in Benue open defecation free (ODF), having met the requirements stated in the ODF protocol for hygiene promotion.

The LGA had earlier failed the first validation requirements and thereafter represented itself, making it the 62nd out of the 774 council areas in the country. Read more here.

Benue: Court Remands Two Persons For Alleged Robbery

A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi, Benue state on Monday remanded two middle-aged persons, Aondongu Gawon and Augustine Kumaiin in a correctional facility for alleged armed robbery.

The Magistrate, Mrs Sonia Yaikiur, who did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction, ordered that the casefile be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. Read more here.

Benue: What Ortom Said After Police Killing Of Kidnappers Of Commissioner's Wife

Governor Samuel Ortom has commended the Police Command in Benue for rescuing the kidnapped wife of his Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Mrs Ann Unenge, killing the three suspected kidnappers in the process.

Ortom, who was at the police headquarters in Makurdi on Monday to see the corpses of the suspected kidnappers, said that the feat was commendable. Read more here.


And that’s all for today on the round-up of the latest Benue State online news headlines. Be sure to get more Nigerian news updates on this dependable online news medium. Do enjoy the rest of your day.

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