Ahead of the 2023 election, Governor Samuel Ortom who is alledged to be eyeing the Senate seat currently occupied by Akume' elstwhile godson Senator Emmanuel Yisa Orker Jev, held reconciliatory meeting with his former godfather Senator George Akume.
Senator Akume who is the current Minister for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs in Buhari's cabinet, is a king-maker and leader of Benue politics. In attendance also was the immediate past Governor of Benue State Senator Gabriel Suswam. Senator Suswam will be seeking for a second term at the red chamber.

Like him or hate him, Trump is an upright man. He says it the way it is.

UNITED States (U.S.) President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO), if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter.

In a four-page letter to WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation.

Trump claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for the large number of deaths in the crisis.

He alleged that mismanagement on the part of the WHO and reliance on information from China had dramatically worsened the epidemic and spread it globally.

Trump said he would make a temporary freeze of funding permanent and might also reconsider U.S. membership of the organisation at the end of the 30-day deadline if he saw no improvements.

“The only way forward for the World Health Organisation is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China,” the U.S. president asserted.

He said discussions with the organisation on how to reform the WHO had already begun.

“But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste.

“I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organisation that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America’s interests,” Trump concluded.

The U.S. president faced international criticism when he announced in April that he would be halting funding to the WHO while a 60- to 90-day review took place.

He has also faced criticism over how the White House initially responded to the virus.

Trump has repeatedly accused the organisation of failing in its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

He said U.S. taxpayers provided between 400 and 500 million dollars a year to the organisation.

That funding is largely appropriated by Congress.

Trump’s criticisms of the WHO echo some experts, who say the organisation relied too heavily on information from China in the initial stages of the outbreak.

Trump’s ultimatum also comes at a time of pressure for the WHO.

On Monday, Tedros backed a review of the agency’s handling of the pandemic. He said an independent evaluation would take place “at the earliest appropriate moment”.

Health Secretary Alex Azar spoke at the WHO’s World Health Assembly and accused the organisation of letting Covid-19 spin “out of control” at the cost of “many lives”.

In his letter to Tedros, the U.S. president accuses the WHO of having an “alarming lack of independence” from China.

The Nation Newspaper

Pope John Paul II Turns 100 Today



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Happy posthumous birthday Daddy. May you continue to pray for us in heaven in Jesus name amen.

Osnami:
What income level do you belong to?

Mine is middle class but am not comfortable with this position.

Include per annum for clarity

Lagosfinder:
This people are africa's medical giant


When other african nations are recording 10s to 100s

Think it's better to collaborate and fight the common enemy than compete for supremacy.

illicit:
If they had an helicopter they could have finished him

May be. Cat with 9 lives

slivertongue:
stale strategy

Which?

[quote author=Lagosfinder post=89646835]This people are africa's medical giant


When other african nations are recording 10s to 100s[/quote
Hope we find cure for this menace instead of struggling for supremacy

MuchAdo:
What!

Surprising. But I still believe their herbal cure is potent.

LuQuLuQu:


Don't mind him. Adults always demanding pictures like nursery school kids

Why question news from reputable media sources?!

Me: Thank God they have recorded just a death ever since. An uncommon achievement.

What makes you think they are lying?

COVID-19: Madagascar records first coronavirus pandemic death

Some weeks after developing a herbal mixture claimed to be capable of dealing with the coronavirus, Madagascar, on Saturday, May 16, recorded its first death from the disease. According to Reuters, the deceased person is a 57-year-old medical worker who was also battling with diabetes and high blood pressure as underlying health issues. This was confirmed by the spokesman of the COVID-19 task force in the country, Hanta Danielle Vololontiana. Volontiana said: “A man died from COVID-19 in Madagascar ... he is 57 years old and a member of the medical staff.
Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1330595-covid-19-madagascar-records-coronavirus-pandemic-death.html77

By Lucy Ackanyon and Faith Igbudu ( The Voice Newspaper, Makurdi)

Two gang members of Benue’s most wanted criminal Terwase Akwaza (popularly called Gana) were reportedly killed while Gana allegedly escaped with gun shots wounds during a raid on his hideout in Mtan village in Utenge Council Ward of Katsina-Ala LGA, by the Troops of Operation Whirl Strike.

A statement signed by the coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche alleged that other members of the Gana’s Gang fled with different degrees of injury in the special operation conducted by a combined team of Operation WHIRL STROKE Special Forces troops of Sector 2 deployed in Gbise and Zaki Biam in Benue State and Sector 4 from Taraba State.

The operation on Gana’s camp is coming barely a week after a similar operation led to the death of the second most wanted criminal in Benue State, Terunungwa Igbagwa aka Orjondu.

The statement reads:
‘In a special operation, a combined team of Operation WHIRL STROKE Special Forces troops of Sector 2 deployed in Gbise and Zaki Biam in Benue State and Sector 4 from Taraba State carried out a raid operation on the hideout of the wanted notorious criminal named Gana in Mtan village in Utenge Council Ward of Katsina-Ala LGA of Benue State on 16 May 2020.

“Two (2) of the gang members were neutralized and others fled with various degrees of gunshot wounds. Exploitation revealed that Gana narrowly escaped death with gunshot wounds. Items recovered include: One (1) locally fabricated machine gun, Six (6) locally made rifles, Two (2) locally fabricated cartridge guns, One (1) dane gun, Two (2) revolver pistols,Two(2) Cartridge pistols, 27 rounds of 9mm ammunition Two (2) Motorcycles, One (1) Camouflage shirt, One (1) generator set, One (1) bag of gun powder and assorted charms. Gana’s personal belongings, other items and thatched houses were destroyed.

“In another development, troops of Sector 3 deployed at Ondori in Doma LGA of Nasarawa State acting on credible intelligence that a group of Bassa armed militia were planning to attack some Tiv villages over land disputes. Troops raided their camp located at Kpelebewa village in Rukubi area of Doma LGA of Nasarawa State. Troops apprehended Seven (7) members of the Bassa militia dressed in Red shirts in the camp.

“Items recovered include One (1) locally fabricated machine gun, Six (6) locally fabricated rifles, Two (2) locally fabricated cartridge guns, One (1) Dane gun, Two (2) revolver pistols, Two (2) Cartridge firing pistols, 57 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, 29 rounds of 9mm ammunition, and 22 cartridges of ammunition. Other items are One (1) dagger, poisoned bows and arrows, desert Camouflage head gears and pouch, Six (6) phone handsets and some charms. The suspects are currently undergoing interrogation to be handed over to the Nigeria Police” the statement added.

While congratulating the troops for their gallantry, the Military High Command also requested members of the general public to continue to provide the Armed Forces with credible information to
https://thevoicenews.com.ng/2020/05/gana-injured-by-troops-in-an-operation/ its operations in the Country

wirinet:
At a time Finidi George was the best number 7 in the world.

I was expecting to hear this record since. It seems the OP is not even aware of this.

osamz007:
Na Dem dey disturb us from wukari to takum road, kidnappings all over.


Kudos to the Nigerian army, when u arrest them, shot them don't wait for any prosecution abeg, this country sef..

No. Those are Jukun criminals

willyo:
Fine boy. Nawa o. Crime nor good o

I tell you

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that they have received recommendation from one company which had presented a drug that can treat COVID-19 symptoms and not the drug that can cure the virus as being speculated.
The agency stated that this drug or herb will be subjected to clinical analysis before use.
Recall that it has been widely speculated that President Muhamadu Buhari has ordered an airlift of a Madagascar's Herbal remedy that cures COVID-19. 7
Source: Channels News

Ejembi, Makurdi

Exactly one week after recording its second case, Benue State has recorded a third COVID-19 case in the person of Mrs Rebecca Apedzan, a third republic House of Representatives member and former commissioner in the state.

Announcing the news to reporters at the Government House on Monday, the state governor, Samuel Ortom, who noted that it was not yet clear how Apedzan caught the virus, disclosed that she was in a meeting with him yesterday.

“We were in a meeting together yesterday although we maintained social distancing. However, even though I had done the test in the past which returned negative, I will have to go for another test again,” he said.

The governor urged all those who had been in contact with her in the last 14 days to come out and get themselves tested, saying both the test and treatment for COVID-19 is free.

While noting that COVID-19 is real, the governor said it is not a death sentence as hundreds of people who got infected have been treated and discharged in many states of the federation.



He encouraged all Benue people to stay indoors, stressing that if they must come out, they should wear a face mask and follow all other laid down protocols.

Governor Ortom added that the ban on church and mosque meetings will be reviewed and may be lifted in the next two weeks after which it would be reviewed again, even as he urged church and mosque leaders to continue to offer prayers privately.

On his part, the Chairman of the Benue State COVID-19 Action Committee and Deputy Governor, Engr Benson Abounu, disclosed that the suspected COVID-19 case in Otukpo was actually a young man from Akpa land who was working as a security man for a family in Ogun.

According to Abounu, when the man started feeling unwell at his duty post in Ogun he went and submitted his sample for testing.

“The young man said after 24 hours, he went back for the result but was told it would be ready in 48 hours. When he returned home, his master ejected him from the house and since he didn’t have anywhere to go, he called his mother to inform her what had happened and that he was on his way back home.

“The information got to the COVID-19 Committee and surveillance was mounted for the vehicle bringing him at Otukpo-Enugu roundabouts. The vehicle arrived around 4 pm and all 15 passengers including the driver of the vehicle were taken into isolation.

“I ordered that 14 passengers be taken into isolation while the young man is going to be quarantined in Otukpo. The young man said he was still feeling sick but samples of all the passengers and the driver had been taken and have been taken to Abuja and result would be expected any moment from now,” Abounu stated.

www.sunnewsonline.com

Channels TV has reported today 11th May, 2020 that a COVID-19 patient who escaped from the isolation centre in Delta State was arrested in a commercial bus in Otukpo, Benue State by the State Action Committee on COVID-19 led by the Deputy Governor Engr. Benson Abouno.
Details later

Ibechris2:
I hate armed robber and kidnappers with passion.

U have robbed people for several years yet no repentance but death has caught up with u for not quitting.

Evance ....na im girl friend make them catch.
Anini....na im girl friend house them catch am.
Godogodo....na im wife house them catch am.
Orjondu..... Same thing.

You forget to mention Adam, Samson, Abacha and many others.

alezzy13:
What of Gana?

If you ask me na who I go ask?

Lagosfinder:
Shameful Death is always there end

How I wish others learn some lessons from this death.

So the magic box collected from him led to his death

For Benue’s second most wanted criminal kingpin, Terungwa Igbagwa (alias Orjondu) and his girlfriend, the world was over even before the first cock crow on Friday.

They were quietly picked up by a team of Nigerian soldiers, thus ending the reign of terror and fear that Orjondu created in Benue and parts of Taraba States.



Details have now emerged of how the notorious militia leader was killed near Zaki Biam by a special commando operation of the combined team of Operation Whirl Strike tracking team and Special Forces of Sector 2 of the Nigerian Army last week.

The details were exclusively obtained by The Voice, which commenced investigation into the dramatic end of Orjondu immediately after his death.

Investigations by The Voice Correspondent in Zaki Biam revealed that the notorious warlord whom the security services believed “was responsible for kidnapping, armed robbery, assassination, gun running and other criminal activities around Katsina-Ala, Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas for many years was caught unaware in a thatched house where he had gone to spend a night with his girlfriend.

Until he met his waterloo, Mr Igbagwa was the second most wanted person in Benue State, next only to Gana, the most wanted person in the state.

The Voice investigations revealed that members of the team that took out Mr Terungwa came in four Toyota Hilux vans and surrounded the compound where the wanted fellow was spending the night with his girlfriend.

According to one of our sources, his girlfriend came out of the hut around 4am to ease herself only to discover that some men in uniform had surrounded the compound.

She was seized by members of the team who took her back to the hut where Orjondu was holed up; unaware of what was going on.

When Orjondu realized the presence of intruders, he was helpless as members of the team were already upon him, forcing him to plead with them to spare his life.

“He pleaded with members of the team to spare him but he was shot and restrained with handcuffs and further sought to positively confirm his identity from one of the little children found in one of the huts in the compound. The boy insisted that the man in their custody was not Orjondu (the alias that the security forces knew him with) but Terungwa the source told The Voice.

It was gathered that although he was shot, Mr Terungwa was still alive but bleeding profusely.

He was tied like a goat that was about to be slaughtered and thrown into one of the Force’s vans after receiving thorough beating our source volunteered.

Mr Terungwa and his girlfriend were taken to Makurdi, the Benue state capital through Alabaa-Tor Donga- Katsina road.

The Voice gathered that the warlord’s girlfriend was then taken from Makurdi to Wanunne, the capital of Tarka local government Area on the Makurdi-Gboko road by some members of the Squad where she was given some money to go back to her village.

She was the person that broke the news in the village that the notorious warlord had died from his bleeding The Voice correspondent was informed by one of the villagers.

It was confirmed to The Voice that some arms and ammunition were recovered during the operation, while two thatch houses (the one that Orjondu was inside and another one close by) were reportedly torched by the retreating Special Forces while a nearbykKiosk was also set ablaze when soldiers visited the area last Friday to assess the area.

The Voice also gathered that apart from the operation that led to the elimination of Gana’s former second in command, Special Forces had carried out a similar operation at Gbor, Tongov, a nearby market to Zaki Biam, and four suspected hoodlums were reportedly killed while nine were arrested.

The Voice learnt that after the Gbor Market operation, Mr. Orjondu informed his boys to be on alert as he suspected that he would be the next target by security men.

It was gathered that before his elimination by the Army’s Special Forces, he was attacked last month by rival Tongov militia but he reportedly escaped. His wife was said to have been injured and the Militia who were believed to be acting at the behest of Gana reportedly carted away a box containing his charms that was reportedly handed over to the Benue most wanted Terwase Agwaza, alias Ghana, for safe keeping.

The Voice gathered that the information that led to the death of Orjondu may have been provided by some of his boys that were arrested in recent raids by the army.

The Defence Headquarters had last week on Friday disclosed that the second most wanted Militia leader in Benue State, Terungwa Igbagwa, aka Orjondu, was eliminated by Special Forces

Major General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations had said in a statement that Orjondu is the second most wanted criminal kingpin next to Gana in Benue State.

“He was responsible for kidnapping, armed robbery, assassination, gun running and other criminal activities around Katsina-Ala, Ukum and Logo LGA’s for many years. “Items recovered from him included one AK 47 rifle, one locally made rifle, one AK 47 magazine with 30 rounds of 7.62mm special and some charms.

“The Military High Command congratulates Operation Whirl Strike for its exploits in recent times” he had said.
Source: https://thevoicenewspaperng.com/2020/05/11/how-benues-most-wanted-criminal-kingpin-was-killed/

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested and detained the CEO of a shawarma firm in Makurdi for failing to account for N1600 being the amount paid by a customer who purchased shawarma.
The arrest generated serious protest from social media users including Ukan P. Kurugh, a popular media personality in Benue State, leadaing to her release today.

ghettokid1:
A

Space booker

Caption this photo of Pres. Buhari and Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje

MyFlair:
This is a treatment drug not a vaccine. Oga
A vaccine is around the corner

Sorry. It's been modified. Thanks

bolseas:
Op correct your title. Is it drug or vaccine?.. do the needful please

Thanks. Already modified