The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Benue State chapter, on Wednesday, called on government at all levels, political leaders and traditional rulers to help in the release of one of their members abducted three weeks ago. A medical doctor, Dr. Asema Msuega, was abducted in the Ukum Local Government Area of the state three weeks ago while he was embarking on …

The Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, said that his administration inherited 2,124,000 Internally Displaced Persons. The governor, who disclosed this while playing host to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, also said that he inherited a dysfunctional civil service, youth unemployment, hunger and child malnutrition. Alia said: “Our administration on assumption …