By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has amicably resolved its three years old crisis with the desire to forget the past and move the union forward. The three year old crisis was resolved by the intervention of the...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday commissioned a fashion hub and the Benue Printing and Publishing Company (BPPC), publishers of the Voice newspaper. Performing the ceremony in Makurdi at the premises of the fashion hub, the Vice President who appreciated the Benue...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has inaugurated the state steering committee of “Save the Benue Child” project to mitigate child trafficking in the state. This followed the serious challenges the Benue child has been facing over the years. Performing the ceremony in Makurdi,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has tasked security agencies to urgently intensify efforts and ensure the immediate and safe release of medical student abducted in the state. Governor Alia in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula condemned in strong terms,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has expressed his readiness to increase the already existing bond between the government and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the aim of tackling the humanitarian crises in the state....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The efforts of the immediate past Governor, Samuel Ortom to stop the probe panel from investigating his Government failed 13 months after the panel was set up by the Governor Hyacinth Alia led government of the state. A statement by the Principal...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Fr Hyacinth Alia, has sacked the Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Dr. John Chen, over alleged incompetence and lack of integrity. Governor Alia, on Friday, approved the immediate removal of Dr Chen, following the recommendation of the Benue...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – There was absolute calm in Benue State and people went about their normal activities as there was no protest in the state over the hardship experienced in Nigeria by Nigerians. Checks by NATIONAL ACCORD revealed that the absolute calm in the state was...
A High Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, dismissed two applications filed by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom stopping the Benue Government from probing him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov Hyacient Alia constituted two commissions of inquiry to investigate Ortom. Irked by the decision...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- A foremost Humanitarian and Development Non-Governmental Organisation, Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF) has dissociated itself from the planned nationwide protests scheduled to hold from 1st – 10th August 2024. In a press release by its President, Dr Jimmy Ajim, the Foundation acknowledged the Constitutional Rights...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has solicited the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) in streamlining the state’s economy to engender economic growth, employment, the development of vital infrastructure and technology, as well as enhance financial inclusion. Governor Alia made...
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), has warned those planning to stage a nationwide protest on August 1, not to attack any police formations in the country. Its National Chairman, Alhaji Magaji Ibrahim, gave the warning in an interview with newsmen during his visit to Gov. Hyacinth Alia...
A Makurdi High Court on Monday, presided by Justice Tertsea Asue, on Monday declined to grant an application by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom seeking to appeal against its ruling. In the ruling, the court had dismissed his ex parte motion seeking to stop Gov. Hyacinth Alia...
Former governor of Benue, Sen. Gabriel Suswam lamented that party politics was retarding growth and development in Benue. Suswam this at the International Health Investment Summit/ Scientific Exhibition and Endowment Fund for Cancer organized by the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi on Friday in Makurdi. He...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has declared a 24-hour curfew on Ukum Local Government Area of the state with effect from 3.pm Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The 24-hour curfew followed the grave security situation in the region that has led to the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has bagged an outstanding award for the support of the development and growth of Micro, Small and Medium -Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in Benue State. This award is coming few months after the Governor had collected an...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State government is prepared to take the lead in North Central Nigeria to domesticate the National Policy on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This was disclosed by the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia through the Executive Secretary of the Benue...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi- Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has mourned the death of a former military governor of Benue State, AVM Adebayo Lawal (rtd), whose demise took place in the early hours of Sunday, June 23, at the age of 83. Late AVM Lawal, was the...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has said that his administration inherited over N359 billion salary arrears of several years from his predecessor. The governor stated this at Okpoga, headquarters of Okpokwu Local Government Area on Monday, during a thank you tour of Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency. He alleged that...