The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Guma I State Constituency in Benue, Mr Terwase Uche, has been declared winner of the rerun election by Returning Officer, Prof Julius Ikya. Ikya declared Uche as the winner of the rerun election on Saturday in Daudu, the constituency’s headquarters....
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Chairman of the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Mr Augustine Agada, has been suspended by his Ehaje Ward 1 executives for alleged anti-party activities. The APC Ward Chairman of Ehaje Ward 1 in Ogbadibo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state,...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of three persons in the correctional centre over alleged killing of one Titus Elaigwu at the wake of a deceased. The court, which lacks jurisdiction to hear a case of murder , did not take the pleas...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has launched investigation after a body of a yet to be identified young woman was recovered in a refuse dump in Makurdi. The corpse was tied, put into a sack and left at a refuse dump around Iorapuu Adai...
GRACE AUDU, Makurdi – Tension is said to have eased at the Federal University of Health Science Otukpo (FUHSO) in Benue State as the University authority has bowed to pressure and rescinded the sacking of it’s Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Professor Ediga Agbo. In a memo reference FUHSO/AO:03 dated...
The Troops of Sector 6, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have successfully repelled an attack by bandits on Okokolo community in Agatu Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue. The OPWS Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia, told newsmen in Makurdi on Saturday that the troops forced the bandits to run...
The operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) FCT Command have arrested one Mr Chinana Tali over alleged trafficking and attempt to sell his six-year old son for N20 million in Abuja. The NSCDC FCT Commandant, Mr Olusola Odumosu, told newsmen on Tuesday, that the suspect...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has said it is not disturbed by the defection of its officials to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Bemgba Iortyom, said this in a statement in Makurdi. ‘’PDP notes the...
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, Benue will always remain the home of the party. Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the newly renovated state Secretariat of the APC in Makurdi on Wednesday. “I know this is the home of APC, but I...
By MARGARET TIZA, Makurdi – As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility objective, the ‘Ior Gboko Foundations, a non-governmental organization, paid a visit to the Old People’s Home in Makurdi, Benue State, on Sunday with Christmas palliatives and goodwill messages. Led by its President Dr. Jimmy Ajim, the group...
The Police on Monday said they have arrested four suspects and neutralised two in connection with the Oct. 23 deadly bank robbery in Otukpo area of Benue. The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, said this in Abuja at a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of...
The Benue State Government on Wednesday said property worth more than N425 billion were destroyed as a result of the ongoing alleged Fulani herders attack on farmers in the State. Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Mr Aondowase Kunde, disclosed this when he received Senior Course 46...
The Police Command in Benue said it rescued two kidnap victims, arrested a tax collector and 17 others in Logo Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement on Sunday signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene and made...
The Benue State Urban Development Board, on Tuesday demolished 28 illegal structures in Makurdi. The board’s Acting General Manager (GM), Mr Ternonge Mede, told newsmen in Makurdi, that most of the structures were on walkways, around transformers, and along access roads. Mede explained that a total of 28...
Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Benue State Command, has said that governors are not signing execution orders on Death Row Inmates (IDRs), because they are humane. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, DSP. Stephen Nwanchor, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday, ordered one Matthew Bem to be remanded in a correction centre, Makurdi, for allegedly killing his wife, Mrs Mngusonum Bem. The 42-year old farmer, who lives at Korinya Settlement in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue, was charged with culpable homicide....
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 3 persons at Tse Gamber, Sengev Council Ward in Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told newsmen in Makurdi that the victims were her cousins. Anene...
Police authority in Benue State has said a medical doctor has been arrested in Rivers over the disappearance of three children from Benue. The medical doctor, whose name was not given, was arrested by the police in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The police spokesperson,...
Senior Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has visited the scene of the collapsed Church building in Makurdi. Enenche, who visited the scene Wednesday, was accompanied by his wife, Becky Enenche. The Enenches during the visit inspected the collapsed building located on Mission Ward, North Bank,...
A Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, the Benue State capital has collapsed. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday left a pastor dead as the building collapsed, according to News Point Nigeria. Sources said four individuals including the pastor...