Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated Sen. Gabriel Suswam over his victory at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal on Friday declared Suswam winner of the Benue North-East Senatorial District seat. The former governor had challenged the...
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The National/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi has affirmed the election of Rep. Philip Agbese of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue. Delivery the judgement on Saturday in Makurdi, Justice Emeka Dada in a unanimous judgement dismissed the petitions of...
The Acting Chairman, Guma Local Government Area of Benue, Mr Japhet Hungwa, says villagers at Ortese Village had blocked the Makurdi-Lafia highway over continuous killing of their people. Mr Hungwa, who is the Director-General, Services and Administration (DGSA) of the LGA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys in Makurdi, Benue. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday. Mr. Uwujaren identified the suspects...
Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue said he was focused on governance and service delivery to the people and not after his predecessor, Mr Samuel Ortom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Terver Akase, a media aide to Ortom and the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP...
BY RICHARD ABU, Makurdi – The newly established Federal College of Education (FCE) located at Odugbo in App local government area of Benue State recently held her maiden matriculation with the Provost of the College, Professor Joel Eriba expressing commitment to uplift academic and infrastructural facilities of the young...
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi, Benue, on Monday, remanded in custody five men facing trial for offences including criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbances, mischief, and acts of terrorism. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are Vanen Bunde, Wase Tikor, Shie Jacob, Abur Stephen, and Ortyom...
A Catholic Priest in Edo State, Rev. Fr. Andrew Obinyan, has charged Benue state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, to rely on God for guidance in his desire to bring good governance and development to Benue state. Obinyan, who gave the charge on Saturday in Benin while speaking with...
Police in Benue arraigned a 21-year-old mother, Nguse Nyita before a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for allegedly feeding her one-year-old child with herbicide causing her death. Police prosecutor, Insp Samuel Itodo, told the court that Nguse of Agam Community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue thereby committed...
In a series of apparently syndicated editorials, this country’s newspapers – the Daily Trust and ThisDay – have attempted to lay the blame of the dire security situation in Benue State entirely at the feet of the outgoing president. As for the man who has actually presided over Benue...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, condemned the use of terrorism as a tool in inter communal conflicts, urging that the attackers of innocent citizens in Benue must be found and dealt with swiftly under the law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
They could not even wait for Ortom to leave office before unleashing chaos. Moments after the governor-elect of Benue was led by his godfather, Senator George Akume to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja a few days ago, Fulani Herdsmen re-launched a viciously orchestrated attack...
The PDP Leadership League, a group within the party on Tuesday called on its National Working Committee (NWC) to sanction members and leaders who deliberately sabotaged the party at the 2023 general elections. National caucus members of the group, Mrs May Ubeku, Mr Ose Anenih, Mr John Shuaibu and...
A Makurdi High Court on Monday granted an ex-parte application seeking an interim injunction to restrain Mr lyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayu was dragged before the court by Mr Conrad Utaan, Chairman of his Igyorov Ward of the...
The Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State has suspended the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, with immediate effect. They suspended Ayu for anti-party activities after passing a vote of no confidence on him. While...
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed Mr Herman Hembe as the lawful governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Benue for the Saturday Governorship election. Justice Heleen Ogunwumiju in a unanimous judgment of the court dismissed the disqualification request filed by Mr Benjamin Lorlumum on the grounds that...
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Moses Ayom, has appealed to Benue residents to replicate the victory recorded by the party in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on March 11. Ayom made the call while inaugurating the Independent Campaign Council...
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has attributed the fuel scarcity rocking the country to the PDP. Tinubu stated this during the party’s presidential rally on Thursday in Makurdi. He disclosed that while PDP held sway for 16 years they issued to themselves...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
The year 2022 witnessed flooding as never seen in recent years in different parts of the country. The damage caused was massive resulting in loss of lives, property and farmlands. The incident also caught the attention of the international media with BBC reporting that “Nigeria is suffering its worst...