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...
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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...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Samuel Ortom on Thursday led party bigwigs to kick-off statewide gubernatorial and legislative houses campaign rallies for the party. The State Deputy Governor, Engr. Benson Abounu, Senator representing Benue North-East...
I’m in politics to rescue Benue from PDP’s maladministration, says APC guber candidate, Rev. Fr Alia
I’m in politics to rescue Benue from PDP’s maladministration, says APC guber candidate, Rev. Fr Alia
The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Benue state, Rev. Fr Dr Hyacinth Alia, said on Wednesday that his foray into the political space of the state was borne out of the wish for collective effort to rescue the state from the maladministration of the Peoples Democratic Party...
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), on Sunday celebrated Christmas at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Abagana, Makurdi. Speaking with the IDPs, Obi said that their plight would not continue, adding that they should have hope that they would soon go back to their ancestral...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the Federal Government is not sincere to ending insecurity in the country. Governor Ortom spoke on Thursday, when he paid a sympathy visit on his Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu who was recently kidnapped...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged Nigerians to rise above parochial considerations and work together for the progress of the country. Governor Ortom gave the charge on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State shortly after he received the highest honours in the state,...
BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Government is to benefit from an agricultural programme on Innovative Strengthening of Smallholder Farmer and Productive Land Restoration. The programme is to be implemented by the African Union Development Agency’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development, AUDA-NEPAD in collaboration with the State Government...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 35-year-old man, Eugene Izuchukwu, for allegedly swindling COVID-19 loan applicants of N28.8million in Benue. The police charged Izuchukwu with advance fee fraud and criminal intimation. The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, however, did not take the plea of Izuchukwu for want...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Tiv Area Traditional Council has urged politicians to desist from insulting opponents during campaigns, to avoid breach of peace. The council said politicians should rather focus on issue-based campaigns in national interest This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Secretary of the...
The remains of Tunde Mark, son of the former President of the Senate, David Mark, has been laid to rest in his home town Otukpo, Benue amidst tears. Tunde who died on Oct. 21, 2022 in a London hospital at the age of 51, had battled with cancer for...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom says the main thrust of the five Governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as G-5 is to ensure justice, equity and fairness in Nigeria. Governor Ortom stated this on Friday in Enugu during a banquet and command...
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has promised to build a new Nigeria devoid of mass poverty and criminalities, if elected in 2023 general election. Obi who said this on Wednesday at his presidential campaign rally in Makurdi, pledged to ensure that youth were gainfully engaged by...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue alongside three other People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday paid solidarity visit to their counterpart of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ortom was accompanied in the visit by Nyesome Wike of Rivers, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and...
By JACOB KUBEKA – Former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher, has observed that the Flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in Benue State on Monday was significant proof that the party was big and strong enough to absolve internal shocks and contrarian forces without...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has donated the sum of 50 million naira to Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF),the foundation of the first lady of Benue State, Dr Eunice Ortom, to facilitate completion of its Integrated Health Facility located in Apir, Makurdi...