Let me start by asking the bar man to give everyone in Benue, except Gov Hyacinth Alia, a bottle of beer over the state government’s plan to establish a brewery in the state. I certainly cannot ask the bar man to include Gov Alia in the distribution of...
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the Nigerian Army has commenced a home ownership scheme for all soldiers in the country. Lagbaja said that the `Affordable House Ownership Option for All Soldiers’ was to enable the personnel to own two or three...
A former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Friday appealed to Nigerians to stop killing each other and allow the country to make progress. Danjuma made the appeal at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Nwonyo International Fishing and Cultural Festival at Ibi, in Taraba. The retired...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In a series of successful operations, Nigerian Army troops deployed for Counter- terrorism Counter- insurgency operations in Taraba and Benue States have made significant strides in disrupting terrorist activities. Confirming the incident in a statement on Monday in Abuja, the Director Army Public Relations,...
l Kogi State Governor, Usman, has expressed shock and sympathy over the recent killing of 25 persons during bandits attack in Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of the state. Ododo, who spoke on the attack in Lokoja, regretted the ugly dimension that communal clashes between people in...
Displaced people of Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi have pleaded with the federal and state governments to assist them to return home after Thursday’s bandits attack. The bandits had launched an attack on the quiet and peaceful Agojeju-Odo community, killing 25 persons, injuring some...
Twenty-five victims of Thursday’s banditry at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi were buried on Saturday. Chief David Akpa, District Head and Ochala Onu-Ife Bagaji Odo, Omala, Kogi, told newsmen in his palace that those buried included two women and four children. Akpa described the...
Bandits have killed 19 persons and injured several others at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi on Thursday. A community member alleged that a running battle between militia groups in parts of Benue and some bandits led to the onslaught on the sleepy towns of...
By ANDREW AGBESE If you go to look for Terzungwe, who lives at High Level in Makurdi, between 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, it is most likely that you won’t meet him at home. Ter (as his friends call him), retired from his civil service job...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Disturbed by the killing of his constituents in Kwande and its environs by the herdsmen, a member of the House of Representatives for Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency, Terseer Ugbor has called for collaboration by all stakeholders, including security agencies, traditional rulers, policymakers and...
Senior Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Center (DIGC), Pastor Paul Enenche, has admonished Nigerians to put their trust and hope in God in these trying moments for the country and citizens. Enenche gave the admonition on Tuesday at the Makurdi Airport, while speaking with newsmen. The Man of God,...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra states are likely to be flooded, following the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA, who disclosed this at the National Emergency Coordination Forum meeting, on Wednesday...
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old student, Austin Ife be remanded in a correction centre for alleged murder and belonging to a cult group. Ife who lives at No 22 Solomon Akaahan Street in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue was charged with criminal conspiracy,...
The governorship candidate on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Benue in the 2023 general elections, Prof. Bem Angwe, has withdrawn his membership from the party. Angwe’s resignation was contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the NNPP Ward Chairman of Mbatyu in Gboko Local...
The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), a socio-cultural group on Saturday urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the creation of Okura state from Kogi state, for the advancement of Igala people of the state. Its National Leader, David Abutu, made the call during the inauguration of the newly-elected UIO...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 elections, says he can’t celebrate his 62nd birthday with over 327 Nigerians killed in Plateau and Benue this month. Obi, however, humbly appealed to all those who desired to celebrate him with any kind of gifts, to...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) FT-7NI trainer aircraft has reportedly crashed on Friday while on a routine training exercise in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the crash...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness and grief over the latest round of violence and killings in Plateau State. The President in a statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Dele Alake, condemned in strong terms the most recent internecine killings in Mangu Local...
The Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, says the dredging of Rivers Benue, Niger and Kaduna will cost more than 20 billion dollars. According to him, this has made the clamour for the dredging of the three rivers to check perennial flooding in...
The Police in Benue on Monday arraigned three persons before a Makurdi Upper Area Court for alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and terrorism. They are Terhide Imo, a.k.a. Yellow, Orvendega Orhena and Aondongu Imo, all of Tse-Tyulen village of Guma local government area (LGA) of Benue state. The Police...