An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered that a 45-year-old man, James Beetse for alleged attempt to sell his daughter for N20million.. The police charged Beetse alongside his friend, Dooyum Agisha with criminal conspiracy, abduction and child trafficking in Benue. Magistrate Dooshima Ikpambese did not take the...
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BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election, Engineer Titus Uba has the capacity to effectively govern the state. Governor Ortom who stated this on Saturday, at the IBB Square, Makurdi during...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has committed about N7 billion to its various intervention projects in Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, from 1999 to date. The Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of BSU, Sebastine Hon, SAN, made this known on Tuesday...
By SAM ADZEGEH –Two major developments have, in the past five weeks or so, elicited much excitement in Agber, a settlement eastward on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The resumption of construction work on a drainage canal, a federal government project being executed by the Federal...
By SAM ADZEGEH – Residents of Agber, a community in Makurdi, capital of Benue State erupted into a frenzy of joyful activity as work has intensified on the drainage canal being constructed behind the settlement. The lack of an effective drainage system in the sprawling settlement of more than...