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Unpaid Arrears: Benue doctors, dentists set to embark on indefinite strike

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Medical doctors and dentists under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) in Benue State have threatened an indefinite strike in Benue State over unpaid arrears. In a letter addressed to the Benue State

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We’ll no longer keep quiet over Ortoms’ misrule in Benue State – APC

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2021 0

Tom Okpe, Abuja The Benue State branch of the All Progressives’ Congress, (APC) has said it will not afford to keep quiet over Governor Samuel Ortoms’ misrule in the state saying it will continue to lend its voice on current state of affairs especially as it concerns state governance. In a statement, made available to […]

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Unpaid AMCON loan: Court orders Benue workers’ salary accounts to be unfrozen

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2021 0

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered that the salary accounts of Benue State workers be unfrozen, following a plea by the state government over inability to pay workers’ salaries. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after the application for lease of salary accounts and verifying affidavit was moved by counsel to the state […]

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Benue 2022 appropriation bill of N155.61bn passes 2nd reading

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2021 0

Benue Financing , Recurrent and Capital Expenditure Appropriation Bill of N155,611,390,265 for the 2022 fiscal year, on Thursday passed the second reading on the floor of the Benue State House of Assembly, in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recurrent expenditure of the bill is N98,792,082,431.34, while capital expenditure stands at […]

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4 banks complied with order on freezing Benue govt accounts -AMCON tells court

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2021 0

Four commercial banks in the country have complied with the order of a Federal Hig Court, Abuja, directing the freezing of all bank accounts of Benue Government. The four banks include First City Monument Bank Plc, Standard Charterred Bank Ngeria, Suntrust Bank Nigeria Ltd, and Wema Bank Plc. Counsel to the Asset Management Corporation of […]

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Benue: Over 500 killed in Zaki-biam during Akume’s regime as gov – Group alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2021 0

Kingsley Chukwuka A Spokesman for a group known as Jemgba Peace Advocate, Mr Tyohemba Lorsue, has alleged that over 500 people were killed in the community of Zaki-biam in Benue State, during the regime of George Akume as governor. Our correspondent recalled that a face-off with locals and the Army in Zaki-biam led to the […]

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GOV ORTOM TO PRESIDENCY: Focus on ending insecurity, fix economy instead of attacking me

Ihesiulo Grace 27 August 2021 0

*You, not Benue gov spreading division, hate, PDP replies Presidency By Kajo Martins, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, asked the Presidency to focus on ending the killings of innocent Nigerians as well as fix the nation’s economy instead of attacking him. Governor Ortom said this in reaction to the Presidency’s response on […]

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Grazing reserves: Ortom, Afenifere slam Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2021 0

*President turning Nigeria to cow republic, says Benue gov *Approval a waste of taxpayers’ money, sweet pipe dream — Afenifere Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, berated President Muhammadu Buhari over his swift approval of recommendations of a committee to review 368 grazing sites across 25 states […]

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Benue security council warns criminals against instigating crisis in Bonta, Ukpute communities

Ihesiulo Grace 28 July 2021 0

Kajo Martins, Makurdi The efforts of the Benue State Security Council to ensure sustainable peace between the Bonta and Ukpute communities living at the border areas of Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas has ended with a warning to criminals against instigating crisis in the two communities. The security meeting was attended by members of […]

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20 slain, many injured in Benue attack

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2021 0

Twenty persons were confirmed killed and many others wounded after marauders attacked Odugbeho village in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. Confirming the attack, a witness from Odugbeho identified as Isaac Oche said: “the suspected herdsmen invaded our village around 5:45 pm and started shooting sporadically, killing anyone on sight and disappeared around 6:40

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About 100 killed in Benue villages

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2021 0

No fewer than 100 persons have been reported killed in four council wards of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State at the weekend after gunmen unleashed terror on communities. It was gathered that over 100 dead bodies have been recovered from many villages in the four wards which the gunmen attacked simultaneously between Saturday […]

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Ortom disbands vigilante group, as volunteer guards take off in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2021 0

KAJO MARTINS, MAKURDI Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom has proscribed Vigilante groups illegally operating in the state and directed that anyone seen wearing uniform be arrested and prosecuted with immediate effect. The Governor said the Benue State Volunteer Guards, which law was enacted in the year 2000 and was recently adopted for full enforcement by […]

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Buhari condemns killings in Benue, Anambra, cautions against reprisal

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2021 0

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemns the killing of 11 people in Gwer West Local Government of Benue State and the reprisals on innocent people by mobs that blocked roads to unleash terror and violence. “I totally condemn this latest unprovoked violence and counter-attacks on innocent people that had nothing to do […]

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BREAKING: Benue IDPs’ Camp Attacked,7 Killed

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2021 0

On Tuesday, gunmen attacked Abagena community housing Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Makurdi local government area of Benue State, killing seven people and injuring several more. On Tuesday morning, enraged young people protested on the Makurdi-Lafia route, blocking the roads with the bodies of those who had died. According to a statement released on […]

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BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Abduct Benue University Students

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2021 0

Some students from the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State have been kidnapped by gunmen. The school authority announced on Monday that an unspecified number of students from the institution were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday. Mrs Rosemary Waku, Director of the Information, Protocol and Public Relations Unit (IPPR), made […]

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Benue indigenes in diaspora lambasts Buhari over attacks on Ortom

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2021 0

Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Benue diaspora group, under the umbrella of proactive Association of Benue Indigenes (PROABI) Kaduna chapter, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari, over assassination attempt on Governor Samuel Ortom, The association, in a press statement issued in Kaduna Thursday and signed by its President Comrade Moses Margaret Aji, stated that the

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Insecurity: Police restrict movement of motorcycles in Makurdi

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2021 0

The Police Command in Benue has restricted the movement of commercial motorcycles in Makurdi to between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily as earlier directed by Gov. Samuel Ortom. This is contained in a statement issued by DSP Catherine Anene, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state on Friday. “It could be recalled […]

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Benue State Government rejects call to repeal open grazing prohibition law

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2021 0

The Benue State Government has rejected the recent call by the Miyetti Allah kautal hore socio-cultural organization for the ban of its ranches establishment and open grazing prohibition law which it duly enacted since 2017. State Governor Samuel Ortom who made this known in Makurdi the state capital disclosed this in Makurdi the State capital […]

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No more amnesty, negotiation with criminals in Benue, Ortom vows

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2021 0

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that his administration will no longer negotiate with or grant amnesty to criminals under any guise. Ortom stated this at the weekend in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of the state at the burial of Mr. Terkura Suswam, the slain elder brother of a former governor, Sen. Gabriel […]

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Ortom the Tough

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2021 0

By Tony Afejuku The Tiv and Idoma people of Benue State in our country’s Middle Belt’s geographical region are my people. I call them my people primarily because I have quite a number (of some) of my firm friends among members of the two respective ethnic groups, right from the days and years when they […]