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Gunmen kill man, wife and son in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2019 0

A man, his wife and a son were at the late hours of Thursday night attacked and gruesomely murdered by unknown men at the north bank area of Makurdi the Benue state capital. The man who according to sources is identified as Greg Indyor were said to have been strangled along side his wife and

Permanent secretary, wife, 2 children perish in Benue blaze

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2019 0

The acting Permanent Secretary, Benue state Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, Mr. Seker Akaa, his pregnant wife and two children were in the early hours of Monday burnt to death in a fire incident in Makurdi. Benue state Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene, who confirmed the incident in Makurdi, disclosed that the fire […]

Just In: Benue loses Perm Sec, pregnant wife, 2 kids in fire outbreak

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2019 0

The Acting Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, Mr Seker Akaa, his pregnant wife and two kids were burnt to death in a fire incident in Makurdi early hours of Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Benue, DSP Sewuese Anene confirmed the inferno to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

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UNDP advocates establishment of peace commission in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2019 0

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has advocated for the establishment of a peace commission in Benue state as a panacea to ending crises in the state. The head of the UNDP team, Mr. Abduwahab Ba made the advocacy during an interactive forum with lawmakers, religious and other stakeholders on Wednesday at the Benue state […]

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Benue loses N30 billion to tax evaders, says board

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2019 0

The Benue state Urban Development Board has said that over eight per cent of structures in the state are not built with approved site plan by the board and are therefore illegal. The board’s General Manager, Apostle Saint Gbilekaa, who made the disclosure in Makurdi on Tuesday while addressing a meeting of the National Association […]

Ortom presents N189.4bn 2020 budget to Benue assembly

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2019 0

The Benue state government has proposed to spend the sum of N189, 433, 511, 45 for the 2020 fiscal year. Governor Samuel Ortom, who announced this while presenting the 2020 budget estimate to the Benue state House of Assembly on Tuesday for consideration, said the sum of N13, 332, 49, 543 will be expected from […]

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Benue donates N20 million to special school project

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2019 0

Benue state government has donated N20 million to the Catholic bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Wilfred Anagbe for the proposed building of the school for children with special needs. Governor Samuel Ortom announced the donation on Sunday during a special mass to mark a week- long 25th silver jubilee of Bishop Wilfred Anagbe’s priestly ordination in […]

Miyetti Allah can’t be above the law, says Ortom

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2019 0

The Benue state government has said that the threats of violence by the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore’s has confirmed the fact that the group is responsible for attacks on farming communities in parts of the country. Also, the attitude of the group’s leaders, the governor stated show it is determined to reject any […]

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Ortom: I have dismantled all negative tendencies in Benue Govt. House

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2019 0

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state said on Sunday in Makurdi that he has dismantled all negative tendencies often believed to deter progress in the Government House and the state. Ortom said this during a special thanksgiving service organised in his honour by the Independent Print-Media Publishers Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) at the Chapel of […]

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Gunmen kill Radio Nigeria staff, one other in Benue – Police

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2019 0

The Benue state Police Command on Sunday confirmed the assassination of the Head of ICT, Radio Nigeria Harvest FM, Makurdi, Mr. Patrick Kumbul and one Shongo Wuester by unknown gunmen in Makurdi. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sewuese Anene, who confirmed the incidents in Makurdi, stated that the victims were killed on Saturday night. Anene […]

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Jukun/Tiv crisis: Ortom commends Gov. Ishaku on peace initiative

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2019 0

Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has commends his Taraba state counterpart, Governor Darius Ishaku for steps he has taken to end the crisis between Jukun and Tiv ethnic nationalities in Taraba state. The governor said the decision to set up a committee comprising Jukun and Tiv representatives will deepen dialogue and prevent further conflicts in […]

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Miyetti Allah apologizes over Benue killings

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2019 0

The Fulani Socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has apologized to the government and people of Benue state over herdsmen attacks and killings in some communities in the state. The national Secretary of the association, Engr. Saleh Alhassan, who tendered the apology on Sunday in Makurdi during a peace initiative meetibg brokered by the Chairman […]

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Akume, 16 others appeal tribunal’s ruling in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2019 0

Seventeen defeated candidates at the National Assembly and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Benue state have appealed the judgement of the tribunal at the Court of Appeal, Makurdi. Secretary of the tribunal, Mrs. Debra Musa, who disclosed this in Makurdi on Tuesday, stated that each candidate by law has 21 days from […]

Again, Oshiomhole loses bid to stop Ortom’s N10bn libel suit

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2019 0

A Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityonyiman has struck out a motion filed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, praying it to strike out the N10 billion libel suit instituted against him by the Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom. The motion filed by Oshiomhole prayed […]

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Ortom, PDP hail Rep. Okwu’s Appeal Court victory

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2019 0

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed excitement over the verdict of the Court of Appeal which declared Rep. Samson Okwu as the rightful winner of the 2019 House of Representatives election for Obi/Oju Federal Constituency seat. In separate statements issued in Makurdi over […]

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6 in court for kidnapping, robbery, culpable homicide in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

The Benue state Police Command has arraigned six members of an alleged notorious gang that specializes in robbing, kidnapping and killing of unsuspecting victims in Ushongo Local Government Area and its environs. Prosecution officer, Mr. Hyacinth Gbakor told the court that on September 23, a team of ‘Operation ZENDA’ special crack squad following a tip […]

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Police in Benue exhume another corpse in rice farm

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

The Police Command in Benue on Wednesday, exhumed an unknown decomposed body in a rice farm in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Ms Catherine Anene disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. Anene however said she had yet to get full details […]

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Benue arraigns lecturer over Ochanya’s death

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

A senior lecturer at the Benue state Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Mr. Andrew Ogboja has been arraigned before a Makurdi High Court by the state government on a four -count charge of criminal conspiracy and rape of a minor, Ochanya Ogbaje leading to her death. The prosecution told the court that the accused conspired with his son, […]

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Ortom pays medical bills of 700 snake bite victims

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2019 0

The Oracle Business Foundation Limited, a company to Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has paid the medical bills of over 700 victims of snake bite at the Bishop Murray Hospital, Makurdi. Health Coordinator in the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Rev. Father Peter Paleghve made the disclosure at the weekend when accompanied by one of the […]

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I’m still certain of victory at tribunal – Ortom

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2019 0

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has expressed optimism that he will again win as the governorship election petitions tribunal was set to deliver judgement on Monday in a case filed by governorship candidate of the APC Emmanuel Jime challenging the results of the polls. The governor who made this known Friday while addressing the […]

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