Tag: Benue State
#EndSARS: Benue judicial panel recommends N304.5m compensation
The panel also recommended that scores of police officers be investigated by the Attorney-General of the State with a view…
Not a life and death matter: Ortom says of political offices
Governor Samuel Ortom has advised his appointees vying for various political offices not to consider their ambitions as a matter…
Ortom: General Oneya’s death, great loss to Benue, Nigeria
Ortom says Oneya's footprints as administrator of Benue State have remained indelible, particularly as one who handed over power to…
Gunmen attack Benue’s Odugbeho community, police mum on casualties
The Benue State Police Command on Monday confirmed the attack on Odugbeho community in Agatu Local Government Area of the…
Panic as fleeing herdsmen invade Benue communities
Fulani herdsmen grazing in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, have reportedly fled the zone and are now settling in some…
Ethanol factory springs up in Benue
An ethanol factory called Pure Biotech Company is springing up in Tyo-Mo, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
Man beaten to death after oracle declares him guilty of goat theft in Benue
The deceased was accused of stealing a goat by his brother, and was later reported to the youths in the…
Benue woman leads robbery operation with local pistol, knife
Benue woman, Mary Jeremiah, docked for robbing a provision store with a locally made pistol and knife, remanded in prison…
Why I joined APC – Ex NHRC boss, Prof Angwe
Prof. Bem Angwe, former Executive Secretary (ES), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and his supporters were officially welcomed into the…
Benue health commissioner Ongbabo quits, fails to give reasons
Dr. Sunday Ongbabo has bowed from the office of Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Resources.
Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom
Benue Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. David Echioda, a priest of Catholic Diocese of Otukpo,…
I accept Supreme Court verdict in good faith: Emmanuel Jime
Mr Emmanuel Jime, the All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate in the 2019 governorship race in Benue, has accepted in…
Obasanjo lays foundation for Catholic Church special school
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday laid the foundation of the Children with Special Needs School, Igbor, near Makurdi in…
Obasanjo’s mango plantation set to employ 1000 workers in Benue
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, is set to become a big employer of labour in Benue state, with his mango…
I’ll not anoint anybody – Gov Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says he has no plans to anoint anybody as his successor in 2023.
Cash strapped Gov. Ortom appoints 25 advisers (Full List)
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, who is owing pensioners alone N20 billion, has approved the appointment of 25 Special Advisers.
Judge opens account in maid’s name, saves N870m in 11 years
A Nigerian judge, Margaret Igbeta, who retired as president of the Benue state Customary Court of Appeal, opened an account…
Police arrest man who raped, impregnated minor in Benue
18-year-old man, Terna Taga, who allegedly raped and impregnated a 10-year-old girl has been arrested by the Benue State Police…
Benue state deeply divided, Gov. Ortom laments
Gov. Samuel Ortom has called on indigenes of Benue at home and in the Diaspora to unite against the security…
Tanker explodes in Benue, many feared dead
Many residents were feared dead on Monday in Ahumbe village on the Alliade/ Makurdi Federal Highway in the Gwer East…
Benue 8th Assembly passes 58 bills in 4 years – Speaker
The Benue House of Assembly has passed 58 bills between June 5, 2015 and June 3, 2019. Speaker of the…
Benue: Tribunal dismisses Lawani’s application to amend petition
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Friday dismissed application by former Deputy Governor of Benue, Mr…
Benue Govt. pledges to pay new minimum wage
The Benue government has agreed to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage to its workers. Speaking at the 2019 workers…
Civil servant remanded for alleged armed robbery
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court in Benue, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old civil servant, Tivlumun Sule, in prison,…
Benue women educated on HIV/AIDS
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, says it has educated and empowered no fewer than 250 women on reproductive health,…
Immigration to strengthen border patrol in Benue
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has undertaken a two-day “border patrol reinforcement exercise’’ in Benue.
Apologise to Benue state govt., Reps urge IGP
The House of Representatives has advised the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Idris Ibrahim, to apologise to Gov. Samuel Otom of…
Open-Grazing Prohibition: Benue govt. urged to review Law
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Search for Common Ground, on Monday in Abuja urged Benue Government to review its Open-Grazing…
Members of armed militia group arrested in Benue
Troops of 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army stationed in Takum, Taraba, have arrested nine members of alleged sponsored armed…
No place for ghost workers – Gov Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has vowed to fish out ghost workers in the state’s public service and reduce the…