Tag: Benue State
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…
Traditional ruler urges farmers, herdsmen to co-exist in peace
Following the effective take of the Benue State open grazing prohibition law, the Uehra Ashea of Kube Chiefdom in Nasarawa…
NLC condemns Benue Govt. over non-payment of salaries, pensions
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the refusal of the Benue Government to pay salaries, pensions and gratuities after…
Syndicate behind strike in Benue – Gov. Ortom
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom said in Makurdi on Thursday that a salary syndicate working to frustrate the ongoing workers screening…
Labour rejects Gov’s appeal, begins warning strike Sept. 5
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Benue have rejected Gov. Samuel Ortom’s appeal against…
Flood: State opens 2 camps for IDPs
Benue Government on Wednesday announced the official opening of two camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
Benue, Chinese company to partner on improved seedlings
Benue Government says it has plans to partner with a Chinese Seed company, Yuan’s Seed Company, for the provision of…
Benue Govt. Shut down 2424 illegal schools
The Benue Government said it had closed down 2,424 primary, secondary and tertiary schools operating illegally in the state.
Benue youths urged to acquire skills for self reliance
Mr Jonathan Uever, Special Adviser to Benue Governor, on Bureau for Youth and Sports Development, has urged youths in the…
Paris fund: 90 percent to go into salaries – BNSG
The Benue Government said on Wednesday that 90 per cent of the N6.4 billion received as its share of the…
Court sacks House of Reps member in Benue State
The Supreme Court on Friday sacked Rep. Herman Hembe (Benue/APC), and ordered him to refund salaries allowances he collected while…
Gov. Ortom defends anti-open grazing law
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has said that the state followed due process in the passage of the open grazing…
Benue Table Tennis Association gets new executive committee
The Benue Table Tennis Association has elected new officials to manage its affairs for the next three years, the new…
Revenue collectors decry police harassment in state
Revenue collectors engaged by the Benue Government on Wednesday decried incessant harassment by Policemen, and claimed that they had lost…
Ortom: Blow the whistle against anyone with a case of corruption
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has challenged residents of the state not to hesitate to blow the whistle if they had…
Private school proprietors protest heavy taxes
Proprietors of private schools in Benue on Thursday took their protest against heavy taxes to the State House of Assembly.
Benue Govt. outlaws open grazing protect lives
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue said on Friday that outlawing of open grazing and rearing of livestock was to promote…
Benue governor blames recent killings on criminals
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has said the most recent killings in the State were not perpetrated by herdsmen, but…
Pensioners storm Benue secretariat over unpaid arrears
Pensioners from the 23 local government councils of Benue on Monday besieged the state secretariat demanding an immediate payment of…
Police mobilise to end Benue cult wars
The Police have mobilized in full force to tackle the orgy of violence and deadly cult clashes in Benue, a…
Benue to generate 10 megawatts of electricity
The Benue Commissioner for Works, Transport and Energy, Mr Emmanuel Manger, said on Friday that the State Government had commenced…
Police confirms killing of Benue traditional ruler
The police in Benue have confirmed the killing of chief Awuhe Alev, the traditional ruler of Mabayongo district, in Katsina…
‘Ghana’ boys attack Benue community
A least 13 persons were reportedly killed by an armed robbery gang at Senga village in Katsina Ala Local Government…
Police arrest 2 for operating illegal gun factory
The Police in Benue on Tuesday said that two persons suspected to be operating an illegal gun factory in the…
Benue gov. urged to sack non-performing political appointees
A Social Critic and Finance Consultant, Mr Nath Apir, has advised Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to sack non-performing political…
Benue farmers seek govt’s help to regain lost farms
Farmers in Ayiin, Logo Local Government Area of Benue have appealed for the state government’s support in regaining their farms…
54 varsity students denounce cultism in Benue
No fewer than 54 students from various tertiary institutions in Benue have denounced their membership of cult groups. The students…
Fulani herdsmen storm Benue, kills 14
No fewer than 14 persons have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Gaambe-Tiev, Logo Local…