Tag: Benue State
Fashola promises to complete ongoing projects in 3 years
Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola says the Federal Government is committed to finishing all ongoing projects within…
Governor vows to fish out killers of aide
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has vowed to fish out killers of his senior special assistant on security, Mr.…
Benue, Ebonyi agree boundary truce, get FG commendation
Dr Mohammed Ahmed, the Director-General, National Boundary Commission (NBC), has commended the governments of Benue and Ebonyi states for achieving…
Agatu communal clashes unfortunate – Presidential aide
Dr Mariam Marsha, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), has described the Agatu…
Angry Benue youths protest against Fulani herdsmen, shut down highway
Okafor Ofiebor Angry youths protesting the invasion of Fulani herdsmen today blocked the busy Wanune-Gboko road in Tarka Local Government…
Fulani herdsmen not responsible for attacks – Gov Ortom
ortom Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has explained that Fulani herdsmen are not the ones responsible for the incessant…
Aisha Buhari donates relief materials to IDPs in Benue
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday donated assorted relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
N3.1bn Fraud: How Suswan laundered N1bn – Witness
The trial of Gabriel Suswan, a former governor of Benue State and his Commissioner of Finance, Okolobia Okpanachi, continued on…
Benue Amnesty Programme a huge success – SSG
The Secretary to the Benue Government, Mr Targema Takema, on Saturday described the amnesty programme introduced by the administration to…
N3.1bn Fraud: How ex-Gov Suswan siphoned state funds
An operative with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Junaid Sa’id, testifying in the ongoing trial of former Benue…
Supreme court upholds the election of Ortom
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State[/captionr Nigeria’s supreme court on Friday upheld the election of Samuel Ortom as…
How Suswan hijacked N3.1bn proceeds of Benue shares – Witness
The trial of former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswan, and his Commissioner for Finance, Omodachi Okolobia, commenced today before Justice…
Benue ranks 9th in HIV/AIDS prevalence – Ortom
Mrs Eunice Ortom, wife of Benue State Governor, on Sunday, said that the state was now ranked ninth in the…
NAF to Benue residents: We’ll protect your lives and property
The Nigerian Air force (NAF), has assured the people of Benue State of adequate protection of their lives and property.…
Money Laundering: EFCC to arraign Suswam on Wednesday
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it will arraign former Governor of Benue Sate Gabriel Suswan…
Be honest with Benue’s finances, Abba Moro tells Ortom
Former Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has advised Governor Samuel Ortom to be honest in disclosing the exact income…
Man, 25, in court for raping boy, 13
A 25-year-old man, Benjamin Ibehmonic, on Friday appeared in a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court for alleged rape of a 13-year-old boy…
No intimidation will stop me from probing Suswam – Ortom
No amount of intimidation or blackmail will deter me from probing former Governor Gabriel Suswam’s eight-year administration in Benue state,…
Speaker to constituents: Report criminals in your midst
Terkimbir Ikyange, Speaker, Benue House of Assembly, has called on the people of his constituency to report criminal elements in…
Tribunal nullifies PDP lawmaker’s election, orders fresh poll
The State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on Friday nullified the election of member…
Tribunal upholds Rep. Okwu’s election in Benue
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Tuesday upheld INEC’s return of Mr…
Border strife: Benue, Taraba exchange kidnapped indigenes
The Benue State Government on Friday in Makurdi handed over three indigenes of Taraba, kidnapped during the communal crises between…
Gov. Ortom declares amnesty for possessors of illegals arms
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday declared amnesty for possessors of illegal arms in the state who surrender their…
Suswam denies beating his wife, Yemisi
The immediate past governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam, on Sunday denied either beating or having any quarrel with…
Gov. Ortom, a PDP man in APC, says PDP Chairman
Chief Emmanuel Agbo, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has declared that the governor…
VIDEO: Benue APC, PDP lawmakers exchange blows
The fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was dubbed the biggest fight of the century but both fighters would…
Police arrest 3 kidnapping suspects
The Police in Benue have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Makurdi, the Police Public Relations Officer, Austin Ezeani, has said.…
Al-Makura condemns attack on Tse-Ikpur community in Benue
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has condemned the recent attack on Tse-Ikpur community of Logo Local Government Area of…
Gov. Ortom to constitute cabinet within 3 weeks
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has said that his cabinet will be ready in the next three weeks. Ortom made…
Benue is under a spell, says Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has stated that the state is “under a spell” after he discovered that major…