Tag: Benue State
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,…