Tag: Benue State
Accident Claims 12 Lives
An accident involving an 18-seater Hiace bus with registration number BN SG 335 Makurdi and a trailer with registration number…
Governor’s Aide Escapes Death
The Special Adviser to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, Dr. Cletus Akwaya has escaped death by the whiskers in…
Houses Burnt As Villagers Clash In Benue
Following renewed clashes between communities in two local government areas in Benue State, Agasha in Guma and their Asukunya neighbours…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN, PDP Trade Words Ahead Of Gov Election
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Benue State chapter, has accused the Peoples’ Democratic, PDP, of plotting to rig the…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
INEC Shifts House Of Assembly Election In Oju
Following the outcome of a Federal High Court judgment in Makurdi, Benue State, North Central Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Benue Election Not Cancelled -REC
The Benue State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Nasir Ayilara said the cancellation of some results in some polling units in…
Kidnapped Student Freed
Less than twenty four hours after reporting the abduction of  Moses Kuma, a final year student at the University of…
Ignore Radio Announcement —Benue ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Benue State, has dissociated itself from a purported list of successful candidates in its…
2,340 DDC Machines For Benue
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission in Benue State said it has taken delivery of 2,340 Direct Data Capture, DDC, machines as…
We’ll Not Spare Corrupt Council Bosses —ICPC
By Ubong George/Makurdi Just as elected council chairmen in Benue State take their exit after the completion of their tenure,…
David Mark, Dakingari, Dozie Bag Honourary Doctorate Degrees
Senate President, Senator David Mark, Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Usman Dakingari and the Chairman of MTN, Dr. Pascal Dozie,would…
NGF: Governors Kick Out Saraki As Chairman
Governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP early this morning announced the removal of Governor Bukola Saraki…
3 Killed As PDP Factions Clash
At least three persons were feared dead and several others injured yesterday when two  factions of the People’s Democratic Party,…
Varsity Don Blames Banks For Lack Of Agric Funds
The Vice-chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, Prof. Daniel Vershima Uza, has decried the lack of development of…
NDLEA Arrests Hemp Farmer
The Benue State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr Samuel Azinge has decried the rate at…
Benue Varsity ASUU Calls Off Strike
After two and half months of industrial action, the Benue State Univeristy Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
Gov’s Aide Warns Council Bosses
The Special Adviser to the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Solomon Wombo, has warned…
Police Gun Down Three Robbers
It was the end of the road for three armed robbers when they were gunned down by the police in…
FCT High Court Gets 8 New Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina–Alu, this morning in Abuja at the Supreme Court Complex swore in 8…
Reps Condemn Jonathan’s Ban On Super Eagles, Ask For Reversal
Members of the House of Representatives at the plenary of the lower chamber this morning condemned yesterday’s decision of President…
Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Tourney, Qualifiers Talk Tough
With the finals of the Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship still few months away, students of the schools that…
15 Students Injured After Violent Clash
The harmonious relationship between students of Government College and Command Secondary School both in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, was shattered…
Man Dies In Court
The court room of Chief Magistrate’s Court One, North Bank, Makurdi, Benue State, was yesterday thrown into confusion when a…