Tag: Benue
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Atiku will get 65 per cent of Benue’s votes – Party chieftain
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will get 65 per cent of Benue State votes. Mr Abraham Chila, who is a grassroots mobiliser expressed the optimism while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. He said that in spite Gov. Samuel Ortom’s support for his Rivers counterpart,…
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Whistleblower, critic drag Benue LG chairman, Facebook to court
Mr. Unazi Gideon, a social critic, and Eza Patrick, an anti-corruption crusader have dragged Mr. James Oche, Chairman, Ado Local Government Area of Benue and Facebook International Services Nigeria Limited for alleged defamation of character. Gideon and Patrick, in a suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/2812/2022 and filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, demanded N500 million…
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Benue PDP chieftain, Philip Wuhe defects to PRP
Mr Philip Wuhe, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue, has defected to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). Wuhe said this when he spoke with newsmen in Makurdi. He said that he left the party because it did not give him fair treatment in spite of his numerous contributions to its development.…
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APGA gubernatorial candidate seeks support of Benue people
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Benue, Mr Joseph Waya, has called on Benue people to join forces with the party to rescue the state from the shackles of poverty, disease and hunger. The call is contained in his 2022 Democracy Day message which he personally signed and issued on…
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APC guber primary: NWC orders re-run in 12 LGAs of Benue
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has ordered re-run for the governorship primaries in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Benue. The Chairman, Benue Governorship Re-run Committee, Mr Joel Omajali, disclosed this when he addressed APC members on Thursday in Makurdi. Omajali listed the affected LGAs as Kwande, Ushongo, Buruku, Konshisha,…
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Benue speaker emerges PDP guber candidate
The speaker of Benue House of Assembly, Mr Titus Uba, has picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the state governorship election in 2023. The Returning Officer for the primaries, Mr Bode Ojomu said this when he announced the result of the election on Wednesday in Makurdi.
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David Mark urges Ortom to sustain peace, unity in Benue
The former President of the Senate, David Mark has urged Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to sustain the peace and unity of the people of the state. Mark made the call in goodwill message by Mr Paul Mumeh, his Media Adviser, to the governor on his 61st birthday on Sunday in Abuja.
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2023: How Benue Speaker got endorsed by PDP as consensus guber candidate
The Benue State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from the Tiv speaking 14 Local Government areas of the State have settled for the the speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon Titus Uba as consensus guber candidate. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, to the Benue State Governor, Nathaniel Ikyur, indicated that…
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DHQ promises to find killers in Benue community
The Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen Adeyemi Yekini, says the military will not rest until the killers of 15 villagers at Tiortyu, a community in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue, are apprehended.
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2023: Kiddwaya’s mom, Susan Waya joins Benue guber race
BBNaija star Kiddwaya’s mom, Mrs. Susan Waya has joined the 2023 governorship race in the state, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Susan, who spoke with newsmen shortly after obtaining