Tag: Benue
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Gunmen invade Benue monarch’s palace, kill son, abduct daughter
Gunmen broke into Ikpomolokpo palace in Gege Ward of Ado Local Government Area in Benue State in the early hours of Monday
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Gunmen attack mourners during funeral in Benue, kill four
Gunmen attacked mourners at a funeral ceremony in Imande Abur village, Mbategh council ward of Benue State on Saturday, the police said.
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4 banks complied with order on freezing Benue govt accounts – AMCON tells court
Four commercial banks in the country have complied with the order of a Federal Hig Court, Abuja, directing the freezing of all bank accounts of Benue Government. The four banks include First City Monument Bank Plc, Standard Charterred Bank Ngeria, Suntrust Bank Nigeria Ltd, and Wema Bank Plc. Counsel to the Asset Management Corporation of…
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Tofi, renowned Benue industrialist, dies at 103
Chief Denen Tofi, a renowned Benue industrialist, has died at the age of 103. Mr Aondoakura Tofi, one of sons of the deceased disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Thursday. He said that his father died around 11a.m. on Thursday at Nyom Hospital in Gboko,…
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Independence Day: Nothing to celebrate at 61 – Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said there is nothing to celebrate about the 61st Independence Anniversary of Nigeria as sycophants and mediocre have taken over the country coupled with the level of insecurity, bad economic policies of the federal government and grinding poverty in the land. The Governor who spoke Friday at the…
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Scores of miners feared killed as site collapses in Benue
There’s palpable fear that miners have been killed after a mineral deposit popularly known as Tojir Mine collapsed at Duejime area, near Anyiin of Logo Local
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Unending Bloodbaths: Benue, Plateau peoples’ lives matter – Carl Umegboro
The unending records of killings of people in Benue State – one of the states in Nigeria must not continue unabated. The menaces characterize a failed society without leadership.
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Ortom fumes as Akume demands state of emergency in Benue
Governor Samuel Ortom has attacked former governor George Akume for calling on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Benue State. Akume had at a press conference in Abuja on Monday called for a state of emergency in Benue over high level of insecurity. But Ortom hits back at him through a…
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JUST IN: NBC queries Channels TV over Ortom interview, demands response within 24Hrs
The National Broadcasting Commission has queried Channels Television over the “inciting, divisive and unfair comments” made by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on the TV’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme on Tuesday. NBC made this known in a letter to the television station titled, ‘Notice of Infraction’. The regulator’s letter was dated August 24, 2021, and…
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Suspected aggrieved WAEC candidates raze Benue school
Government Secondly School Tse- Agberagba in Benue State has been razed by suspected aggrieved West African Examination Council ( WAEC) candidates. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday. Tse Agberagba is the headquarters of Konshisha local Government area in Benue north east senatorial zone. According to reports, some aggrieved students whose WAEC registrations…