Tag: Benue
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Unknown gunmen assassinate retired DIG’s Wife in Benue
The Benue Police Command has announced the assassination of Mrs Eunice Aghanya, wife of retired Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr Ibe Aghanya, in Makurdi, the Benue capital. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene said the victim was killed by unknown gunmen at her Makurdi residence, behind Kismet Hotel, on…
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Ortom blows hot, says no more amnesty for criminals in Benue
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Saturday averred that there is no more amnesty for criminals in the state. The Governor who spoke at the burial of Terkura Suswam at Anyinne also bemoaned the conspiracy of silence among the people which he said was making the crisis to rage unabated. Terkura Suswam, the elder brother…
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Gunmen kill ex-Benue gov’s brother, aide
Gunmen have killed Terkula Suswam, the elder brother of former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam. They also killed his aide in an attack that occurred at Anyiin in Gaambetiev of Logo Local Government Area of the state at about 8.40 pm on Tuesday night. An eyewitness said the late Suswam was working outside his compound…
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Benue releases confiscated 210 cows to owners after collecting N5m fine
The Benue State Government has released 210 cows earlier confiscated by the state livestock guards at Mbala, Makurdi, and Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of the state. The cows were returned to the owners after various fines worth N5million in total, were paid. The commander of the Benue State Livestock Guards, Linus Zaki, while…
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Strange sickness hits Benue school, nine students ‘paralyzed’
The Benue State Government has shut down a secondary school, Vaatia College in Makurdi, the state capital following the outbreak of a strange illness. At least nine students have been reported paralyzed following the outbreak of the strange illness and some have been hospitalised at Madonna Hospital, a private clinic in the state. The Commissioner…
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Just in: APC chairman murdered in Benue
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Gboko South ward, Tersoo Ahu, has been murdered. He was killed by a gang of young men in Gboko on Sunday. Ahu and other ward officials were training party members for the APC registration and revalidation exercise. The assailants stormed the venue with clubs, cutlasses, and attacked Ahu.…
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Ortom threatens legal action against spokesman of Fulani over comment on Benue killings
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has called for the arrest and questioning of a self-acclaimed spokesman of Fulani groups and All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain, Garus Gololo over alleged comments on Benue killings. Mr. Gololo had recently alleged that Governor Ortom was sponsoring attacks on Fulanis residing in Benue state. Piqued by the allegation,…
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Ortom’s Chief of Staff suspends 2023 campaign
Mr Terwase Orbunde, Chief of Staff to Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, says he has suspended his campaign for the Government House in 2023, incompliance with the directive of the governor. This is contained in a statement by Orbunde on Saturday in Makurdi. “On Wednesday, Feb. 3, my principal and Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue,…
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Catholic priest, six others die of COVID-19 complications in Benue within seven days
Seven persons, including a Catholic priest Father Kuluke, have died of COVID- 19 complications within one week in Benue State. The Chairman of the State Action Committee on COVID-19 and Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, disclosed this on Monday while swearing-in Justice Aleje as a judge of the Customary Court of Appeal at the Government House.…
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Bandits kill livestock guard, shoot NSCDC officer in Benue
The Benue Government said bandits attacked and killed a Livestock Guard and shot an official of the Agro Rangers, a unit in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Makurdi, the state capital. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, retired Col. Paul Hemba, told newsmen on Saturday in Makurdi that the…