Tag: Benue
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Strange disease kills 4, 15 hospitalised in Benue – Officials
Officials have confirmed the dead of four persons with15 others seriously sick following a strange disease recorded at Oye-Obi in Obi Local Government Area of Benue. Mr Andyson Egbodo, the newly President of Igede National Youths Council, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi. Egbodo gave the names of the deceased as Happiness Ogbu,…
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Tragic! Mob set alleged robber ablaze
A mob has set ablaze a suspected robber at Kornya town in Benue State. A youth activist, Jiji Jacksaid the police arrested the suspect, who had been a thorn in the flesh of the residents of Kornya town because of his unlawful activities and detained him in a cell. He said when youths became aware…
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FG ready to demarcate Benue, Taraba boundary
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to demarcate the Boundary between Benue and Taraba State before mid-year in 2020. The decision is part of measures to restore lasting peace to the State which has been enmeshed in Boundary disputes that have led to several deaths and destruction of properties for over a decade.…
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NEMA suspends fertilisers distribution in Benue
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has suspended the ongoing distribution of fertilisers to the 2018 flood and herders crises victims in Benue. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NEMA had on Oct. 3, commenced the distribution of 226 trucks of fertilisers to the disasters victims in Benue. NAN reports that the fertilisers…
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ECOWAS Court orders probe of Benue mass killings
The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to investigate the January 2018 mass killings and destruction of property in some communities in five local government areas in Benue State. The court, in a judgment on Thursday, also ordered the Nigerian government to identify…
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I’ll not anoint anybody as my successor – Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says he has no plans to anoint anybody as his successor. Ortom, while addressing PDP stakeholders’ on Friday in Makurdi, assured them that he would allow the party to field the most acceptable candidate for the governorship election in 2023. “If someone tells you that I have anointed him as…
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Benue suspends health scheme boss over missing N900m
Benue Executive Council has approved the suspension of Dr Stanley Ugah, the State Programme Manager, Saving One Million Lives, over alleged embezzlement of N900 million of the scheme’s funds. This was contained in a press statement issued Thursday by Mr Terver Akase, Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, and made available to the News…
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JUST IN: Osinbajo, Ortom meet over Benue, Ebonyi land crisis
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met behind closed doors with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and Ebonyi State Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe, over the land crisis between the two states. The meeting was attended by the Acting Director General of the National Boundary Commission, Adaji Adamu. Speaking with State House correspondents at the end…
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N3.1bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned former Governor of Benue, Gabriel Suswam on a nine-count charge bordering on money laundering at the Federal High Court Abuja. Suswam, a serving senator, was re-arraigned before Justice Okon Abang alongside Omadachi Oklobia who was the Commissioner of Finance in Benue when he was governor.…
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JUST IN: Gunmen abduct PDP chieftain in Benue
Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) chieftain Ben Akile on zaki biam on Katsina-Ala road in Benue North-East senatorial district, Benue state. Ben Akile was on his way from Zakibiam to Katsina-Ala town for PDP zonal meeting with Senator Gabriel Suswam. The meeting was to discuss and…