Tag: Benue
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Gunmen shoot INEC’s collation officer in Benue
Unknown gunmen have shot the Local Government Collation Officer for Gboko Local Government Area, Comfort Dooshima, in Makurdi, Benue State. Doshima, a professor and lecturer at the University of Agriculture was on her way to the INEC headquarters, Makurdi, to present results from the local government. She has been rushed to the Benue State University…
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Benue REC confirms attack on INEC convoy
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)for Benue, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, has confirmed the attack on the commission’s convoy on Gboko-Makurdi road by unknown gunmen on Saturday night. Yilwatda told Journalists in the early hours of Sunday at the INEC headquarters Makurdi, that the Returning Officer for the Governorship supplementary polls in Gboko, Prof. Comfort Tuleun…
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INEC cancels elections in Benue Ward over Attack on Officials, Burning of Materials
Elections have been suspended in Azendeshi ward in Benue, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Nentawe Yilwatda have said. According to Channels Television, Yilwatda said the elections were cancelled in the ward where over 13,000 voters were to vote in the ongoing supplementary elections in the state because of the attack and destruction of election…
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Supplementary poll: Thugs set electoral materials ablaze in Benue
Suspected thugs on Saturday set ablaze electoral materials meant for supplementary elections in the entire Azendeshi ward in Chito town of Benue state. Chito town is the headquarters of Azendeshi ward with 13,000 voting population. The electoral materials were said to have been kept at a public primary school before thugs belonging to one of…
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Anxiety in Kano, Sokoto, Plateau, Bauchi, Benue as supplementary polls hold today
Voters in parts of Kano, Sokoto, Plateau, Benue and Bauchi are heading back to the polling centres today eager to end days of apprehension caused by the March 9 inconclusive governorship and state assembly elections. Although, the elections will take place in only a few parts of the affected states, the security agencies are leaving…
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Benue rerun: PDP appoints Mark, Ortom, Suswam, others as polling agents
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State is leaving no stone unturned ahead of the March 23 rerun elections in the state as it has announced names of its polling agents and returning officers. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced March 23 for the supplementary election. Benue is among the six states where…
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BREAKING: INEC declares Benue governorship polls inconclusive
The National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Benue Governorship election held on Saturday March 9 inconclusive. Announcing the verdict on Monday in Makurdi, the INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof Sabastine Maimako, said the “margin of lead is below that of cancelled votes, therefore, the election is hereby declared inconclusive”. He put the…
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Vote buying: Thugs attack EFCC operatives for intercepting bags with cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday, intercepted bags filled with money meant for vote-buying in Makurdi, Benue. The commission made this known on its Facebook page, “officialefcc”. According to the commission, the bags were intercepted at the North Bank Area of the state capital. “In an attempt to arrest the culprit, some…
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Hoodlums set ablaze primary school containing electoral materials in Benue — EO
All electoral materials for Mbalom ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, were in the early hours of Saturday burnt by armed hoodlums. According to a witness, the hoodlums on arrival fired shots in the air before setting on fire the RCM Primary School Aya, housing the materials. Mrs Ngunan Yongo, the Electoral…
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In Benue people are ranched instead of cattle
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Benue, Emmanuel Jime said people have been the ones ranched instead of cattle, under Governor Samuel Ortom’s anti-open grazing law. Jime stated this during a live “True-Talk Benue Gubernatorial Debate 2019” monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. He said that the implementation of the…