Tag: Benue
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Herdsmen planning to kill me, Ortom reveals
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kidnap, torture and kill him. The claimed that the herdsmen’s plan is billed to be hatched along Makurdi-Lafia-Abuyja highway. Ortom disclosed this, on Friday, at an interactive session between the church, traditional institution and other stakeholders towards peace…
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Threat to Saraki: Miyetti Allah now a ruling party in Nigeria – Benue Government
The Benue State Government has described the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association as Nigeria’s new ruling party and decision maker. The government said this in response to the call by the Coordinator of MACBAN in Benue State, Garus Gololo, that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, should resign or be forced out…
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Alleged fraud: EFCC grills two Benue officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday grilled two Benue State Government officials in connection with huge withdrawal of N23, 429, 938, 951.52 from the state accounts. Those questioned are a Director of Finance and Accounts in the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Gbaigyo Emmanuel, and a cashier, Andoor Festus. The…
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Again, gunmen attack Benue community, kill nine, set houses ablaze
Suspected gunmen have attacked Tse Ujoh community in Ikyurav-Tiev in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of Benue State and left about nine persons dead. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, DSP Moses Yamu confirmed that nine people were killed from the attack. The state Governor, Samuel Ortom, decried incessant attacks on Katsina…
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EFCC unfreezes Benue Govt accounts
The Benue State government on Thursday revealed that the Economic Financial Crimes Commission has unfrozen its bank accounts. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr Terver Akase, confirmed the new development on Thursday, reports Channels Television. EFCC had frozen the accounts of the state government domiciled in three banks on Tuesday, saying it…
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Benue, Akwa Ibom: NGF speaks on EFCC’s power to freeze states’ accounts
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has described as unconstitutional the freezing of the accounts of Akwa Ibom and Benue State Governments by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, the Chairman of NGF, spoke with State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday…
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BREAKING: EFCC freezes accounts of Akwa Ibom, Benue states
Information reaching TNG has it that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen the bank accounts of the Akwa Ibom and Benue state governments. A top official of the Akwa Ibom state government confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday. The source said Udom Emmanuel, the governor, and accountant-general of the state were…
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Several dead, others injured as troops battle militia in Benue
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to the Operation Whirl Stroke have engaged militiamen in a camp discovered in the Akor community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, killing scores of the armed men. The troops, on Saturday while on a clearance operation along Gbajimba to Akor area, found the men armed…
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Ortom yet to be served impeachment notice- Benue Speaker
The new Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon Titus Ugba, has said that the Executive Governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ortom, is yet to be served an impeachment notice, adding that the eight lawmakers cannot give impeachment notice and thereafter seek for signatures for impeachment. Ugba stated this while speaking with…
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2019: How APC will win back Sokoto, Benue, Kwara, others – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed how his party will win back the states whose governors recently defected to the People Democratic Party (PDP). Oshiomhole who spoke to reporters at the Bénin Airport on his way to Sapele, Delta State on Friday, said the APC would…