Tag: Benue
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Benue crisis: Court stops Ortom’s impeachment
A Makurdi High Court on Wednesday restrained the eight members of the Benue State Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment process initiated against Governor Samuel Ortom. The court also restrained the affected lawmakers from sitting and upheld their suspension pending the determination of the Motion on Notice. Eight members of the state Assembly led by…
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Benue crisis: Saraki, Dogara speak on impeachment plot against Ortom
…ask president to call police to order Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have described as ” a desecration of the legislative sanctity”, the on-going situation in Benue State in which eight out of the 30 members of the State House of Assembly have commenced impeachment…
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BREAKING: Benue Assembly suspends 8 APC lawmakers
The Benue State House of Assembly on Monday, July 30, suspended the seven (7) members who held an illegal sitting under the leadership of the impeached and suspended Speaker, Terkimbi ikyange. TheNewsGuru had reported earlier that the crisis rocking the Benue State House of Assembly took a new twist on Monday as eight (8) lawmakers…
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More trouble for APC as 13 Benue LG Chairmen join Gov. Ortom in PDP
Thirteen out of the 23 local government chairmen in Benue State have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The chairmen announced their defection to the PDP at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Friday, two days after Governor Samuel Ortom left the APC for…
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Troops killed 25 herdsmen in Benue
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday said 35 armed herdsmen were shot dead in Gwer, Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State during an encounter with troops on Saturday. The military said the armed herdsmen were killed by the air force’s Mi-35 attack helicopter in the clash. The herdsmen were said to have…
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Troops kill 36 Militia Herdsmen in Benue, Taraba, others
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday said troops have eliminated 36 militia herdsmen at the weekend with the commencement of Operation Whirl Stroke in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and Zamfara states. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. John Agim said in a statement that a soldier was killed during the operation, while two others…
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Again, herdsmen invade Benue community, kill five
The Michia settlement in Gaambe-Tiev of Logo Local Government Area of Benue state was on Sunday thrown into mourning again as suspected armed Fulani herdsmen invaded the area killing five people and injuring several others. According to a community leader in the council area, Joseph Anawah, the attackers invaded the community between 11.30 pm and…
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Herdsmen kill soldiers, kidnap two in Benue
No fewer than five soldiers have been reportedly killed and two others kidnapped after suspected herdsmen clashed with some personnel in Logo LGA of Benue State, yesterday. The attackers also burnt down Army patrol vehicles during the clash. It was gathered that the herdsmen had wanted to attack a village in Logo but where foiled…
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Breaking: Police arrest, parade vicious, notorious Benue armed gang [Photos]
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) have arrested and paraded vicious and notorious suspects responsible for selling and supply of AK47 rifles and other firearms and ammunition to armed bandits, militias and criminal herdsmen/farmers in Benue and Taraba states. TheNewsGuru reports the major breakthrough in the arrest of the notorious gang of dealers in prohibited firearms…
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What we are doing to end killings in Kaduna, Benue, other troubled states – Buhari
…as El-Rufai visits victims in Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command in the violence-prone Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The approvals are part of measures to scale up the security response to the banditry…