Tag: Benue
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APC sweeps Benue LGC seats
The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held on Saturday. It also announced that the party won all the councillorship positions, with some of the candidates returned unopposed. BSIEC chairman John Tsuwa who declared…
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Late arrival of electoral officers, materials delay Benue council polls
Council elections in Benue on Saturday, commenced behind scheduled time in Makurdi due to late arrival of electoral officials and materials at polling stations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ex-Servicemen polling unit, where officials and materials arrived first in the state capital, received them at about 11a.m., delaying the exercise by three…
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DSS frees Ex-Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam
Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has been released by the Department of State Service (DSS) after spending 70 days in detention. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the DSS arrested Suswam on Sunday, February 25th, 2017, on the allegations that car keys, certificate of occupancy of landed properties, among others were found in his residence. DSS…
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JUST IN: Benue bans open grazing of cattle
…stipulates 5-year-jail term, N1m fine for offenders Following incessant clashes between herdsmen and residents (mostly farmers) that has claimed several lives, the Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law. The House had on Tuesday received the report of its Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources…
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FG to arraign ex-Benue governor Suswam, 3 others Tuesday
The Federal Government will on Tuesday arraign a former Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court over alleged diversion of N9.7 billion. Already, the case has been listed on the court’s cause list for arraignment. The former governor will be arraigned before…
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Mob kill three after eight die in boat accident
John Charles, Makurdi Three elderly people were feared dead when mob protesting the death of eight of their loved ones during a boat accident, pounced on them in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State on Thursday night. The boat, carrying 13 passengers, was said to have capsized midway into the journey, killing the…
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Two corps members killed, others injured in fatal accident (Graphic Photos)
2016 Batch B stream 2 corps members were killed in a fatal accident, along the Taraba-Benue road while returning home after the 21 days orientation camp yesterday. Some other corps members in the bus were injured in the accident. See more photos…
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Gunmen storm Civilian JTF meeting in Benue, kill 10
Some members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed on Sunday by unknown gunmen at Abaji area of Kastina Ala local government area of Benue State. The CJTF members were having a meeting at Tse-Igber village in Abaji community when gunmen stormed the venue on a motorcycle and opened fire. Ten CJTF…
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Kidnapped radio journalist regains freedom in Benue
The Benue Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the release of a Radio Journalist, Mrs Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, who was kidnapped four days ago in her house in Makurdi. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Moses Yamu, confirmed the release to the newsmen in Makurdi. Yamu said that the kidnapped journalist was released in the early…