The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has distributed sensitive materials across the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue in readiness for Saturday’s poll. INEC Public Relations Officer (PRO), in the state Mr Terkaa Andyar disclosed this in a telephone interview with Newsmen on Friday in Makurdi. “The last batch of the sensitive […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi has summoned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and two commercial banks to appear before it over the recent alleged freezing of the state government accounts. The EFCC had on August, 7, 2018, allegedly ordered the freezing of Benue State Government’s accounts in UBA and Fidelity banks, […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom, Friday revealed that close to 50 security personnel have lost their lives in Benue state between January and August to activities of marauding militant herdsmen in parts of the state. While condoling the bereaved families over the unfortunate incidence, Ortom maintained that those conniving with enemies of the state to execute clandestine […]
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Executive Director, Presidential Committee on Victim Support Fund, Professor Sunday Ochoche, has disclosed that the committee earmarked ₦700 million for the reconstruction of destroyed public institutions in Benue State. Ochoche, who made this known yesterday in Gbajimba, Guma Local Government Area of the state during the flag-off of the reconstruction exercise, said the intervention would […]
Read More Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has said freezing accounts of Benue State government by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was an attempt to shut down the state. Governor Yari also described the action of EFCC as unconstitutional and wrong, especially as the state was still battling […]
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Pensioners in Benue state of Nigeria have asked the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Ayuba Wabba to intervene in their predicament and ensure the payment of their entitlement running into several months and an upward review of their pensions. In a letter to the NLC President, signed by the Chairman and Secretary […]
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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director Dr. Maikaniti Baru, has restated the mandate of president Muhammadu Buhari to the corporation for the continued hydrocarbon search in the Benue Trough to further boost the country’s production. Speaking while receiving a delegation from the Benue State Government in Abuja, Baru said the president had directed […]
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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom yesterday presented N133 billion budget to the House of Assembly. He was accompanied by Deputy Governor Benson Abouno and members of the Executive Council. Ortom said capital expenditure would be N67.4 billion and recurrent expenditure, N65.9 billion. He said the economy sector had the highest allocation of N58.3 billion, representing […]
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