Tag: Benue STate
APC wins all 23 chairmanship seats in Benue LG polls
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has clinched all 23 chairmanship seats in Saturday’s local government election in Benue State.
The Chairman of the Benue State...
LG election: Benue governor declares Friday work-free day
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has declared Friday, October 4, 2024, as a work-free day ahead of the October 5 local government election in...
5 teenagers remanded for killing 18-year-old student
A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court has remanded five teenagers in a correctional facility for allegedly killing an 18-year-old student, Yakubu Garba.
The defendants, Abdullahi Ismail, 14;...
Court remands teacher for alleged armed robbery
The police charged Okoriko, who lives in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue with armed robbery and attempted culpable homicide.
However, Magistrate Roseline Iyorshe did not...
Benue PDP suspends officials over Ayu’s suspension
The State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has suspended its officials in Igyorov Council Ward for suspending...
Court sacks Ayu as PDP national chair
A High Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has ordered the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu,...
40 technical colleges to benefit from $200m World Bank credit facility
The Federal Government has announced that about 40 technical colleges have been listed to benefit from World Bank's $200million credit facility, to be implemented...
PDP seeks disqualification of APC’s guber, legislative candidates in Benue
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, to challenge the legality of primary elections conducted by the All Progressives...
Fire guts CBN office in Benue
Fire has gutted a branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Benue State.
It was gathered that the fire gutted a portion of...
Benue monarch flees as Tiv, Jukun clash over fish ponds
Scores of people were reportedly injured while many houses were burnt following a violent clash between the Tiv and Jukun communities in Makurdi, the...
