Atiku wins six out of ten LGAs so far declared by INEC in Benue
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has won in six local government areas out of the ten so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Makurdi.
Killings: Minister calls for state of emergency in Plateau, Benue, Taraba, Zamfara
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Solomon Dalung, Friday, called for State of Emergency in Plateau and other troubled states to check the persistent killing of innocent people in the affected states.
2018 Benue herdsmen crisis: Over 20,000 primary school children out of school – SUBEB Chairman
The Chairman of the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Rev. Philip Tachin has disclosed that over 20,000 primary school children have been forced out of school in Benue since the beginning of 2018 as a result of the incursions of armed militant herdsmen in several communities of the state.
Over 50 security personnel killed in Benue this year by militant herdsmen – Gov. Ortom
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.
Benue govt, NAF trade words over Makurdi Airport
Benue State government and the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, were, weekend, locked in a war of words over Makurdi Airport.
BENUE: Our chances brighter without Ortom, APC boasts as Akume’s kinsmen pledge loyalty to PDP
Perhaps Governor Samuel Ortom may have once again caught his political groove since defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, few weeks back
