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May 29: Benue, Abia, Taraba, and other incoming govs set to inherit huge salary debt
In the next few days, many state governors will bow out of office. While some of them are leaving with their heads high, the same could not be said of quite a number of them. There are worries over the backlog of salaries and pensions some of them would be handed over to the incoming…
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2023 General Elections: A Hole in Wike’s G-5 as Ikoone’s Death unsettles Ikpeazu
Chances are that the Abia State Governor Okozie Ikpeazu might leave the G-5 governor’s forum ahead of the forthcoming presidential election to retain his political relevance following the death of Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) candidate for the March 11 governorship election in the State Prof. Uchenna Ikonne Demise was confirmed by…
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Suspected Herdsmen Ambush Benue Policemen, Kill DPO
The Naka-Makurdi Road has become impassable for road users for fear of herdsmen attacks. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Naka, the headquarters of the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, Superintendent of Police Mamud Abubakar has been killed in an ambush by suspected herdsmen operating in the area. Abubakar was…
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Benue Protesters Flay Akume for Supporting Buhari
Many young and old women came out in numbers under the auspices of Concerned Benue Mothers marched through main streets within Makurdi metropolis on Wednesday in response to the alleged verbal attacks on the State Governor, Samuel Ortom by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Senator George Akume.The stagged protest was tagged “5’000…
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THE MOUNT LA SALLE COLLEGE, NAKA, DEDICATED TWO DAYS TO HONOUR HER PATRONS ST. JOHN DE LA SALLE AND ST. JOSEPH
Clive Staples, a British Writer and a lay theologian once said this and I quote “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching” while William Arthur Ward said, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” It is on this note that the Mount…
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Armed herdsmen sack home of Benue First Lady, kill 17
…We’ve been violated, Council Chairman cries out Now fewer than 17 persons including women and children have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in the home town of the Wife of the Benue state Governor, Mrs Eunice Ortom, in separate attacks on two communities in Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state Our…
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Ortom lays foundation for High Court Complex
By Doofan Aga The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has pledged not to interfere or have any conflict with the Judicial arm of Government as he firmly believes in the rule of law and due process. Ortom stated this while performing the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a High Court complex in Aliade,…
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THANKSGIVING MASS IN HONOUR OF DR. EDWARD TER ABICHA
Today, 18th January 2023 marked another day of celebration and thanksgiving to God Almighty for the life and works of Dr. Edward Ter Abicha. The student of the prestigious Mount La Salle College, Naka under the leadership of Br. Godwin Biin FSC gathered in the school auditorium to celebrate/honour and give thanks to God Almighty…
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Benue APC picks Ode as deputy governorship candidate
Stakeholders of the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have nominated former Minister of State for Niger Delta Dr Sam Ode, as running mate to the APC governorship candidate Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. Ode, who contested for the governorship primaries, is expected to be unveiled as running mate to Rev. Fr Alia…
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2023: I’ll be alright if Tinubu, Peter Obi wins – Akeredolu insists on Southern presidency
The Governor of State Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu has once again reiterated his stance that the next president of Nigeria must come from the South. Akeredolu stated this on Wednesday night when he made an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to him, he would be “alright” if either Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (All Progressives…
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2023: I’ll be alright if Tinubu, Peter Obi wins – Akeredolu insists on Southern presidency
The Governor of State Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu has once again reiterated his stance that the next president of Nigeria must come from the South. Akeredolu stated this on Wednesday night when he made an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to him, he would be “alright” if either Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (All Progressives Congress,…
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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Two members of a robbery gang involved in a series of attacks on Ajegunle, Lagos State, and its environs, were on Saturday shot dead during a gun battle with the police. The killed robbers, identified as Sadiq, alias Foreigner and Habeeb, aka Kiki, who were recently…