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The ongoing strife between Governor Hyacinth Alia and the APC stakeholders in Benue State continues to garner attention.

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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 15 June 2021 BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has named his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt Hon. Titus Uba, Dr Paul Ubwa, Dondu Ahire, Dr Robert Orya and his Commissioner for Education, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, among those likely to succeed him in office. Ortom, revealed these names while speaking at an event at the JS Tarka Institute of Political Studies Gboko, on Sunday. He spoke just as several stalwarts of the r...

3 min read The Makurdi High Court in Benue State has awarded N50 million as damages against the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank over the unlawful arrest and detention of its former Managing Director, Robert Orya, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The court tongue-lashed the EFCC and the IGP “for turning themselves tools of persecution in the hands of the NEXIM Bank authorities”. It ordered them to apologise ...