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Ortom drags Makurdi-based lawyer to court for alleged libelous publication On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has dragged a Makurdi based lawyer, Mr Ocha Ulegede to court for alleged false, malicious and libellous publication. Governor Ortom in the suit averred that Mr Ulegede allegedly assassinated his character and damaged his reputation in a social publication he forwarded to the WhatsApp group of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Makurdi Branch on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. According to him, in the forwarded post, Mr Ulegede alleged that during a stakeholder ...

Ortom inaugurates council on implementation of MSMEs On By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Tuesday, inaugurated the State Council on the implementation of the national Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs. Inaugurating Council in Makurdi, Governor Ortom who pointed out that the 14-member body was critical to building the state’s economy explained that its responsibilities includes provision of guidance on policies and strategies to drive the development of MSMEs subsector, fostering increased awareness and ensuring that national policy on MSMEs achieved inte...

Suspected herdsmen kill clan head, in-law, son, brother in Benue On By Peter Duru, Makurdi A clan head, his son, brother and in-law were, late Friday night, reportedly killed while seven others, including a four- year-old and a nursing mother, sustained serious bullet wounds when suspected armed herdsmen invaded Tse Angbande community, Adaka in the outskirt of Makurdi the capital of Benue State. The nursing mother, Veronica Akwa, who lost her husband in the attack but  sustained bullet wound on her toe and stomach, said: “The people who were speaking Fulani came around 11pm when we had  ...

Outrage over deplorable federal roads in Benue On ..We are working to reverse agony of road users – Federal Controller of Works ..It’s wrong for FG to extend railway to Niger Rep while Benue has no road – Iyorchia Ayu ..I plead with Mr. President and NASS to make Benue roads motorable – Gov Ortom By Peter Duru, Makurdi There have been unceasing outcries over the state of federal roads in Benue State in recent years as the roads continue to collapse with little or no effort to rehabilitate them. Although Benue State is blessed with many federal roads, which span hundreds of kilometres...

Benue Court sentences seven cousins to death by hanging On By Peter Duru – Makurdi Seven cousins, Peter, Elias, Chibueze, Emmanuel, Simon, Patrick and Godwin all of Ebere family in Enyikpo Ulayi village in Ado Local Government Area of Benue state have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Otukpo High Court. The septet were yesterday convicted by Justice Wilfred Kpochi for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide punishable with death. At the hearing, the court was told how the convicts conspired and agreed among themselves to killed their brother, one Vincent Ebere with Cutlasses and s...