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Gunmen kill 4 mourners in Benue – Police

The Benue Police Command said gunmen attacked and killed four mourners and injured one at Imande Abur village, Mbategh ward of the Logo Local Government Area of the State. This

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NDLEA intercepts bandits, seizes heavy weapons in Katsina, Benue

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three armed bandits; Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed and Ibrahim Suleiman while on an attack mission in Katsina state, with

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Rail Track Vandalism: Police Arrest Syndicate in Benue

·  As 36 notorious criminal suspects are arrested in sustained anti-crime operations …………………The Nigeria Police has stated that their operatives have arrested a criminal syndicate responsible for recent economic sabotage and vandalism

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Senator Moro urges security agencies to intervene in Benue killings

Senator representing Benue South District, Abba Moro, has called on security agencies in the country to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the killings of natives by suspected herdsmen

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Gov. Ortom expresses shock over Pastor Dare Adeboye’s death

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Friday in Makurdi expressed shock and sadness over the death of Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of

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Emefiele Tasks Varsities, Nigerian Youth on Agriculture

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has again challenged tertiary institutions in Nigeria to promote research and well-designed programmes that will boost agriculture in Nigeria. Mr.

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Insecurity: Ortom berates Nigerian leaders, says they are ‘lily-livered’

The Executive Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has taken a swipe on the leaders of the Nation saying that most of them are ‘lily-livered’ masquerading as leaders but cannot confront

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(Opinion) ITS TIME TO HALT MIYETTI ALLAH’S PLOT TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA

By Nathaniel Ikyur The leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore is at it again. Just last week, the organisation through its National Secretary, Saleh Alhassan issued a statement and tried

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BENUE DID NOT EVICT FULANI FROM BENUE STATE- ORTOM AIDE CLARIFIES

In the last few days, the Nigerian media has been awash with news reports, credited to the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed wherein he made spurious deductions on the

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IF ONLY THEY WOULD LISTEN TO ORTOM By Nathaniel Ikyur

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is not the usual Nigerian politician. He’s not given to pretensions. And he does not massage anyone’s ego. He speaks as the occasion demands,

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