Dr Godwin Tijani, Chairman, National Ad hoc Committee on Gender Violence and other Related Issues of NMA, made the call in a statement in Lokoja on Saturday.
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Stephen Tsav, former Speaker, Benue House of Assembly, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress.
Adum also former commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Ebonyi spoke at a news conference in Abakaliki on Friday.
The National Inland Waterways Authority on Friday confirmed that 11 died in the boat mishap that occurred on River Bukuru in Benue State and not 18 as earlier reported by a section of the media.
Aernyi told newsmen that he got details of the incident on Thursday in his office in Makurdi through the Secretary, Buruku River Workers’ Union, Samuel Nakombo.
The Benue State Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, who represented Governor Samuel Ortom, delivered the amount when he led a high powered delegation to Ebonyi State Government House, Abakaliki on Wednesday to condole with the State over the unfortunate incident.
Prof. Frank Onyezili, a senior lecturer with the Biological Sciences Department of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, has committed suicide.
The military operation is responsible for maintaining peace and order in the three states currently facing threats of insurgency.
The farmers, who spoke with newsmen in several villages in the two local governments, said that they were enjoying “sweet peace” in their natural abodes.
The statement, which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Makurdi, recalled that Benue people voted overwhelmingly for former presidents Shehu Shagari and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 1979, 1983 and 2007 respectively.
The Operation Whirl Stroke said its troops killed three suspected boys of militia leader, Terwase Akwaza aka Gana in Zaki Biam, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue.
The Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj.-Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, said the military operation had facilitated the return of 145,000 Internally Displaced Persons to their homes. in Benue, Taraba and parts of Nasarawa states.
The air chief gave the assurance on Friday in Agatu while inaugurating the Quick Response Wing of the Air Force.
The House of Representatives on Thursday stepped down the debate on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 currently before it.
The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in the state, Ganiu Alao, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi.
He made the call when he received members of the three socio-cultural ethnic groups in the state led by the President-General of Mzough U Tiv, Edward Ujege, on Tuesday in Makurdi.
The judge, Justice John Tsoho, in his judgment, also restrained the police from further arrest and detention of the businessman.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Benue Council, has immortalized its late Chairman, David Ukuma, by renaming its conference hall after him.
Oryiman Alu, State Manager, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, says 90 Benue indigenes have received N50, 000 each from its Conditional Grant Scheme.
The Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse, has appealed to the Federal Government to build an ultra-modern market in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue.