Meladu said that Pine also used criminal force on the staffer and while the case was in court, he turned down all overtures toward peaceful resolution of the matter
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They were charged with criminal conspiracy, public disturbance and mischief by fire, punishable under sections 97, 116 and 338 of the Penal Code of Benue State, 2004
The herdsmen attacked the village late on Friday, available information said
A statement by the Air Force on Tuesday said: “It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists, intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations
Ortese explained that out of the registered IDPs, 8,938 persons, comprising 6,070 children and 1,369 women, were in Makurdi camps
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday said he inherited a debt burden of N90 billion from the immediate…
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Austin Ezeani, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Thursday that the police officer was leading a special police task force on cattle rustling in the state
Buhari rattled the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, in the state, which is being governed by a PDP
This was just as information emerged that the INEC office in Ugba town of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State was razed when gunmen, believed to be thugs working for one of the major political parties, stormed the office
The monarch said this spoke with The Eagle Online on Wednesday morning in a telephone chat
Ortom, the APC gubernatorial flag bearer in Benue State, stated this on Saturday at a rally at UPC Primary School, Naka, the headquarters of Gwer-West Local Government Area
The Editors in a statement said the future of Idomaland was greater than the ambition of any politician, warning egoistic, niggling and money-bag as well as fat-bellied political actors in the state to henceforth stop creating unnecessary tension in the land
The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Justin Amase, made this known to newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council Meeting in Makurdi
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Matthew Oku, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Makurdi that the number was the highest ever deployed by the command to secure any political event in the state
Announcing the results on Sunday in Otukpo, the Returning Officer for the election, John Akume, said Mark scored 384 votes to pick the party’s ticket, while his only rival, Mike Onoja, withdrew from the race hours to its commencement
Suswam, who stated this in Makurdi after obtaining his national identity card, added that he was going to the Senate for qualitative representation
“Our rejection of the exercise is on the grounds that the position and action of the Elders Forum failed in a very basic sense, to be premised on any foundation of credibility and transparency
Report reaching The Eagle Online indicates that citizens of Benue State now sleep with one or both eyes open following reported cases of guerrilla warfare allegedly being perpetrated and sponsored by Fulani herdsmen and some politicians in the country
There is considerable unease in Benue State over the sale of Dangote Cement shares held in trust for the indigenes by the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited.
The convoy of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Benue State and member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emmanuel Jime was on Monday attacked by a gang of unidentified gunmen.