…APM Presidential Candidate, Seyi Makinde Alleges APC Involvement …Ovie Omo-Agege Urged Security Agencies to Investigate Precious Nwonu, Enugu The Benue State Police Command has arrested 46 suspects in connection with the obstruction of the convoy of the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during his visit to the state. The arrests came amid growing … [Read more…]
Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo urges media to apply consistent standards when reporting political confrontations involving ruling and opposition parties. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has called on the media to stop partisan reporting and apply consistent standards when covering political confrontations involving candidates and supporters of different political parties. Keyamo made … [Read more…]
Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to intervene following the disruption of his planned visit to Yelewata community in Benue State. Obi arrived in Makurdi on Tuesday morning and was heading for Yelewata in … [Read more…]
The Benue State Government has denied allegations by Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), that thugs allegedly working for Governor Hyacinth Alia prevented him from accessing Yelewata to sympathise with families affected by the 2025 attacks. In a statement on Tuesday by Sir Tersoo Kula, Chief Press Secretary to the … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, was on Tuesday prevented from proceeding in Benue State after protesters barricaded Gboko Road in Makurdi, the state capital. The protesters, chanting “We don’t want Peter Obi,” blocked the road near the Nigerian Air Force Base and Makurdi Airport for hours, disrupting traffic as Obi’s convoy … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu has visited surviving victims of last Friday’s brutal attack in Yelewata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu visited the North-Central state following the attack which left over 59 people dead and several others injured. The President went straight to the hospital after arriving at the Tactical Air Command, … [Read more…]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said President Muhammadu Buhari should be blamed for ongoing insecurity crisis plaguing the country saying he had failed to secure lives and property which he promised in 2015. Ortom stated this, yesterday, during a tour of some projects embarked upon by his administration in Makurdi, the Benue State … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Makurdi Branch, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order probe into the invasion of Konshisha and Gwer East local government areas of Benue State. The appeal was contained in a statement yesterday in Makurdi by its branch chairman, Justin Gbagir. The Defence Headquarters had claimed that unknown men … [Read more…]