Benue
NEMA, the National Emergency Management Agency has advised states in the central and southern parts of the country to prepare ahead of potential floods that may soon affect communities downstream. NEMA gave the advice in a press statement signed by its Head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, on Thursday. The flood alert advise […]
Some states have started taking measures to ensure the safety of lives and properties from flooding as Cameroon set to open the Lagdo dam. The Cameroonian government had earlier sent a letter to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, during the weekend for measures to be taken as the country intends to open its […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Samuel Ortom, former governor of Benue State. Ortom was released on Tuesday night after several hours of interrogation at the zonal office of the EFCC in Makurdi, the state capital. Reacting to the former governor’s interrogation with EFCC, Benue PDP insisted Ortom is not the […]
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has called for increase in security measures against banditry in the country during the transition period. The Governor made the call on Wednesday, during the presentation of a security report by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the presidential election petitions tribunal that President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner without needing to get 25 percent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC stated this in […]
The Peoples Democratic Party working committee in Benue has suspended executives of the party in Igyorov ward, Gboko LGA of the state. The acting chairman of PDP in Benue, Isaac Mffo, made known to journalists on Thursday in Makurdi that the word executives have been suspended. Mffo said the action taken against the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, saying the brutal attacks on individuals and communities in the state, with the latest one targeting the governor, was unacceptable. The president made the condemnation in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in […]
A former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that Nigeria could disintegrate if the violence and other security challenges currently witnessed in many parts of the country are not curtailed. Mr Abubakar spoke to journalists on Wednesday at his home in Minna, the Niger State capital. His admonition is coming a few days […]
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