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News from Benue: 10 things happening in Benue State this Friday

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Good morning. Happy weekend. Here are ten things trending in the Food Basket State this Friday.

1. Former Senate President, David Mark, Thursday returned to his ancestral home after the Court of Appeal sacked him from the National Assembly, Mark, who was accompanied by few political godsons was received by some loyalists in the heart of the heart town amid cheers.

2. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has directed the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to suspend the electronic system of payment and ensure that workers yet to receive salary arrears from the bailout funds are paid without further delay.

3. All Middle Belt Youth Forum, (AMBYF) has condemned in strong terms the nullification by the Appeal Court of the election of former Senate President, David Mark, as the lawmaker representing Benue South Senatorial district, Benue State.

4.Ahead INEC’s conduct of rerun in  his constituency, Senator David Mark has warned his people of Benue South District against permitting a situation where outsiders decide the destiny of Idoma people.

He said: “We must decide for ourselves what we want not what outsiders want us to be. That we must resist.”
5. The paramount ruler of Idoma community, HRM, Chief Elias E. Obekpa has assured former senate president, David Mark that the people of Benue South will return him back to Abuja in the forthcoming rerun.
6. Ahead of the Benue South senatorial rerun, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Com. Daniel Onjeh, Wednesday met with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe for what he tagged fatherly blessing. 
7. The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the forth coming senatorial rerun election in Benue State, Comrade Daniel Onjeh has appointed Director of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Ambassador Dickson Akor as his campaign director.
 

Onjeh in a statement issued through his media office on Wednesday, also named Bar. John Ochoga as Chairman, Technical/Advisory Committee of the Onjeh Campaign Organisation.
8.  Benue State Government has declared a three-day mourning for the paramount ruler of the Tiv people, the Tor Tiv, Alfred Torkula, who died in November. 
The paramount ruler, who was installed the fourth Tor Tiv in April 1991, ruled the Tiv kingdom for 24 years and died at the age of 71. He was the longest serving Tor Tiv.  
9.  Immediate past President of the Senate , Senator David Mark  has assured that Benue South Senatorial zone will remain impenetrable for the opposition , All Progressive Congress ( APC) in the forthcoming re-run election.
  This he said is anchored on the overwhelming solidarity and support “by my people  who are  solidly behind me . I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that there is no opposition to my party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in my zone”
10. The Justice Kpojime Commission of Enquiry in Makurdi has heard how millions of naira were taken to Benue State ex-Governor Gabriel Suswam at the Governor’s Lodge in Makurdi, from the Ministry of Finance, without following due process.
The Government House Accountant, Mrs. Janet Aluga, told the commission that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Ruth Ijir, on April 10 called her to go and collect N100 million from a bank for Suswam, which she did.
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News from Benue: 10 things happening in Benue State this Thursday

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Good morning! Here are ten things trending in Benue State this Thursday morning.

1. There are indications that Chief Audu Ogbe, would be appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to head the ministry of Agriculture. Ogbe, a former chairman of the PDP was nominated by the president as one of the persons to make up his cabinet.

2. A 24-year-old Richard Terfa of Gaadi village, Makurdi, who stole a car stereo, on Tuesday opted for six strokes of cane after he could not raise a fine of N2, 000 ruled as an option by a court in Makurdi.
A Makurdi Magistrates’ court on Tuesday ordered that Terfa who admitted stealing a car stereo, be given six strokes of cane.

3. Natives of Idoma, the second largest ethnic group in Benue State have outrightly kicked against the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal siting in Makurdi to uphold the election of immediate past Senate President, David Mark. The constituents insist they were tired of Mark who has done much or nothing as the leader of he Idoma community.

4. Comrade Daniel Onjeh of All Progressives Congress has kicked against the  dismissal of his case against David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Onjeh had approached the court, seeking the dissolution of Mark’s fifth term election on the term that the contest was massively rigged in his opponent’s favour. 

5. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, today have given the assurance that payment of salary arrears will soon commence stating that the states’ bailout package was undergoing final processing at United Bank for Africa, UBA, for state workers and Fidelity Bank for local government staff.

6.A group known as Idoma Youth Forum (IYF) has said that the constant media attacks on the former Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, is unwarranted despite his selfless service to the nation.
The forum, in a statement jointly signed by its President and Secretary General, Messrs Paul Audu and Ocheme Agada respectively, expressed optimism that the antecedents of the former minister would vindicate him.

7. The people of Ogbadibo in Benue State have been charged to take advantage of the politics of  development and unity which is operational in the All Progressive Congress, APC and queue behind the ruling party to help achieve its goals. An opinion leader and former House of Reps Aspirant for Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Fed Const under PDP, Sir Anthony Abutu Okwori gave this charge on Friday when he led several  of his supporters into the ruling APC at Obu Otukpa, the headquarters of Ai-Oono ward 3 in Ogbadibo LGA.

8. A group of young persons from Ogbadibo, the country home of Chief Audu Ogbe has passed a vote of confidence on the ministerial nominee. The group in a statement issued Wednesday described Ogbe’s nomination as a welcome development.    

9.Front man of Agila Carnival, Prince Edwin Ochai has explained that the purpose of the carnival was to create an atmosphere of fun for the community and Idoma nation at large, to promote the social and cultural heritage of Idoma land and to tell the world the problems that are confronting Agila community.

He made this disclosure at the unvieling of the yearly event in Makurdi, Benue State.

10. Talents Voice Media, publishers of Idoma Voice Newspaper is looking for a competent writer to head its Agric Desk. The news medium is calling for interested candidate to send their CVs to idomavoice@gmail.com  
 

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