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Mark in early lead in Benue South

Posted by admin Benue, Elections 2011, State News Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Reports from Markudi, Benue State, on Saturday indicated that the Peoples Democratic Party was in an early lead in the two senatorial districts where elections took place. Senate President, David Mark, was leading General Lawrence Onoja, [retd], of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Benue South, while there were indications that Barnabas Gemade of […]

10 die as suspected Fulani herdsmen invade Benue community

Posted by admin Benue, State News Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

NO fewer than 10 persons have been reported dead after armed Fulani herdsmen invaded Tyotegh council ward in Gwer-West Local Council of Benue State to carry out reprisal attacks in retaliation of their cattle allegedly killed by indigenes of the area. The rampaging herdsmen, who rode on horses and motorcycles, were said to have arrived […]

Certificate Forgery Suit Against Suswam Withdrawn

Posted by admin Benue, State News Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Benue State, Mr. Terver Kaki, Monday withdrew his case of certificate forgery against Governor Gabriel Suswam at the Federal High Court in Makurdi. At the resumed sitting of the court, counsel to Mr. Kaki, Mr. Samuel Kagbo, on behalf of his client, told the court that […]

FG, States Share $1b Secretly – Deplete Excess Crude Account to $3m

Posted by admin Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Headlines, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Presidency, Rivers, Sokoto, State News, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]

Ripples of Mark’s endorsement by Suswam

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The recent public endorsement of the Senate President, David Mark by the Benue state Governor, Gabriel Suswam for the Benue South senatorial seat in 2011 is already causing ripples in the camp of his rival contestant, General Lawrence Onoja. The Senate President, David Mark, a few weeks back, in Otukpo the ancestral home of the […]