Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has nullified recent appointments into the state Civil Service made by the immediate past Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom. Alia said: “All appointments into the state civil service made  by the outgone administration from May 2022 to date are hereby nullified with immediate effect”. In the fallouts of this year’s general elections, the then-ruling …

Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has ordered all government bank accounts frozen. In his inaugural speech shortly after taking the oath of office as Governor at the IBB Square, Makurdi, on Monday, Alia said that a ‘Post No Debit’ instruction would remain in force until all signatories are changed. He warned all banks to adhere to the directive without …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has advised critics against dealing with the new government of Fr. Hyacinth Alia as they did with his. The governor made this known on Tuesday During a farewell visit to the Tiv Area Traditional Council at the Tor Tiv Palace in Gboko to formally inform the council about his exit from office in a few …

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered a housewife, Doosur Samuel to sweep the premises for 21 days for pouring hot water on a 15-year-old girl. The police charged Samuel who lives at Logo 1, Makurdi with causing grievous hurt punishable under section 248 of the penal code laws of Benue, 2004. Samuel pleaded guilty to the charge. Magistrate Kelvin …

Since last weekend, the internet has been awash with the trending story of a Benue State-born orphan who had just a gown, a pair of shoes, and usually picked pieces of soup in public bathrooms to have a bath, but persevered to graduate with a First Class degree in Economics. The young woman, who conquered poverty and shame to achieve …

You have to give it to Samuel Ioraer Ortom, governor of the north central state of Benue. Benue is the geopolity which savours the bragging rights of being the “food basket” of the nation. For emphasis, you are embraced into Makurdi, capital of the state, by a humongous artistic simulation of the agrarian essence of the state, at the triangular …