The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State capital, has upheld the victory of former Senate President, David Mark, in the senatorial district poll held in March 2015. The Tribunal struck out a petition filed by Comrade Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress, APC, challenging the victory of Mark. Mark contested the election…
Some suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked residents of Logo local government area of Benue State on Sunday morning, leaving not less than 27 people dead. Logo is also the local council the state governor, Gabriel Suswam, hails from. It was learnt that the monarch of the town was among the persons killed in the early morning…
News reaching Aproko247 indicates that some residents of Benue State took to the streets on Thursday to protest the murder of a popular Pharmacist in the state by some unknown gunmen. The victim, Terngu Atime, was assassinated by some yet-to-be identified killers, who abruptly ended his vibrant life on the night of Wednesday, January 21,…
Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Friday morning, cheated death when his convoy was involved in a ghastly motor accident. The incident occurred at the Angbaaye village on the busy Makurdi-Gboko road. His deputy, Steven Lawani, was also involved in the crash, though he was unhurt. It was gathered that Suswam was on his way…
Former Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Sam Ode, has obtained the governorship nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Local Government Affairs is hoping to be the gubernatorial candidate of his party in Benue State in 2015. It was learnt that Ode picked his…
Director of Public Health in the Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services, Joseph Kumba, has confirmed that two persons have died in the state after drinking and bathing with hot salted water due to the fear of contracting the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, which has killed many in West Africa. Some days ago,…