Tag Archives: Benue State

A family in Katsina-Ala, who donated a parcel of land used for the construction of the model school, has appealed to Benue State government to pay compensation for it. The completed school was recently inaugurated for use. In a letter of reminder written to the Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), the family of late Alhaji Musa ...

Farmers in Benue State have lost about N25bn to herdsmen attacks within the last nine months. Chairman, Benue State All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Aondoana Hembe, stated this on Tuesday while speaking to our correspondent on the phone. Hembe said that the loss covered crops, farmlands and other property belonging to farmers. He further said that some of the farmers ...

Mr. Abraham Gbileeka, the General Manager of Benue Urban Development Board, says the board has marked no fewer than 300 buildings that contravene law for demolition in Makurdi. He said in an interview on Saturday in Makurdi that most of the affected structures were built on water channels. “It’s true that people are building on water channels and it is ...

According to The Guardian, the Federal Government has been urged to empower the National Boundaries Commission to support the demarcation of the inter state boundary between the Benue and Taraba states. In a communique issued at the end of a meeting held in Makurdi and signed by deputy governors of the two states, Benson Abounu for Benue and Haruna Manu ...

According to Premium Times, the Benue State Government, on Monday in Makurdi, said threats to release snakes to bite construction workers during construction of airport in Benue on site had temporarily stalled its plan to have a cargo airport in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government’s plan for the project on Kilometre 28 along ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has provided land for the establishment of the Digital Bridge Institute in the state. New Telegraph reports that the Special Adviser on Media and ICT, Mr. Tahav Agerzua, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting with officials of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) at the Old Banquet Hall of the Benue Peoples House yesterday. ...

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has revealed that his government is not spending any mone on the proposed N38 billion cargo airport in the state, saying the project is solely a private sector initiative. Vanguard reports that Ortom, who gave the clarification following criticisms that he was embarking on a huge project that had no direct impact on the majority of the ...

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has made it known that the decision to construct a cargo airport was in line with the vision to partner with private sectors to develop infrastructure and the agricultural sector. The Guardian reports that Ortom, who made the assertion at the foundation laying ceremony of the airport at Daudu in Guma Local Council of ...

In a bid to ensure speedy trial of violators of sanitation laws in Benue state, the state Sanitation Agency will soon inaugurate a permanent Sanitation Court, to dispense justice on daily basis. According to The Guardian, the General Manager of the agency, Andrew Chile made the disclosure recently after monitoring the monthly sanitation exercise in Makurdi, the state capital. He said the ...

Dreams of lower construction costs by prospective homeowners might have become a nightmare, going by fresh increase in the price of cement products by manufacturers. The development has already triggered a ripple effect in the open market, with prices going up by about 44 per cent in few days. Investigations revealed that operators under the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria ...