Benue Press

EFCC has given an update on the bundle of cash it intercepted in Benue state earlier today, The money was allegedly meant for vote buying. According to the agency, the money is allegedly owned by APC governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Jimeh. ”At North Bank Area, Makurdi, a man was caught with large bags […]

EFCC operatives in Benue state this morning intercepted bags of cash meant for vote-buying during today’s election in Makurdi, the state capital. In an attempt to arrest the culprit, some thugs attacked EFCC operatives and vandalised the bus used for patrol. See more photos below…

Former Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni has said that the real reason he was redeployed from Benue State was that he refused to obey orders from his superiors that could have led to chaos and further killings in the troubled state. Recall that Owoseni was posted from Lagos by the then Inspector General of […]

All electoral materials for Mbalom ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue were in the early hours of Saturday burnt by armed hoodlums. According to a witness, the hoodlums on arrival fired shots in the air before setting on fire the RCM Primary School Aya, housing the materials. Ngunan Yongo, the Electoral Officer […]

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has won the Oju/Obi House of Representatives election in Benue State, Concise News understands. The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) declared David Ogewu of APGA as the winner of the election. Ogewu beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to clinch the seat with many of his supporters thronging his […]

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the sponsorship of youths to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to demand the deployment of more security personnel to the state for Saturday’s elections as desperation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to disrupt the elections. Ortom, through his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, stated yesterday that the […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Benue, Emmanuel Jime said people have been the ones ranched instead of cattle, under Governor Samuel Ortom’s anti-open grazing law. Jime stated this during a live “True-Talk Benue Gubernatorial Debate 2019” monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. He said that the implementation of the […]

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State has accused Governor Samuel Ortom of plot to dole out huge sums of money to electoral officers in a bid to retain his seat at all cost. In a statement, yesterday, by chairman of the party in the state, Abba Yaro, APC said to achieve this, the governor […]

Benue State Government on Wednesday, said it had received information about a “secret plot” hatched by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in collaboration with some officials of the Federal Government. It said the plot was to arrest and detain some of key members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, considered to be close to Governor […]

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, Emmanuel Jime, on Monday said the call for military presence for Saturday governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state was meant to protect lives. The state Governor, Samuel Ortom, who is also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, had on […]