By Amos Aar. THE Federal High Court Abuja presided over by Honourable Justice Kolowale Omotosho on Monday dismissed cases filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State against the All progressives Congress (APC) in the state, challenging the conduct of the party’s 2022 gubernatorial and senatorial primaries that produced Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, Barr Emmanuel Udende, Titus Zam and Daniel Onjeh as Guber candidate and senatorial candidates for zones A, B and C respectively. The PDP approached the court and alleged the APC had violated constitutional provisions and some sections of the Electoral Act in their conduct…
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…Expresses Readiness to Work With Investors to Explore Mineral Resources THE Benue State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Mr Bernard Unenge, says work on the state Geographic Information Service (BENGIS) will be completed next month, December 2022. The commissioner made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. He said that work on the N6.5 billion project was started in February 2020 and was meant to provide space for the automated land administration agency in the state. He described the complex as Gov. Samuel Ortom’s signature project, adding that it would ensure…
By Amos Aar THE gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State, Rt. Hon. Titus Uba, has been jetted out of Nigeria to seek medical attention to undisclosed ailments in an undisclosed foreign country. Although the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, in a statement on Sunday denied that Ubah is suffering from any ailment, he however inadvertently admitted that Hon. Uba is ‘on medical vacation’ abroad for natural causes. “Engr. Titus Uba is only away on medical vacation necessitated by natural causes which no human, no matter how high or lowly, is immune from. Engr. Uba…
THE Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Dr Anselem Umoren (MSP), has advised citizens to vote for credible and honest candidates in the 2023 general election. Voting sincere leaders would bring dividends of democracy to the country, the clergy said. Umoren gave the advice on Sunday during the celebration of ‘Christ the King’ and confirmation of faithful at the St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Gwagwalada, Abuja. He stressed the need for Nigerians to do good at all times and vote credible and honest candidates to power, adding that they should not allow selfish interest determine their choice of candidates.…
THE 7th Division of the Nigerian Army has concluded the training of 40 security guards to strengthen security in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. The Division’s General Officer Commanding (GOC), Maj.-Gen. Shauib Waidi said the measure was to close security gaps in the camp. “This camp has close to 30,000 occupants; a lot of things have been happening where Boko Haram were infiltrating into the camp. “We felt we needed to have a home-grown security response like this one that was specifically created to secure the camp,” he said. The GOC, represented by Lt. Col.…
THE 27th Session of the Conference of Parties on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), otherwise known as COP27, ended in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday with Parties agreeing on historic fund for loss and damage. The fund formed part of the Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan on climate change after loss and damage included in the agenda for the first time. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fund is meant to support developing countries, including Nigeria, that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The establishment will see donors contributing to a…
BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom has paid glowing tributes to the late Tunde Jonathan Mark, son of former Senate President, David Mark who was buried Friday, November 11th, 2022. A press release signed by Nathaniel Ikyur, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said Governor Ortom, who joined other political and religious leaders across the country, spoke during the Requiem Mass at the private residence of Senator Mark in Otukpo. The governor, the press release said, described Tunde as a great man and a bridge builder, and recalled how he supported his father to excel as Senate President and at the…
By Amos Aar THE Executive Chairman, Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Comrade Joseph Utse, has said that the Board will step up the monitoring of Basic Education teachers to register with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in order to check quackery in the teaching profession. Comrade Utse stated this Thursday at SUBEB headquarters, Makurdi during a sensitisation meeting with critical stakeholders in the education sector on the need for professional teachers to obtain TRCN certificate as required by the National Council on Education (NCE). The Executive Chairman, who was represented by Permanent Member 3 at the…
AN international environmental activist, Charity Migwi, of Africa Regional Campaigner 350. Org, has called for the immediate clean up and remediation of all oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Migwi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) that the clean-up is key to the just transition from fossil fuels. She lamented the increasing oil pollution and gas flaring in Niger Delta, with a call on the Federal Government to shift its energy mix to renewable energy. According to her…
THE National Consultant, Public Health and Environment, WHO Nigeria, Dr Edwin Isotu-Edeh, has urged government to regulate and manage Electronic Waste (E-Waste) exposure on women and children. Isotu-Edeh made the call at a Webinar on Electronic Waste and Public Health in Nigeria with the theme “Health Impacts of Electronic Waste in Nigeria: Are you a Victim or Perpetrator?” According to him, Nigeria’s national disease burden is linked to risk factors from the environment through electronic waste exposure. He said pregnant women and children working in e-waste dismantling sites are most vulnerable in impacts and exposure, as the country has high…