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Politics / Benue News Headlines, Monday March 9, 2015 by BenueBlog(f): 10:04am On Mar 09, 2015 |
Tenger relishes point at Bayelsa Utd http://benue.com.ng/tenger-relishes-point-at-bayelsa-utd/ My Current Experiences Re-enactment Of Saul Versus David Saga- Ortom http://benue.com.ng/my-current-experiences-re-enactment-of-saul-versus-david-saga-ortom/ Ortom: The Promise, The Commitment http://benue.com.ng/ortom-the-promise-the-commitment/ Tourist Attractions In Benue State http://benue.com.ng/tourist-attractions-in-benue-state/ Man Of God, Practice What You Preach – Tarzoor Tells Ortom http://benue.com.ng/practice-what-you-preach-tarzoor-tells-ortom/ Who Is Professor Nicholas Akise Ada? http://benue.com.ng/who-is-professor-nicholas-akise-ada/ PHOTOS: Ortom, Tarzoor Meet For The First Time As Candidates http://benue.com.ng/photos-ortom-tarzoor-meet-for-the-first-time-as-candidates/ |
Politics / Benue Guber Race: Man Of God, Practice What You Preach – Tarzoor Tells Ortom by BenueBlog(f): 10:40am On Mar 08, 2015 |
It will be recalled that Prince Terhemen Tarzoor emerged the Benue governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in a keenly contested primaries election held on the 8th into the 9th of December last year. The election was conducted peacefully with Prince Terhemen Tarzoor polling a total of 517 votes to beat seven co-contestants including former Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom who had just 111 votes. Ortom in a clever move, subsequently jumped ship to become governorship candidate of the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) before which, according to Tarzoor, Ortom had promised to support him if he emerged as the PDP candidate. A promise Ortom obviously failed to keep by joining the APC to be Tarzoor's major competitor. Tarzoor showed his disappointed in what seems to be an emotional yet fractious attack on the candidature of Dr Samuel Ortom ... Continue Here http://benue.com.ng/practice-what-you-preach-tarzoor-tells-ortom/
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Politics / Photos Of Benue PDP And APC Gubernatorial Candidates Laughing Together by BenueBlog(f): 12:44am On Mar 08, 2015 |
Benue APC gubernatorial candidate, Dr Samuel Ortom and his PDP counterpart, Prince Terhemen Tarzoor were pictured in a handshake in what is believed to be their first public meeting since both became candidates of their respective parties. The pictures show them smiling as eye witnesses say they even shared jokes and laughed, to the admiration of many. This pleasant show should serve as an example to their supporters who recently engaged each other in a series of attacks. 1 Like
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Politics / Benue News Headlines, Friday 6th March 2015 by BenueBlog(f): 3:06pm On Mar 06, 2015 |
Detained Benue Jambites Released On Bail » http://benue.com.ng/detained-benue-jambites-released-on-bail/ Senate screen Professor Nicholas Ada » http://benue.com.ng/senate-screens-professor-nicholas-ada/ Unpaid Salaries: Commissioner, Others Shun Benue Assembly » http://benue.com.ng/unpaid-salaries-commissioner-others-shun-benue-assembly/ OPINION: Benue Workers and 2015 Elections » http://benue.com.ng/benue-workers-and-2015-elections/ Group Wants FG To Compensate Victims Of Zaki Biam » http://benue.com.ng/group-wants-fg-to-compensate-victims-of-zaki-biam/ OPINION: Thoughts On Benue State » http://benue.com.ng/thoughts-on-benue-state/ Benue 2015: Idoma as beautiful bride » http://benue.com.ng/benue-2015-idoma-as-beautiful-bride/ Tarzoor, Ortom and Others Sign Peace Deal » http://benue.com.ng/tarzoor-ortom-and-others-sign-peace-deal/
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Business / Re: Pls I Nid Help I Want To Relocate To Makurdi by BenueBlog(f): 6:52am On Mar 06, 2015 |
born2wyn: Makurdi is a nice place, the cost of living is good, food is cheap. It's not the best place for business but a lot of them are thriving so it's possible. One bedroom wil cost between 20-90k depending on the location and quality of the building. Security is good especially in Makurdi. The weather can be hot here so get prepared for that. In a nutshell, it's a place that can be home away from home. |
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Politics / Unpaid Salaries: Benue Lawmakers Reluctant To Compel Suswam by BenueBlog(f): 7:58pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Barely a week after the Benue State House of Assembly asked Governor Gabriel Suswam’s aides to offer valid explanations on the salaries owed workers, general financial status and revenue generation of the state, a seeming disagreement has ensued between the lawmakers, LEADERSHIP has gathered. The lawmakers had summoned the commissioner of finance, Omadachi Oklobia, the chairman of Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Gabriel Asen and the special adviser to the governor on local government, Solomon Wombo to appear before it by today. However, there was tension yesterday as the legislators were obviously in a serious disagreement on whether to forge ahead with the probe or compel the state governor to settle the salary arrears... Continue Here http://benue.com.ng/unpaid-salaries-benue-lawmakers-disagree-over-summons-of-suswams-aides/
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Politics / Re: No Pvc, No Holy Communion – Benue Pastor Tells Members by BenueBlog(f): 11:59am On Feb 15, 2015 |
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Politics / Photos: How Pdp Thugs Attacked Apc Campaign Offices In Benue by BenueBlog(f): 11:46am On Feb 15, 2015 |
Hoodlums identified as well known Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, thugs last night attacked All Progressives Congress, APC, supporters and destroyed property at the Half Haven Hotel and the Ortom/Abounu campaign headquarters at Oracle Printing Press Limited, High Level, Makurdi. A victim of the attack, Terungwa Sunny Nyior, disclosed that he and several APC supporters sat out at HAF Haven Hotel at about 11 pm last night when suddenly more than 30 PDP thugs stormed the place with gunshots and engaged them in a free for all fight using rifles, axes and cutlasses. He stated that the attackers removed.... Continue here http://benue.com.ng/how-pdp-thugs-attacked-apc-campaign-offices/
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Politics / No Pvc, No Holy Communion – Benue Pastor Tells Members by BenueBlog(f): 11:24am On Feb 15, 2015 |
The Pastor of NKST Church Idye in Makurdi, Rev. Pastor Anure shocked his members this morning when he declared that any member of the church who does not collect his or her permanent voters’ card (PVC) will not be allowed to take holy communion next month. http://benue.com.ng/no-pvc-no-holy-communion-benue-pastor-tells-members/ |
Politics / Shocking: How I Slaughtered Two Teenage Tiv Girls (photos Of Survivor) -suspect by BenueBlog(f): 7:34am On Oct 11, 2014 |
There was an outburst of anger and outrage in Benue State few days ago when news of the slaughter of two teenage girls by a 20-year-old Fulani herdsman at Zongo village, Mabala Council Ward in Makurdi, the state capital, filtered into town. The unprovoked killing which generated palpable tension in Makurdi town in particular, would have snowballed into another round of bloodbath between Benue farmers and Herdsmen in the state but for the quick intervention of the newly posted Police Commissioner, Mr. Hyacinth Dagala and Governor Gabriel Suswam which calmed frayed nerves. The swift action of the duo also led to the arrest of the suspected principal suspect who after intense interrogation by the police, gave vivid account of what transpired and how he also inflicted serious injuries on another female member of the family. The only survivor of the attack, 14-year-old Jirgba Nyeshilea, who is currently in intensive care at a public hospital in Makurdi, also gave account of her ordeal and how her sisters were slaughtered. HOW IT HAPPENED As Nyeshilea wept uncontrollably, she narrated how she accompanied her two sisters aged 15 and 18 to fetch firewood at Zongo village in Mabala Council Ward of Makurdi five days ago. According to her, while in the bush,we met the suspect, a Fulani herdsman who asked if we saw any man passing by. “We told him that we did not see anybody, he then asked us to follow him...... Continue Here http://benue.com.ng/shocking-how-i-slaughtered-two-teenage-tiv-girls-photos-of-survivor-fulani-suspect/
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Politics / Collins Uma: The Benue Leadership Question by BenueBlog(f): 1:19pm On Oct 10, 2014 |
A friend of mine was in Makurdi recently. The last time he visited the town was over ten years ago. After he was done with his business, I called him to know his impression of my town. Did he see the changes in the town? What changes, he asked me. I thought a little bit but the answer wasn’t coming. He then said something that has refused to leave my mind ever since. He said Makurdi is one town a visitor can never get lost in. The town never changes. Everything remained as it was ten years ago when he last came to the town. One noticeable change, though, was the banners hanging from what used to be streetlights on the major roads across the town. Ten years ago some of the streetlights were working but now most of them are only good enough for the advertisement of different companies’ products. Scathing as this remark was, it is the truth. What happened to our streetlights? What has changed in Makurdi in the past ten years? One of the major talking points in Benue at the moment is Governor Gabriel Suswam’s senatorial ambition. I do not have a problem with his aspirations but, on what basis is he seeking this election into the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. When the eight years of his governorship of Benue state is critically appraised, would he come up as someone that merits further election? Primary school pupils have just gone back to school after almost one year at home, the teachers not being paid the full amount owed them. State civil servants and pensioners are also groaning because they have not been paid for months. The Senate is not a retirement home. I have spoken in different fora about what can be accomplished by a leader who truly has the interest of his people at heart. The last time Benue had such a leader was over 30 years ago when a certain...... Continue Here... http://benue.com.ng/collins-uma-the-benue-leadership-question/ |
Politics / More PHOTOS Of Makurdi Flood... by BenueBlog(f): 9:37am On Oct 09, 2014 |
See more here... http://benue.com.ng/photos-of-makurdi-flood/
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Properties / Re: 2000 Houses Submerged In Makurdi (photos) by BenueBlog(f): 9:35am On Oct 09, 2014 |
For those of you doubting, see more ugly photos of the flood... http://benue.com.ng/photos-of-makurdi-flood/ |
Politics / ‘jonathan Is 6th Richest African President’ by BenueBlog(f): 7:29pm On Oct 08, 2014 |
Richest Lifestyle, a US-based website, has listed President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria as the 6th Richest African president. In an article titled, ‘Richest African Presidents 2014′ , the US website compiled a list of the nine richest presidents and kings in Africa. According to the article, President Jonathan is worth $100million. Other African presidents and kings on the list include; Continue Here... http://benue.com.ng/jonathan-is-6th-richest-african-president/
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Politics / The PDP Government Of Benue State Last Paid Salaries Was In July by BenueBlog(f): 6:41pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
What could possibly be the reason for collecting monthly allocations but not paying the salaries of workers for the past 2 months. Do we have a president in this country? Yet Benue always tops the chart of Governorship aspirants in Nigeria, http://benue.com.ng/benue-tops-number-of-governorship-aspirants-in-nigeria-with-26-out-of-300/ So many leaders but no leadership. And same goes for all PDP states or is Benue just an isolated case? What is the situation in your state? |
Properties / 2000 Houses Submerged In Makurdi (photos) by BenueBlog(f): 6:16pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
Over 2000 houses have been submerged in parts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital following torrential rainfall which has caused flood in some areas in the last one week. Some of the affected areas include Inioungu community, Part of Rice Mill and New Garage all in Wadata as well as Kutcha Utebe and behind Zone 4 among others. See more pictures here... http://benue.com.ng/2000-houses-submerged-in-makurdi/ 2 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / 2015: Pdp Caucus Bars Ex-minister From Running For Guber Election by BenueBlog(f): 5:53pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
The elders’ caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue South Senatorial district has excluded former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sam Odeh and Harris Ogbole from contesting the party’s governorship primaries. Read Full Story http://benue.com.ng/2015-pdp-caucus-bars-ex-minister-from-running-for-guber-election/ |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Youths Need To Thank Idoma For Allowing D. Mark Run For 5th Term- Gana by BenueBlog(f): 1:00pm On Oct 03, 2014 |
FrankC3 post=/post/26829386: I thought you would be outlining his achievements for Benue South Senatorial District over the years... |
Politics / Why We Cannot Pay Salaries – Benue State Government by BenueBlog(f): 11:25am On Oct 03, 2014 |
Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Solomon Wombo has declared that Benue has witnessed a six hundred million naira windfall in the state allocation which has caused the inability to pay salaries. Wombo who made this disclosure during a media briefing with journalists in his office further informed that the state however was not resting on its oars to find... http://benue.com.ng/why-we-cannot-pay-salaries-benue-state-government/ |
Politics / Nigerian Youths Need To Thank Idoma For Allowing D. Mark Run For 5th Term- Gana by BenueBlog(f): 10:44am On Oct 03, 2014 |
Despite outcries from younger Nigerians that Senate President, David Mark should bow out of the National Assembly after over a decade, former minister of state for education, Professor Jerry Anthony Agada is of the opinion that Nigerians need to thank the Idoma people for giving them a ‘worthy’ son like Mark. Agada also added that the endorsement of Mark by members of his senatorial district for fifth term was in favour of Nigerians. Speaking with newsmen in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, the Orokam-born writer, who also doubles as a special assistant to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, said ... http://benue.com.ng/nigerian-youths-need-to-thank-idoma-for-allowing-david-mark-run-for-fifth-term-jerry-agada/ |
Politics / The Irony Of Voting For Pdp...(photo) by BenueBlog(f): 11:41am On Oct 02, 2014 |
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Politics / David Mark, The Idomas & Apa State: The Great Deception by BenueBlog(f): 11:01am On Oct 02, 2014 |
Since its creation 38 years ago, the idomas who make up the Benue south senatorial district have been unable to occupy the gubernatorial sit for obvious reasons, its minority status and the dominance of the Tiv majority who occupy two of the three senatorial districts in the state. Hence, until an amicable rotational arrangement is in place, an idoma man or woman becoming a governor of Benue state remains illusive…except where fate plays a role. This marginalisation has prompted the agitation of the idomas for a state of their own and this longing has been going on for long, a sort of opiom to alleviate the pain of a marginalised people, who have never felt inclusive in their state. This dream unfortunately has conveniently become the political strategy of senator David mark. With an abysmal first term at the senate, and a second term election that was marred in controversy and litigation, the retired army general was able to ascend in his third term to become the president of the senate and the number three citizen. This position more than before, created believe within his constituency, that he will as senate president be able to make a case for the creation of Apa state and also see to its creation. With this impression, the senate president found a master strategy to assert and perpetuate himself as the ‘life’ senatorial representative of the idomas. A zone which he has deliberately refused to develop or empower in any way as a political strategy to keep the people perpetually poor, desperate and docile to his own advantage. Whenever there is an agitation for change or direct challenge to his position David mark plays the Apa state card, telling the people... http://benue.com.ng/david-mark-the-idomas-apa-state-the-great-deception-by-austin-abu-austynabu/ |
Politics / Re: Will You Be Proud to fly Nigerian Colour Today by BenueBlog(f): 11:55am On Oct 01, 2014 |
My name is Nigeria !!! I need Re- Building and not Re-Branding. In the next few hours, am going to spend 10 billion Naira to celebrate my 54nd birthday! I am Nigeria !!!. I am divided into 36 unequal states, plus my capital territory, christened ABUJA . I have millions of acres of arable land and billions of cubic litres of water, but I cannot feed myself. So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion to import milk. I produce rice, but don't eat it. I have 60 million cattle but no milk. I have the capacity to feed the whole of Africa but I import most food instead. I am hungry, please help and re- build me. I drive the latest cars in the world but have no roads, neither can I boast of manufacturing a bicycle's tyre. I lose family and friends everyday on my roads for which funds have been allocated to build and rehabilitate but the fund has been looted. I lose my young, my old, and my most brainy and productive people to the potholes, craters and crevasses they travel on everyday. I am in permanent mourning, please re-build me. My school has no teacher and my classroom has no roof. I take lecture notes through the window and live with 15 others in a single room. All my professors have gone abroad, some of the rest are awaiting visas. Those that remain, depend on money raked from the sales of hand-outs to students. My students receive lectures for a maximum of 3 months in a year due to lecturers' strike or students' boycott of lectures because of lack of better condition of service and deplorable condition on campus. That explains why I have university graduates, who are semi- illiterates. I want a future, please re-build me. Malaria, typhoid and many other preventable diseases send me to hospitals which have no doctors, no medicines and no electric power. So my wife gives birth by candle light and surgery is performed by quacks. All the nurses have gone abroad and the rest are also waiting to go. I have the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world and future generations are dying before me. I am hopeless, hapless and helpless, please re-build me. I wanted change so I stood all day long to cast my vote. But even before I could vote, the results had been announced. When I dared to speak out, silence was enthroned by bullets. My rulers are my oppressors, and my policemen are my terrors. I am ruled by men in mufti, but I am not a democracy. I have no verve, no vote, no voice, please re-build me. I have over 50 million youths with no jobs, no present and no future. So my sons in the North have become street urchins and their brothers in the South have become militants. My nephews die of thirst in the Sahara and their cousins drown in the waters of the Mediterranean . My daughters walk the streets of Lagos , Abuja and Port Harcourt , while their sisters parade the streets of Rome and Amsterdam. I am inconsolable, please re-build me. My people cannot sleep at night and cannot relax by day. They cannot use ATM machines, nor use cheques. My children sleep through the staccato of AK 47's, see through the mist of tear gas, while we all inhale Carbon Monoxide, poisonous CO-2 from popular 'I better pass my neighbour' (portable generators) and 'Okada' (motorbike taxis) The leaders have looted everything on ground and below. They walk the land with haughty strides and fly the skies with private jets (28 of which were bought in the last 12 months). They have stolen the future of generations yet unborn and have money they cannot spend in several lifetimes, but their brothers die of hunger. I want justice, please re-build me. I can produce anything, but import everything. So my toothpick is made in China; my toothpaste is made in South Africa; my salt is made in Ghana; my butter is made in Ireland; my milk is made in Holland; my shoe is made in Italy; my vegetable oil is made in Malaysia; my biscuit is made in Indonesia; my chocolate is made in Turkey and my table water made in France. My taste is far-flung and foreign. I no longer cook at home but take pride in eating at take-away outlets fashioned after the Western style of living. Anything made in my land is inferior; I prefer those made in England, America or Europe . To crown it all, items made in my land but specifically sent abroad with made in England labels are brought back from 'Oyinbo' land at 5 times the original price it would have gone for had it been sold as home made, please re- brand me. My people are cancerous from the greed of their friends who bleach palm oil with chemicals; my children died because they drank 'My Pikin' with NAFDAC numbers; my poor die because kerosene explodes in their faces; my land is dead because all the trees have been cut down; flood kills my people yearly because the drainage is clogged; my fish are dead because the oil companies dump waste in my rivers; my communities are vanishing into the huge yawns of gully erosion, and nothing is being done. My livelihood is in jeopardy, and I am in the uttermost depths of despondence, please re-build me. I have genuine leather but choose to eat it.. So I spend a billion dollars to import fake leather. I have four (4) refineries, but prefer to import fuel, so I waste more billions to import petrol and diesel. I have no security in my country, but would rather send troops to keep the peace in another man's land. I have 160 dams, but cannot get water to drink, so I buy 'pure' water that broils my inwards. I have a million children waiting to enter universities, but my ivory dungeons can only take a tenth (10 %). I have no power (electricity) , but choose to flare gas, and vote billion of dollars every year to generate electricity but not a single watt has come from it. So, my people have learnt to see in the dark and stare at the glare of Unclad flares. I have no direction, please re-build me. My people pray to God every morning and every night, but commit every crime known to man because re-branded identities will never alter the tunes of inbred rhythms. Just as the drums of heritage heralds the frenzied jingles, remember - the Nigerian soul can only be Nigerian - fighting free from the cold embrace of a government that has no spring, no sense, no shame. So we watch the possessed, frenzied dance, drenched in silent tears as freedom is locked up in democracy's empty cellars. I need guidance, please re-build me. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Today Oct 1 No Power Supply(no Light)is There Power Supply In Your Area by BenueBlog(f): 11:51am On Oct 01, 2014 |
No power in my area of Benue state for days now, could take weeks. |
Politics / Happy Independence Day Nigeria, We Have A Small Bonaza For You! by BenueBlog(f): 11:44am On Oct 01, 2014 |
Happy Independence! Nigeria is 54 and despite the ups and downs, we have some reason to be happy. In this celebratory mode, we are giving out N10, 000 worth of MTN recharge cards to our faithful readership. To win.... http://benue.com.ng/happy-independence-nigeria/
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Politics / Please Be Honest, Do We Really Have Any Thing To Celebrate After 54 Years? by BenueBlog(f): 11:10pm On Sep 30, 2014 |
Tomorrow is another independence day and Nigeria will be 54 years old with nothing to show for it aside the fact that we have not broken into pieces. Why do we have to celebrate every year? We should do it once in 10 years, cos I don't see any new thing this year that warrants celebration. What do you think? |
Politics / Re: Could Tuface Idibia Be The One To End David Mark’s Dominance? by BenueBlog(f): 10:36pm On Sep 30, 2014 |
100Cents: Lol, hahaha 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Could Tuface Idibia Be The One To End David Mark’s Dominance? by BenueBlog(f): 10:33pm On Sep 30, 2014 |
100Cents: Yes ooo, with six packs |
Politics / Re: Could Tuface Idibia Be The One To End David Mark’s Dominance? by BenueBlog(f): 10:25pm On Sep 30, 2014 |
100Cents: Lol, does he have to wait that long? |
Politics / Could Tuface Idibia Be The One To End David Mark’s Dominance? by BenueBlog(f): 2:27pm On Sep 30, 2014 |
Mark who doubles as the senate president is the most famous, all-powerful, all-conquering Idoma politician and has nothing to worry about, even without voluntary support, he has the financial wherewithal to wave his political wand of influence in his favour. It looks all done and dusted, but could there be one more twist? Could they be taking someone for granted? Could the man Tuface Idibia..... http://benue.com.ng/could-tuface-idibia-be-the-one-to-end-david-marks-dominance/ |
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