Sentences with phrase «benue state house»

Mr. Abunde said, the» umpire body stated that it has no power to nullify the election of the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange on the basis of last November ruling of the Federal High Court which ordered it to restore the suppressed Mbagwa constituency.

For flounting the governor's directives on payment of salaries, the Benue state House of Assembly, Thursday suspended the Caretaker Chairman of Gwer Local Government Area of...

Addressing the crowd of students at the Wurukum Roundabout, the leader of the aggrieved students, Joshua Tarbunde, appealed to the Benue State House of Assembly to speedily pass the anti-grazing bill before it to phase out killer herdsmen from the state.

These same people of Benue state have continued to go through series of armed attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen who had protested against the passage of the anti-open grazing law by the Benue state house of Assembly.

The Benue State House of Assembly had on Thursday passed the grazing bill entitled, «Open grazing prohibition and ranches establishment law,» for the prohibition of open grazing and rearing of livestock in the state.

Iorapuu said the date of the funeral, which was chosen during the bishops» conference in Rome, coincided with the date the anti-open grazing law was passed by the Benue State House of Assembly.

Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam and a former speaker, Benue State House of Assembly, Mr Terhile Ayua, on Wednesday condemned the killing of 16...

Already, PDP Senate caucus led by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, Benue state House of Representatives caucus, Benue state zone C House of Assembly Caucus, the league of Idoma Professors, the Idoma Dreams, the Idoma Young Professionals, the Idoma Prosperity Group as well as women groups have separately thrown their weights behind Senator Mark for the rerun election.

Meanwhile, the Benue State House of Assembly has today passed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law.

Not exact matches

A statement from his spokesman, Mr. Hakeem Bello, said the tour also took him to Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau states in the North Central zone by road «to see firsthand the state of work at several important power, roads, housing and other infrastructure facilities under the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.housing and other infrastructure facilities under the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.Housing.»

Others named as defendants in the charges, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja and marked FHC / ABJ / CR / 48/2017, are a former Commissioner for Benue State under the Suswam's administration, Mr. Omadachi Oklobia; and the then Accountant, Benue State Government House Administration, Mrs. Janet Aluga.

A Former governor of Benue State who is also a serving Senator at the hallowed chamber of the House of Assembly, George Akume on Saturday buried his elder brother, Gabriel Indyer Akume, Ter Mbakpo 1, in a multi-million naira palacial vault garden in his hometown, Terka in Benue State.

«In fact the Benue Peoples House and the State Assembly were occupied severally by protesters to have the ranching legislation passed and after the passage and my assenting to it, threats emanated from Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore to resist the law.

Terseer Chogah, a witness in the alleged N9.79 billion fraud trial of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday narrated how N450 million was withdrawn for running of the Benue State Government House.

Defendants in the charge marked FHC / ABJ / CR / 48/2017, are a former Commissioner of Benue State under Suswam's administration, Mr Omadachi Oklobia, and the then Accountant, Benue State Government House Administration, Mrs Janet Aluga.

The documents which were tendered through the second prosecution witness, Mr. Ochoga Peter Esuh, who was a Cashier at the Benue State Government House certified true copies of memo to the executive governor (Suswam), payment receipts, payment vouchers of the N450 million and a letter to the Commissioner of finance, under Suswam's administration, Omadachi Oklobia in respect of the money.

Those charged alongside Suswam in the 32 - count charge are Omadachi Oklobia, his former Commissioner for Finance; and Janet Aluga, former Accountant, Benue State Government House.

The other defendants facing the 32 - count charge are the former Commissioner of Finance, Mr Omadachi Oklobia and former Accountant, Benue State Government House, Mrs Janet Aluga.

Osinbajo stated this while responding to posers raised by some Christian leaders at the stakeholders a meeting held at the new Banquet Hall of the Benue State Government House, Makurdi.

Governor Ortom was addressing newsmen yesterday at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi on measures taken by his administration to stop killings in the State.

He explained that his uncle, Julius Ntwangwa, who worked with the Benue State Agriculture and Rural Development Agency, was among those killed by the herdsmen, who dropped his corpse at the back of the house.

Christians and Muslims in Benue State, on Monday, staged a joint peaceful solidarity march to the Government House, Makurdi, in support of the Anti-Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law recently enacted by the Benue State Government.

There is currently low turnout of voters in the gubernatorial and state House of Assembly's elections in Benue Sstate House of Assembly's elections in Benue StateState.

DAILY POST has gathered that the ongoing governorship and House of Assembly elections have turned bloody in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

Osinbajo stated this while responding to posers raised by some Christian leaders at a stakeholders meeting held at the new Banquet Hall of the Benue State Government House, Makurdi.

Several persons have been killed and houses razed after suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded Tombo in Buruku local government area of Benue State.

Hon. Gabriel T. Suswam (m), former Governor of Benue State of No. 1 Rio Negro Street, Maitama, Abuja; Omadachi Oklobia (m), former Commissioner for Finance of Flat 1 Block A13, Marathon Avenue, Games Village, Abuja; and Janet Aluga (f), former Accountant, Benue State Government House Administration of David Mark Extension, Agber Village, Makurdi, Benue State, between August 8, 2012 and March 16, 2015 at Makurdi, Benue State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did conspire among yourselves to transfer a total sum of about N4, 135,208,404.90, from the Benue State SURE - P account number 0116099195, domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank, into various illegal accounts with the aim of concealing the money which you derived directly from corruption.

The torrents of condemnation followed a motion on urgent public importance moved by a member from Benue State, Mr. Mark Terseer - Gbillah, to bring to the attention of the House, an earlier attack on Nakka by soldiers on April 19.