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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 4, Mr Zachariah Fera Achinyan, has assured of cooperation and strong collaboration with journalists to achieve more effective policing in the zone. The AIG, who disclosed this during a courtesy call on him by journalists in Benue State led by Chairman, State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Bemdoo Ugber, encouraged newsmen to beam searchlight on persons believed to have hatred for the media. Achinyan said that the doors to his office were open for stronger cooperation and collaboration with journalists to enable him succeed on the job.…

Acting Director, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)'s Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage ( DOAS), Tpl. Akanimo Udoh, today retired from the civil service after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60. A statement issued to newsmen and signed by DOAS' Head of Information/Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Ufomba, this evening, said: "Today marks not just the close of a remarkable chapter in his civil service life. but the beginning of a well-deserved new session for rest, reflection and fulfillment for the energetic, ideas-filled former public servant. "In his distinguished career, especially at the top, Tpl. Udoh was instrumental in shaping…

*Surrenders Arms *Frees 32 Abductees *'Why We Didn't Demand Total Surrender Of Arms' *'Farming Has Resumed In Some Parts Of Zamfara Following Our Peace Deal' By our reporter Perhaps, just perhaps, a flicker of the light of peace is bring lit in the troubled North-West following reports that wanted terrorist, Bello Turji, has agreed to cease,on a limited scale, his campaign of serial murders, abductions for ransom, sacking of local communities,maimings, and sundry horrific acts in the zone. In a seeming unprecedented move, facilitated by a group of Islamic clerics based in Zamfara State in the zone, Turji is said…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) has officially launched the Benue Electronic Management System (Benue E- Emergency Platforms) at BSEMA headquarters in Makurdi,the state capital. Performing the ceremony at BSEMA headquarters, State Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia disclosed that the platforms would help in monitoring security situations as the State Government was determined to end insecurity in the state. Represented by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Deborah Serumun Aber, Gov. Alia lamented that a lot of people were suffering in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, adding that the State Government was concerned about saving…