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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi ‎Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has made fresh appointments into various offices and as well as constituted statutory boards for some commissions in the State --in a bid to reinvigorate governance.‎A statement by Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Tersoo Kula, said the appointments are with immediate effect.‎‎The statement named Linda Ene Agada as Special Adviser to the Governor on MSMEs/Microfinance; Hon. James Tor, Special Adviser on Politics, Mobilisation & Special Duties; Dr. Shadrach Ukuma, Director-General, Arts, Culture & Tourism; and Tivlumun Bulya, Personal Assistant (PA) on Benue State House of Assembly Matters.‎‎Other appointments, as…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Muck-raking newspaper publisher, activist and presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has replied the Department of State Services (DSS) over the latter's letter giving him one week to delete an alleged malicious social media post against President Bola Tinubu. The specific post accused Tinubu of lying during his recent Brazil tour that his (Tinubu's) administration had eliminated corruption in Nigeria, an assertion which made Sowore in a tweet on X to call the president names. Apparently peeved, DSS wrote to the US headquarters of X.com, which is owned by Elon Musk, requesting it to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Police Command said it arrested 5,176 suspects for various offences in the last six months. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Mamman Bitrus Giwa, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday, said that the achievements were as a result of what he described as "proactive policing" adopted by the Command. Giwa, who was reviewing the Command's crime fighting efforts within the period, said that "our proactive approach has yielded impressive results in combating serious crimes across the state. Within the six months review period, we arrested 5,176 suspects for various offences." The police boss stated…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi About 21 days after the emergence of Hon. Alfred Emberga as new Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, new principal officers have been appointed to run the Assembly's affairs. Moving the motion to effect changes in the Assembly leadership, on Thursday, on the floor of the Assembly, which was presided over by the Speaker, the former Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Douglas Akya (APC/Makurdi South), stressed the need to change the principal officers. Hon. Akya, in his submission, pointed out that since he is from the same Local Government Area (LGA) as the Speaker, it would…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State has been confirmed as host of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) 2025. The announcement was made in Enugu by Director-General (DG), National Council for Arts and Culture, Obi Asika, during the Culture and Creative Economy Summit, which was held at Landmark Nike Lake Resort Hotel, Enugu. At the event, Asika also formally handed over the symbolic NAFEST Gong to the Enugu State Government, noting that the festival, which would run from November 22 to 29, 2025, would be the first time Enugu would host NAFEST since 2008. State Governor Peter Mbah…

By our reporter Picking a shorter name, Benue State House of Assembly, again, modified the statute on the name of the state-owned university, Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, the state capital. Seeing this name as unwieldy, cumbersome, tongue-twisting and bumpy to pronounce, the lawmakers renamed it simply as Father Adasu University Makurdi (FAUM). Lawmakers reached the decision during today’s plenary after considering the report of the House Standing Committee on Higher Education. Leading the debate, Majority Leader, Hon. Saater Tiseer (APC/Mbagwa) explained that the earlier name, “Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi,” was unnecessarily lengthy. The University…

*As First Lady Remi Tinubu Unveils Nationwide RHI Green Challenge By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State has bagged a N100 million award as the cleanest state as the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, unveiled the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Green Nigeria Challenge. The Challenge is a nationwide environmental competition aimed at families, youth groups, communities, and states to engage in tree planting and environmental cleanliness. She unveiled the Challenge at the quarterly meeting with wives of State Governors and RHI Coordinators at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday. The Challenge, with the motto 'Go Green Today for a Greener…

For the first time ever, Larry Ellison has climbed to the very top of the billionaire leaderboard—overtaking Elon Musk, who had ruled the number one spot for nearly a year. Ellison’s net worth skyrocketed after Oracle, the software giant he co-founded back in the ’70s, smashed Wall Street expectations with its latest earnings. By mid-morning in New York, his fortune had jumped a record-breaking $101 billion in a single day—bringing his total wealth to $393 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk now trails in second with $385 billion. It’s not just a new personal milestone for Ellison, who’s 81…

By our reporter The national electricity grid collapsed today, sparking widespread economic panic as blackout hit many businesses, homes and offices in what appears,like the raging insecurity, another unresolved problem by government. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) indicated that power generation dropped sharply from 2,917.83 megawatts (mw) to a mere 1.5mw between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. Recall that last year alone, by December 11, the grid had collapsed 12 times. Recall too that National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had stated that there was no grid collapse throughout the first quarter of this year (2025). Nigeria is presently…

*Threatens To Withdraw Certificates Of Graduates Who Falsely Attack Alma Mater By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Acting Vice Chancellor (VC), Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM), Professor Simon Terver Ubwa, has assured that the Benue State Government and the university management were doing everything possible to meet the remaining demands of the institution's striking unions. The unions embarked on strike few days ago following their claims that the university management had not paid staff the new national minimum wage. Interacting with the Forum of Investigative Journalists in Benue State in his office, Professor Ubwa revealed that some issues affecting…