Tag: Benue State

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US missionary accuses Benue govt of sabotaging Yelwata market project

An American missionary has levelled serious allegations against the Benue State Government, claiming it deliberately blocked his efforts to construct a modest market in Yelwata community for survivors of recent terrorist attacks and banditry. The missionary, identified in various reports as Alex Barbir, founder of the humanitarian organisation Building Zion, had proposed rebuilding the market—destroyed […]

Agribusiness

Benue approves new agro-climatic agency, probes input supplies

The Benue State Executive Council has approved the establishment of a new agency to be known as the Benue State Agro-Climatic and Watershed Management Agency. State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Benjamin Ashaver, made this known at the Government House Makurdi after the State Executive Council meeting, while briefing journalists on the outcomes. The […]

The management of Benue State University, Makurdi, has denied reports that N2 billion has gone missing from the institution's accounts
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Benue State University denies alleged N2bn misappropriation

The management of Benue State University, Makurdi, has denied reports that N2 billion has gone missing from the institution’s accounts, describing the allegations as false and misleading. At a press briefing held on Monday, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Professor Simon Terver, stated that there is no evidence of any missing funds. He clarified that […]

Market vendors to receive VAT exemptions under FIRS-MATAN initiative
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Fire guts Benue market, destroys properties worth millions

A fire outbreak in the early hours of Monday destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the Wurukum Rice Mill Market in Makurdi, near the River Benue bridge. Firefighters arrived swiftly and prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the market. However, several shops were affected, with goods such as processed and unprocessed […]

Benue ethanol company establishes pollution treatment facility
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Benue ethanol company establishes pollution treatment facility

A cutting-edge Effluent Treatment Plant has been erected by Pure Biotech Company Limited, an ethanol company, to stop wastewater contamination of the Benue River from happening again. The News Agency of Nigeria stated that this was said by the company’s manager of corporate communications and public relations, Mr. Stephen Numbeve, in an interview. He claimed that the organization […]

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
Business

May Day: Benue workers demand payment of outstanding wages

The chairman of the Benue Nigeria Labour Congress, Terungwa Igbe, requested that the state government pay all back wages and pensions owed to employees. The Punch reported that Igbe, who bemoaned the state’s workers’ condition, made the plea at the state secretariat along Otukpo road rather than IBB square, where employees usually spend May Day. […]