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A police officer and four residents have been confirmed dead following a deadly attack by suspected armed herders on Abande Community in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The Benue State Police Command said the victims were killed when the attackers stormed the community in large numbers, targeting both…
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, has called on residents and indigenes not to partake in the nationwide protest. Some groups and citizens had scheduled a nationwide protest for August 1 in response to the economic hardship in the country. However, the FCT CP, while speaking with journalists in…
He polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest contender, Nasir Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who raked in 890,705 votes.
The state government said the gesture would begin today and would be done in partnership with transport unions who will provide the buses and tricycles.
