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Benue LG polls to hold one week after tenures of suspended chairs elapse

The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) has fixed July 6 as the date for the LG election. The proposed date would be a week after the tenures of the

Benue businessman asks court to void governor’s power to suspend LG chairmen

Sesugh Akume, a businessman based in Benue, has asked a high court in the state to nullify the law empowering governors to “arbitrarily” suspend local government chairmen. In a suit

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Sesugh Akume sues Ortom over delay in LG poll

Sesugh Akume, a businessman in Benue, has sued Samuel Ortom, governor of the state, over the government’s delay in conducting local government elections. In a suit filed at the high

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BBOG: We look forward to return of 113 Chibok girls

Sesugh Akume, spokesperson of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), says the group looks forward to the release of the remaining 113 Chibok girls in Boko Haram captivity. The BBOG spokesperson

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