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Football Coach Killed By Gunmen In Benue

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  Football Coach Killed By Gunmen In Benue Tori Jun 15, 2021 Read original It was gathered that the deceased was shot dead by the assailants at Asese 1, North-Bank, Makurdi. The deceased, Torkuma Chihe Promise A football coach identified as Torkuma Chihe Promise has been killed by gunmen in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. It was gathered that the deceased popularly known as Coach Mboma was shot dead by the assailants at Asese 1, North-Bank, Makurdi on Sunday evening, June 13. A Facebook user, Kingsley Terkimbi Usongo, said he spoke to the deceased same day he was murdered. "Rest in peace my brother coach Mboma Torkuma Promise Chihe. I spoke with u early yesterday, requesting you to take ur phone to my mom so I could speak with her. I guess I was the first person's voice u heard yesterday. It's unfortunate that u couldn't end the day as you were shot dead later in the evening of yesterday, 13/06/2021. Continue to find rest with the Lord until we meet to part no more&q

Neglect of land grab act in Edo: international and local investors threatened

 By Our Correspondent With the seemingly abandonment of the land grab act in Edo State, local and international investors in the diaspora have threatened a rethink in investing in the State. This was contained in a statement signed by the President and Founder of Edo Indigenous Movement (EIM), also known as Edo Progressive Indigenous Association (EPIA)- Chief Dr Bishop Omogiade Enoyiogiere Edokpolo, and made available to newsmen in Benin City. The Edo indigenous investors and foreign investors in the diaspora made their position known while looking at  the recent attack on the leader of Edo indigenous movement who has been campaigning to attract Edo indigenes and nonindigenes in the diaspora to come to Edo State to invest, assuring them that Edo is a safe place to invest. The investors opined that if the Edo indigenous leader could be a victim of land grab act and in the process assulted by his fellow indigenes, they have no option than to have a rethink about investing in Edo State. A