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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kidnap, torture and kill him. The claimed that the herdsmen’s plan is billed to be hatched along Makurdi-Lafia-Abuyja highway. READ MORE HERE

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has reacted to the report of the impeachment notice served him by eight meembers of the State’s House of Assembly on Monday. Crisis in the State House of Assembly took a new turn on Monday as eight lawmakers served an impeachment notice on the governor...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor disclosed this on Monday at the Government House in Makurdi while swearing in his Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jerome Torshimbe. READ MORE HERE

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam on Tuesday knocked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for linking the herdsmen killings across Benue, Taraba and other parts of the North, to the continuation of the...

In a classic case of fiddling while Rome burns, President Buhari was busy hosting APC governors to strategise on how to neutralise opposition within the party to see him clinch the party ticket for the 2019 election, governor Samuel Ortom was vacationing in China while the Senate was busy with...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has told a camp of Internally Displaced People (IDP), to return to their homes and defend themselves against the attacks of herdsmen who have killed and displaced many in the state. While addressing displaced victims on Tuesday, Ortom urged them to return to...

Benue State governor, Sameul Ortom, in the dead of Sunday night sent workers to streets of Makurdi to patch potholes ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state. The machines were spotted working along the Gboko-Makurdi last night. Buhari is already in the state on official visit...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, was shocked by a news report ostensibly quoting the Benue State Governor Sam Ortom as saying that the VP was warned of the savage and inhumane killings by alleged herdsmen in Logo and Guma local government areas which took place on the 1st of January 2018...

The Benue Government says it will bury victims of the January 1 attacks on Thursday, January 11. 73 persons were gunned down by unknown assailants who invaded five villages in Guma and Logo Local Governments on new year’s day. Several others were injured while 50,000 persons were displaced. …...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that he is withdrawing from all political activities until the problem of herdsmen invasion of the Benue valley is over. “I have decided to withdraw from every political activity until this problem is over. I cannot be … via The Sun News –...

Ortom: FG should arrest leadership of Miyetti Allah Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, interacted with journalists on the New Year attacks and killings in the state. The governor alleged that those who sponsored the cold blood killings and attacks live with the Federal Government in Abuja and...

– The attack occurred at Logo and Guma local government areas of the middle-belt state – Governor Ortom confirmed the casualties on Tuesday, January 2 – Ortom had announced the deployment of military personnel to the state to beef up security … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read...

Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday declared that he would be contesting for a second term in office based on instructions he received from God READ MORE HERE

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has proclaimed the prohibition of open grazing in the state. The governor made this declaration in a broadcast aired Wednesday morning in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, to mark the commencement of the implementation of the Anti-Open Grazing Law. READ...