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Last Tuesday no doubt was a black day for troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, a military spike operation put in place to check the attacks by the resilient herdsmen in Benue state that have claimed close to 700 lives since the beginning of … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Benue State Government has denied having anything to do with the arrest of a former governor of the state, Mr Gabriel Suswam, by the Department of State Services. … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2Mg1lPK Get More Nigeria Political News

The murder case against Joseph Kyaagba has been thrown out by the Makurdi high court. The Makurdi high court said it has no jurisdiction.... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2lk3JcI Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish large ranches in 10 pilot states of Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara. This initiative is part of a new roadmap, tagged ‘The National Livestock Transformational Plan’ aimed at finding lasting...

The federal government has presented a plan to permanently solve the farmers-herders conflicts in Nigeria which has claimed the lives of thousands over the years. Hundreds of people have been killed in 2018 alone... Read more via Premium Times Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2lhLftt Get More...

The leadership of Fulani pastoralist groups, yesterday, rose from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to call Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom to order over the anti-open grazing law in the state. They said the governor’s “actions are … Read more via The...

Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom and other stakeholders have welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state today. Read more via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2p8LRTE -- Get More Nigeria Political News

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Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom and his predecessor, Dr Gabriel Suswam have finally reconciled and agreed to work together for the common good of the state. Our correspondent gathered that the reconciliation meeting which was organised at the instance of the Paramount ruler of the Tiv nation...

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has commended Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, for refusing to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Lafia. Ortom had earlier explained that he could not attend the event because he could not abandon his people, who were being killed by...

Governor Samuel Ortom in this interview reacted to comments credited to Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali on the invasion of the state and killings by alleged Fulani herdsmen. He maintained that they were an indication that the Minister was part of the conspiracy against Benue State...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue State chapter has responded to the reports that the State governor, Samuel Ortom has concluded plans to dump the party. The state chairman of the party, Prince Emmanuel Abba Yaro, said those peddling the rumour of Ortom’s purported defection from the...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali of complicity in the invasion of the state and killings by Fulani herdsmen based on the Minister’s puerile comments. Ortom described Dan- Ali’s comments as rather unfortunate, saying if such comments emanate...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has rained curses on perpetrators and sponsors of the killings in Benue State, praying that all those who failed to act on those letters he sent alerting of impending attacks on the state that could have stopped the killings, would … via The Sun News –...

s Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said he took prominent leaders from the state to see President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ‎in order to appreciate what the president has done so far to help restore peace to the state. The governor also spoke on details of the … via Premium Times...

Governor Samuel Ortom on Monday said the conclusion of the Benue State stakeholders to President Muhammadu Buhari was that the state has no land for a cattle colony the Federal Government is planning to establish. Ortom, after the closed-door meeting, stressed that the state had no 10,000...

The Benue State Government has imposed a curfew on Makurdi, the State capital following security challenges in the State. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, disclosed this on Saturday. He made this known after a State Securiy Council meeting held at the Benue Peoples’ House, Makurdi The...

Former Plateau state governor, David Jonah Jang, has lambasted Governor, Simon Lalong, over his comments on killings in Benue state. Jang also condemned Lalong for attacking Governor Samuel Ortom over the anti-grazing law which became effective November 1, 2017. Comrade Clinton Garuba, Jang’s...

The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on Thursday said he warned his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, against implementing the state anti-grazing law recently passed into law. Lalong said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after meeting President Muhammadu...

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, Itse Sagay has advised Benue State governor on how to tackle the menace of the Fulani herdsmen. via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2CPp4Sy -- Get More Nigeria Political News