The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has again called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to upgrade the existing policy on gun licencing, following the...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday signed the revised 2020 state budget of N108.82 billion into law. Ortom, who signed the revised budget at the...
Gunmen on Friday abducted the Founder and Managing Director, Tito group of companies, Chief Isaac Akinkunmi. Akinkunmi was abducted in Makurdi, the state capital. Meanwhile, the...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has embarked on self-isolation after members of his family, officials in his government and aides tested positive for COVID-19. The governor,...
Eunice Ortom, the wife of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom along with their son have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. The Benue State First...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday ordered an immediate reversal of the order reopening churches, mosques and markets in the state till further notice. The...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has suspended five traditional rulers in the state over alleged complicity in land disputes in their domains. Those suspended were two...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said Saturday he had no regrets revealing the identity of the state’s COVID-19 index case, Mrs. Susan Okpe. The governor, who...
The Benue State government led by Governor Samuel Ortom has discovered what it said are questionable deals at the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on the state for two weeks. Ortom disclosed this to journalists after the Expanded...
Nigerian governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the extra-judicial execution of an innocent Nigerian by security operatives in Warri, Delta state, on Thursday. The PDP, in...
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and his Deputy, Engineer Benson Abounu have tested negative to the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The state Commissioner for Finance...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state to check spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Ortom announced...
The Benue State government led by Governor Samuel Ortom has ordered state workers to henceforth work from home in a bid to curtail the possible spread...
To combat the growing insecurity in Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom, on Monday, hinted on plans by the state government to set up it’s own security...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday launched the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for workers in the state where he apologised to workers and pensioners for...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, threatened to drag all contractors who failed to diligently execute projects awarded to them by the state government. The...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Saturday the state government would not repeal or amend the extant grazing law despite mounting pressure from several quarters....
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has declared that the affirmation of the re-election of Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Supreme...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Wednesday present crop of leaders have failed Nigerians in the discharge of their responsibilities and urged the people to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday commended the Supreme Court for upholding the election victories of Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, Bala Mohammed of...
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, his counterpart from Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha and four other governors will today (Tuesday) return to the Supreme Court to know...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has counselled President Muhammadu Buhari to have a rethink about the visa on arrival policy his administration says will...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the victory of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, in the March 9 governorship election in the state....
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has ordered full-scale investigation into last Thursday’s mysterious death of a family of three in the North Bank area of Makurdi...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that Nigeria will overcome the many challenges facing it when democratic and economic institutions are strengthened. Ortom...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has said Benue State remains its ancestral home even though Governor Samuel Ortom had chased them away. The group...
The Benue State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has declared that the state under the leadership of Governor Samuel Ortom, has been nothing but...
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has backed the move by the Federal Government to shut Nigerian borders to check crime. Ortom who gave a...
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday called on the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 governorship election, Barrister Emmanuel Jime to...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Monday affirmed the election of Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)....
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that the report published by some national dailies claiming that Igbos in the state were targets of “coordinated attacks...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has queried the General Manager of the state’s Urban Development Board for renaming some streets in the state capital. Some of...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has blamed the ongoing crisis between the Tiv and Jukun ethnic groups on criminal elements in the state. According...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has begged protesting pensioners in the state for forgiveness over months of unpaid pension, promising that funds would be released for...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, reiterated security assurance of the Igbo community and other Nigerians doing business in the state. The governor said his...
Taraba Governor, Darius Ishaku, has said he was working tirelessly with his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, to end the ongoing crisis between the Tiv and Jukun...
The Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, on Friday dismissed appeals filed separately by the trio of Governor Samuel Ortom, Independent National Elections...
The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday slammed some chieftains of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who have been on his neck over the appointment...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has kicked against the establishment of the proposed Ruga settlements for Fulani herdsmen by the Federal Government in the state, insisting...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, hearing the case between governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and...
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has allocated 59 hectares of land in his state to resettlement of Cameroonian refugees at Ikyogen Cattle Ranch in...
The governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, on Monday lamented the level of insecurity in the state, blaming it on a notorious criminal, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has vowed to defend his victory in the 2019 gubernatorial election at the tribunal. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress...
Reacting to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaration of Saturday’s governorship election in Benue as inconclusive, the state Governor has said he is unbothered. Gov....
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom is close to victory as he is in a clear lead after the announcement of election results in 19 Local Government...
Benue State Governor and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Ortom, has won the government house polling unit. Ortom polled 127 votes to...
The Benue State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Abba Yaro, has accused Governor Samuel Ortom of recruiting thugs and militia men from the...
By John Chukwu The governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, slated for Saturday, 9th March, are around the corner. The Independent National Electoral Commission –...
