Benue guber: Supreme Court affirms Waya as APGA candidate
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Mr. Joseph Waya has been affirmed by the Supreme Court as the duly elected governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, for Benue state in the March 11, 2023 elections. The apex court in a unanimous ruling Monday, read by Justice C Nweze, the panel of five Justices, said […]
We’ll not surrender Benue to criminals – Ortom vows
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has vowed that he would not surrender the state to criminals assuring that his administration would not relent in its fight against criminals and kidnappers. He vowed that tough times awaits any criminal operating in the state. The Governor spoke Sunday, at the Redeemed […]
BREAKING: WHO doctor, 2 others die of Lassa Fever in Benue
A Medical Doctor working with the World Health Organization, WHO, office in Makurdi, Dr Samuel Nyityo and two others have reportedly died of Lassa Fever in the state.
‘Despite being Nigeria’s Food Basket, we have been left by Abuja people to die!’
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State is facing an uphill task of catering for the officially recognized 1.597million Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, located in several camps and host communities spread across the state. Since the 2018 New Year day massacre by armed herdsmen in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of the state that […]
Ortom earmarks N1billion for payment of workers’ gratuity
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said N1billion has been earmarked for the payment of gratuity of workers in the state from the loan facility being extended to states by the federal government. He said he had also directed his Finance Commissioner as well as Accountant General of the […]
Yuletide: Benue Govt flags off distribution of essential food items to 1.597million IDPs
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue state government have flagged off the distribution of essential food items, ahead of the Christmas celebrations, to over 1,597,000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in several official and unofficial camps located across the state. Performing the exercise on Wednesday at the premises of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, […]
Electoral Act: Ortom commends President Buhari, says his decision best for country
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to decline assent to the amended Electoral Act over the inclusion of mandatory direct primaries by political parties in the Act, saying his decision is in the best interest of the country. The Governor who also lauded members […]
Benue deploys infrastructure to stem farmer-herder clashes on border with Nasarawa
By Peter Duru – Makurdi In a bid to check the incursion of armed herdsmen from neighbouring Nasarawa state into its border communities in Guma Local Government Area, LGA of Benue state, the Benue Government has completed construction work on the 30 kilometers Gbajimba-Tse Ortom-Tse Upev-Tomatar-Ahentse-Tse Akaahena road. Many communities lying on the expansive road […]
2023: Ortom’s ex CPS urges Journalists to rally round his gubernatorial aspiration
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The immediate past Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the Benue State Governor, Mr. Terver Akase has urged Journalists to rally round his governorship aspiration to govern the state in 2023. He assured that as a practicing Journalist, his administration, when he emerges victorious, would be guided by the tenets of […]
Benue people hardworking, my unwavering supporters – Ortom
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has clarified that he never referred to Benue people as drunkards stressing that the indigenes of the state are hard working people who appreciate his developmental strides, unlike the All Progressives Congress, APC, members who sit in beer parlors as early as 9am to […]
Why Benue isn’t getting due benefits – Ortom
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said the state is being denied lots of benefits because of his agitation for equity, fairness and justice in the country. He said he would continue to stand up for the ordinary people and speak against injustice because of his background as a commoner. […]
Why I’ve not been commissioning projects – Ortom
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Sunday gave reasons he had not been commissioning the projects executed by his administration in the last six years. He explained that the funds earmarked for the commissioning of such projects could be used to execute more development projects in parts of the state, […]
Pensioners protest in Benue, demand payment of backlog by successive govts
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A faction of pensioners in Benue state on the aegis of Aggrieved Benue Pensioners, Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi, the state capital demanding the payment of backlog of pension arrears accumulated by successive governments in the state. The pensioners some of who bore placards with inscriptions like “Governor […]
Ortom visits warring Bonta, Ukpute communities sues for peace
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has urged the warring neighboring communities of Bonta in Konshisha Local Government Area, LGA, and Ukpute Oju LGA of the state to sheathe their sword and embrace peace. The lingering crisis between the two communities had in recent time claimed several lives and properties including […]
Between Ortom and the President
By Ikechukwu Amaechi IN the last couple of weeks, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and President Muhammadu Buhari have been embroiled in a war of words. At issue is the security of lives and property of Nigerians, the primary responsibility of government, and who to blame for the worthlessness of human life in Nigeria today. […]
Ortom accuses presidency of failed plot to instigate crisis in Benue
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has demanded an apology from the presidency for accusing him of stirring ethnic tensions and calling for genocide in the country saying no amount of amount of blackmail and media attack will discourage him from speaking against the injustice and pain the present government […]
