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 […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart and House of Representatives candidate for Makurdi/Guma constituency in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Conrad Utaan, Monday, led over 6,000 of his supporters in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Addressing the gathering at the Government […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Wednesday, alerted that politicians were fueling the security challenges in northern states in order to ensure that elections did not take place in such areas in 2023 to enable them rig the elections. He warned anyone planning to rig elections in Benue state to […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue state, Sunday, said its doors are open to more members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who are tired of the total misadventure of APC in the state. This is coming on the heels of Saturday’s defection of the APC Benue North East […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi 243 aggrieved Benue aspirants in the last Ward Congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have dragged the party to court for allegedly being shutout and denied participation in the process. This was made known on Friday by the Makurdi/Guma House of Representatives candidate of the APC in the last […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The expanded caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on Governor Samuel Ortom and reaffirmed support for him as leader of the party in the State. The caucus also declared total confidence in the ability of the Governor to lead the party to victory […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has cautioned that with 18 Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state under the siege of armed herdsmen, the state cannot afford to record communal crisis over issues that could be resolved amicably. The Governor sounded the warning on Tuesday in Makurdi when he […]

By David Odama – Lafia AHEAD of 2023 general elections, a pressure group under the aegies of Concern Benue indigenes in Nasarawa state (CBILN), Wednesday, endorsed Terver Akase, the chief press secretary to the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom as their pre­ferred governorship aspirant. They have vowed to compel governor Ortom to ensure that Akase […]

Ortom approves fund, orders investigation of ailment By Peter Duru – Makurdi An unknown ailment has reportedly claimed the lives of 17 persons in Okpeilo-Otukpa community in Ogbadibo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. Vanguard gathered from a source in the area that the unknown ailment which broke out in the community about a […]

Presents N20billion supplementary budget for passage By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has presented to the Benue State House of Assembly the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N132.5billion for consideration and passage. The figure represents an increase of N23.7billion or 18 per cent of the revised the year 2020 fiscal estimates […]