Gov. Ortom tasks council chairmen on security in Benue
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has advised Council Chairmen to make security issues their topmost priority. Ortom gave the advice at a news conference after the Expanded State Security Council meeting in Makurdi on Monday. The governor urged the chairmen to identify criminal elements in their domains and report them to the security agencies for […]
PDP sweeps Benue LG election, takes all 23 Chairmanship, 276 councilorship positions
By Peter Duru Makurdi – The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has recorded a clean sweep of last Saturday’s council elections held across the 23 Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Benue state. The party also cleared all the 276 available councilorship positions at the poll. Five political parties including the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Labour […]
Benue LG polls: Ortom votes, urges voters to leave after voting
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday advised people who turned out to vote in the state Local Government Council elections on Saturday to leave the polling units as soon as they voted to guard against the spread of COVID-19. Ortom gave the advice on Saturday in Gbajimba, headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of […]
COVID-19: Ogun arrests five Benue returnees
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Operatives of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in conjunction with men of the So-Safe Corps on Wednesday apprehended no fewer than five passengers, including the driver who was on transit from Benue State to Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who disclosed this […]
My first term in office was very rough, second will be eventful ― Ortom
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Thursday said his first term in office was tough but promised that the remaining three years of his administration would be eventful for the people of the state. He maintained that his administration had done so much in the area of provision of critical […]
Siblings take daggers against each other over burial rites of mother in Benue
The children of late Mama Mbatomon Atser have taken daggers against each other over who should hold her burial rites in Benue. In his application for writ for civil summons, Mr Sunday Atser, Emmanuel Atser for themselves and the Atser family, have dragged one Mr Bugh Kwembe before a Makurdi Upper Area Court 2 over […]
