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BREAKING: Benue IDPs’ Camp Attacked,7 Killed

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2021 0

On Tuesday, gunmen attacked Abagena community housing Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Makurdi local government area of Benue State, killing seven people and injuring several more. On Tuesday morning, enraged young people protested on the Makurdi-Lafia route, blocking the roads with

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BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Abduct Benue University Students

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2021 0

Some students from the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State have been kidnapped by gunmen. The school authority announced on Monday that an unspecified number of students from the institution were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday. Mrs Rosemary Waku, Director of the Information, Protocol and Public Relations Unit (IPPR), made […]

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Benue indigenes in diaspora lambasts Buhari over attacks on Ortom

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2021 0

Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Benue diaspora group, under the umbrella of proactive Association of Benue Indigenes (PROABI) Kaduna chapter, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari, over assassination attempt on Governor Samuel Ortom, The association, in a press statement issued in Kaduna Thursday and signed by its President Comrade Moses Margaret Aji, stated that the

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Insecurity: Police restrict movement of motorcycles in Makurdi

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2021 0

The Police Command in Benue has restricted the movement of commercial motorcycles in Makurdi to between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily as earlier directed by Gov. Samuel Ortom. This is contained in a statement issued by DSP Catherine Anene, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state on Friday. “It could be recalled […]

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Benue State Government rejects call to repeal open grazing prohibition law

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2021 0

The Benue State Government has rejected the recent call by the Miyetti Allah kautal hore socio-cultural organization for the ban of its ranches establishment and open grazing prohibition law which it duly enacted since 2017. State Governor Samuel Ortom who made this known in Makurdi the state capital disclosed this in Makurdi the State capital […]

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No more amnesty, negotiation with criminals in Benue, Ortom vows

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2021 0

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that his administration will no longer negotiate with or grant amnesty to criminals under any guise. Ortom stated this at the weekend in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of the state at the burial of Mr. Terkura Suswam, the slain elder brother of a former governor, Sen. Gabriel […]

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Ortom the Tough

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2021 0

By Tony Afejuku The Tiv and Idoma people of Benue State in our country’s Middle Belt’s geographical region are my people. I call them my people primarily because I have quite a number (of some) of my firm friends among members of the two respective ethnic groups, right from the days and years when they […]

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Gov. Ortom commends Buhari’s order against illegal possession of AK47 rifles

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2021 0

Benue’s Gov. Samuel Ortom on Thursday commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his directive to security operatives to shoot on sight, anyone illegally in possession of AK47 rifles. Ortom gave the commendation in Makurdi when the Chairman, Governing Board, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Adamu Kyuka, paid him a courtesy visit. President Buhari on

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Gov Ortom says killers of Sen. Suswam’s elder brother will be arrested, brought to justice

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2021 0

Gov. Samuel Ortom has vowed to ensure that the killers of Sen Gabriel Suswam’s elder brother are arrested and brought to justice. Ortom said this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Terver Akase, on Wednesday in Makurdi. “The killers of Chief Terkura Suswam, elder brother to the Senator representing Benue North […]

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Buhari should move against killer herdsmen, not Covid-19 violators, says Ortom

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2021 0

Kajo Martins, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has advised the Police to go after Ak47 bearing killer herdsmen rather than arresting Nigerians for failure to wear face mask as directed by the Presidency. The Governor, who gave the advise while briefing the media at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi on Wednesday on his new […]

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Governor Ortom test positive to COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2021 0

KAJO MARTINS, MAKURDI Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom’s latest result of his COVID-19 test has returned positive. This follows the test results of most of the Governor’s close aides who also returned positive in the last few weeks. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Terver Akase and made available to newsmen in […]

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Benue State Govt Launches Facilities for NIHOTOUR Zonal Campus

Ihesiulo Grace 3 December 2020 0

By Ebere Chibuzor The Benue State Government has kept faith to its promise to handing over of structures and facilities to the Federal Government for the take-off of the North Central Zonal Campus of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR). The Minister For Arts And Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who made the statement […]

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Governor Ortom will soon leave PDP, says APC chair

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2020 0

Benue state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed optimism that with the decamp of immediate past senator, representing Benue North West at the National Assembly, Chief Barnabas Gemade from PDP into APC, governor Samuel Ortom would soon follow suit. Benue state chairman of the APC, Comrade Abba Yaro made the disclosure, monitored […]

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Benue inaugurates COVID-19 enforcement task force

Ihesiulo Grace 1 July 2020 0

Following the rising cases of coronavirus, the Benue state government has raised an enforcement task force aimed at compelling residents to observe all Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) approved protocols in the state. Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Action Committee on COVID-19, Benson Abounu, who disclosed this while speaking in Makurdi, decried the […]

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Troops raid bandits’ hide-out in Benue, kill 1, recover arms

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2020 0

The Defence Headquarters says troops of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ on June 20, conducted a raid on suspected bandits hide-out at Ginde in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops, operating under ‘Operation Accord’ acted following reports of

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Benue to construct 500 km roads, 6 agro logistic hubs

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2020 0

Benue state plans to construct 500 kilometres of roads and six agro logistics through the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). State Project Coordinator, Mone Aernyi, disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi, when he led the management team of the project on a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of Benue state University, Makurdi, […]

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Ortom signs health insurance, 2 other bills into law

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state on Wednesday signed three bills passed by the state House of Assembly into law. Ortom signed the bills into law when the Speaker of the House, Mr. Titus Uba presented them to him in Makurdi. The bills include the State Health Insurance Agency Bill, the Akawe Torkula Polytechnic Bill […]

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Osinbajo commissions 200,000 capacity yam storage facility in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commissioned a 200,000 capacity yam storage facility in Zaki Biam, the headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. Osinbanjo, who performed the ceremony on Tuesday via conferencing video, said Zaki Biam accounts for over 70 per cent of cultivated yams in the country. According to him, over 200,000 […]

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Ex-minister mourns former Lagos CP, Abubakar Tsav

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

The 2019 governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Benue state, Dr. Sam Ode, has expressed sadness over the death of a former Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav. In a statement he signed on Tuesday in Markurdi, Ode, also a former Minister of the Niger Delta, described Tsav as a gallant […]

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Benue’s APC Elders’ Forum condoles Ortom over sister’s death

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Forum in Benue state has condoled Governor Samuel Ortom over the death of his younger sister, Doose. The forum led by Sen. George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affair, expressed its feelings when it paid a condolence visit to Ortom on Tuesday in Makurdi. Ortom’s sister died […]