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Governor Ortom Launches Benue State Security Outfits

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2022 0

Governor Ortom Launches Benue State Security Outfits Called Community Volunteer Guards To Tackle Fulani Herdsmen & other criminal bandits. “Following the failure of the federal government to disarm Herdsmen who have consistently klled and maimed people in their farms, we cannot

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Governor Ortom responds to extreme terrorism in Sokoto

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2021 0

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has voiced great sorrow over the deaths of nearly 40 travelers in Sokoto State by armed people believed to be bandits. According to the Daily Post, people traveling from the state’s Sabon Birni Local Government Area to Sokoto Town were attacked by armed men who set fire to their car […]

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Insecurity: Govs should imbibe ortom’s position – Hausa community leader

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2021 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka A Fulani Hausa community leader in Makurdi State, Alh. Abdul Yahaya, has said if all governors in the 36 States of the federation could fight insecurity with the vigor and commitment of Governor Samuel Ortom, the menance would have been greatly controlled. Recall that Ortom have severally called on the federal government […]

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Rate of HIV drops from 12.9 to 4.7 percent in Benue, Ortom reacts

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2021 0

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed his delight at the sharp drop in the incidence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, which causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, in Benue State, from 12.9 to 4.7 percent. Ortom was overjoyed when Mr Lawrence Kwaghga, the zonal coordinator of the National Agency for the […]

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Ortom’s supporters tried to kill him, not Fulani herdsmen: Miyetti Allah

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2021 0

Miyetti Allah says supporters of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, not Fulani herdsmen, attempted to assassinate him. On Saturday, Mr Ortom said herders attacked him on his farm near Tyo-mu, along Makurdi-Gboko Highway. The governor linked the attack to the state’s anti-open grazing policy, saying his government will not repeal a law adopted in 2018 […]

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Attack on Ortom: Don’t push citizens to self help, Senator Mark warns

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2021 0

Irked by the assassination attempt on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State , former President of the Senate , Senator David Mark has tasked security operatives to step up to the challenges of securing lives and property to avoid the consequences of a resort to self help. Senator Mark said the deteriorating security situation has […]

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BREAKING: Ortom escapes death as gunmen open fire on his convoy

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2021 0

The convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue was attacked along Tyomu community in Makurdi Local Government Area of the State on Saturday. Ortom was said to be returning from Gboko when the incident happened along Makurdi-Gboko highway around noon. Witnesses said there was a heavy exchange of gunfire between the attackers and the governor’s […]

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Ortom rescues accident victims

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2021 0

At least ten passengers in a commercial vehicle involved in a horrific motor accident along the Akwanga axis of Nassarawa State were immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital for treatment, courtesy of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. Ortom, who was on his way to Abuja at the time of the incident, also ordered that the […]

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No society can grow without electricity – Gov. Ortom

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2021 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka No society can grow industrially without adequate availability of power supply, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said. Ortom said even God in his wisdom made light to shine out of darkness to illuminate the earth. The Governor stated this on Thursday in Benue during the launch of the National Mass […]

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Ortom faults Nigerian army, insists Gana wasn’t killed during gunfight

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2020 0

Executive Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has discredited the claims of the Nigerian army regarding the circumstances surrounding the killing of Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana, who had been on the radar for spearheading criminal activities in the state. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, September 8, Ortom said Gana was intercepted by the […]