Samuel Ortom
Just in: Ex-Benue Gov. Ortom lands in EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC) in Makurdi, the state capital, has busted the immediate past Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Ortom,...
PDP crisis: Again, the four musketeers, Govs. Wike, Makinde, Ikpeazu, Ortom jet out of Nigeria
Like a ritual, the four irrepressible and protesting People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors have again jetted out of the country in continuation of...
Wike-Ayu faceoff: Ortom ‘betrays’ close ally, Wike, kicks against Ayu’s removal
As the face-off between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the PDP festers, the Governor...
Benue people now endangered species, says Gov. Ortom, as Fulani herdsmen kill 23
Grief-stricken Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom has lamented that the people of the state have become endangered species. Orton’s statement came against the backdrop...
Gruesome, ceaseless herders’ attacks: Defend yourselves, Gov. Ortom tells Benue communities
Grief-stricken Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom has called on communities in the state that have come under unending herders’ attacks to rise and defend...
Felling of another high-profile Nigerian in Jos: Police say “some suspects” have been nabbed
Following the cutting down of another high-profile Nigerian and top security officer in Jos, Plateau State on Monday, the Police said it has...
Bloodbath as herdsmen attack IDP camp
Angry youths of Abagena community in Benue State on Tuesday morning blocked the Makurdi-Lafia road with dead bodies to protest the attack on...
Insecurity: We are sitting on a keg of gunpowder — Benue Governor
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Benue Governor Samuel Ortom says the attempted assassination he narrowly escaped is an indication that Nigeria is sitting...
Rising insecurity in Nigeria disquiets governors, says Ganduje
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has disclosed that governors were worried over the rising insecurity in the...
Just in: Benue Gov. escapes assassination in fresh bandits’ attack
Few weeks after Benue Governor Samuel Ortom raised an alarm that Fulani herdsmen were plotting to kill him, the state chief executive...
Carrying of AK 47 by herdsmen: Gov. Akeredolu blasts Bauchi Governor, says he is lawless, an unrepentant anarchist
Outraged by Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed’s justifying Fulani herdsmen carrying guns, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described him as an...
Ex-Benue military administrator, Kontagora, is dead
A one-time military administrator of Benue State from 1996 and 1998, retired Col. Aminu Isa Kontagora, is dead. Aged 65, Kontagora passed on...
FG’s 2020 troops withdrawal: Governors urge stay of action amid threats of ISWAP
Worried by the Federal Government’s decision to withdraw troops from the Northeast and some parts of the North in 2020, some governors...
