President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and stakeholders from Benue State. The meeting started around 12.20 p.m when the President arrived the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The…
Herdsmen planning to kill me – Ortom cries out (SUN)
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kidnap, torture and kill him. The claimed that the herdsmen’s plan is billed to be hatched along Makurdi-Lafia-Abuyja highway. Ortom disclosed this, on…
No automatic ticket for Ortom, PDP aspirants insist (Punch)
The chances of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to clinch the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to realise his second term ambition in the 2019 general elections are still hanging in the balance. An impeccable source informed our…
Army to build 221 Post Service Housing worth N7.5billion in Benue (SUN)
The Nigerian Army Post Housing Development Limited (NAPHSDL), said it has concluded arrangement to build a total of 221 units housing estate worth N7.5 billion in Benue State. The housing estate, which is to be located at Otukpo, is being…
EFCC unfreezes Benue govt’s account
The Benue State Government has stated that the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has unfrozen its bank account. Terver Akase, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, confirmed the development Thursday. He said, “Yes that is what the bank told…
Ortom to EFCC: Start security vote probe from Presidency (Vanguard)
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to start the probe of security vote from the Presidency, if the anti-graft agency was not after him for dumping All Progressives Congress, APC. Ortom had…
Miyetti Allah responsible for Ortom impeachment saga, alleges Middle Belt Forum (Guardian)
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has blamed Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) for the botched attempt to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state. MBF’s President, Dr Pogu Bitrus who briefed reporters in…
Buhari has no hand in Benue Crisis – Presidency
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has described attempts to link President Buhari to the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Ortom of Benue as “paranoia at its worst.” Expressing his views in a statement signed…
EFCC accuses Benue governor of N22bn fraud (Punch)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has linked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to an alleged fraud to the tune of N22bn. This is just as the EFCC revealed that 21 members of the Benue State House of Assembly…
Ortom’s aides behind Benue killings, Oshiomhole alleges (Vanguard)
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has lashed out at the Benue state Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, saying his decision to leave the APC was good riddance to bad rubbish. Oshiomhole also alleged that some aides…
