Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that his desire to seek re-election in the coming general election is not worth spilling the blood of anyone. The governor stated this when the Forum of Former Political Party Executives led…
Do the needful on Benue killings, Ortom tells Buhari (Vanguard)
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, asking the President to do the needful in arresting and prosecuting the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore for genocide. No fewer than 71…
Ortom warns Benue youths against taking illicit drugs (Guardian)
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has warned the youths against taking illicit drugs. He gave the warning at the weekend, at the J.S. Tarka Stadium in Gboko, during thanks giving prayers to mark the one-year anniversary of the Tor Tiv,…
Killings: Benue govt sues Miyetti Allah (SUN)
Benue State Government has sued the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore; amid repeated killings of innocent citizens in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom revealed this, yesterday, after the state government dragged the group before a High Court in Makurdi,…
Go home and defend yourselves with stones, Ortom tells IDPs (Punch)
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, told the Internally Displaced Persons, who were displaced due to Fulani herdsmen attacks, to go back home and use stones to defend themselves. This, he said, was because he was tired of…
* Lagos CP probes teenager’s killing during protest (Nation) * Adeboye visits Benue, says ‘I wept when I saw people weeping’ (Punch)
THISISLAGOS EVENING NEWS UPDATE MARCH 16, 2018 Lagos CP probes teenager’s killing during protest (Nation) Lagos State Police Commissioner, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered investigation into the alleged killing of a 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel Chukwu, by the police. Chukwu allegedly…