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Benue State Governor and Chairman, Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Ortom has dispelled media reports that his committee has jettisoned zoning and thrown open the race for the presidential ticket of the party. In a statement issued Wednesday in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, the Governor who bared his mind while appearing on …

NBC queries Channels TV over Governor Ortom’s interview

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria and the very few persons misleading President Muhammadu Buhari.

Senator David Mark has urged security operatives to step up to the challenge of securing lives and property to avoid the consequences of a resort to self-help.

A former chairman of Miyetti Allah in Benue State, Garus Gololo has described Governor Samuel Ortom’s allegation of an attempt on his life by Fulani herdsmen as mere propaganda.

—-Demands arrest, prosecution of Miyetti Allah leaders Governor Samuel Ortom on Saturday credited God, his security aides, and his physical fitness for his escape from death at the hands of some people he identified as herders.

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday attacked the convoy of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. The incident happened at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road around noon. It was gathered that the Governor was on his way to Makurdi when the gunmen opened fire on his convoy but were repelled by his security men. Witnesses said there was a heavy …

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomole, on Tuesday, sought for an out-of-court settlement in the N10bn libel suit instituted against him by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to move immediately to Benue State to restore law and order and forestall the escalation of herdsmen-farmers crisis.

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue said herdsmen had killed over 20 persons between Monday and Tuesday in Guma and logo local government areas of the state.