The submission of the report of the Benue State Income and Expenditure Commission of Inquiry chaired by Justice Jubril Idrisu (Rtd.) has opened what may become one of the most consequential public accountability conversations in the history of Benue State. The Commission, inaugurated by Governor Hyacinth Alia in June...
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Former Benue State Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has dismissed the report of the state Income and Expenditure Commission of Inquiry, describing it as a politically motivated witch-hunt aimed at tarnishing his administration’s record. Reacting through his media aide, Paul Zege, on Saturday in Makurdi, Ortom said the commission’s findings...
The debate on Arise TV’s Arise Exchange over Benue State’s debt profile has intensified political tensions between allies of former Governor Samuel Ortom and the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia. Both sides traded accusations over fiscal management, transparency, and the true state of the state’s finances. At the center...
Immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has felicitated with Governor Hyacinth Alia, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Chief Ortom whose message was signed by his Media Adviser, Dr. Terver Akase described Governor Alia’s attainment of the diamond age as a milestone worthy of gratitude to...
Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has cleared the air that he was not contesting for the senatorial election in his zone. Dr Ortom described it as an imaginative piece of fiction that was making the rounds on social media, claiming that he had announced plans to contest the...
Immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has debunked reports that he has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ortom dismissed the report as fake and deliberately misleading, saying it was a false, baseless and mischievous fabrication by desperate social media elements sponsored by political opponents...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Dr. Samuel Ortom has revealed that the present precarious situation which herdsmen are killing Nigerians with impunity was caused by the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. In an interactive session with journalists in his Makurdi...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked the judiciary to deepen the democratic process in the country by ensuring that election petitions before them are transparently handled. Governor Ortom made the appeal on Sunday night, April 30th, 2023 in Abuja while speaking at a...
In a series of apparently syndicated editorials, this country’s newspapers – the Daily Trust and ThisDay – have attempted to lay the blame of the dire security situation in Benue State entirely at the feet of the outgoing president. As for the man who has actually presided over Benue...
They could not even wait for Ortom to leave office before unleashing chaos. Moments after the governor-elect of Benue was led by his godfather, Senator George Akume to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja a few days ago, Fulani Herdsmen re-launched a viciously orchestrated attack...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned commercial banks against granting loan request by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, whose tenure will end on May 29. The Director of Communications, Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, Mr Tersoo Kula, said this in a statement on Saturday in Makurdi. Kula alleged that the...
…As former Senate President Lauds Ortom for Och’Idoma’s Palace. By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his wife, Mrs. Eunice Ortom, Governor Nyesom Wike have been conferred with honorific chieftaincy titles by the Idoma Area Traditional Council. The Och’Idoma, His Royal Majesty, John Elaigwu Odogbo...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline of the use of the old naira notes, especially for those in the rural areas. Ortom made his feelings known when the Governing Council and Management of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka...
…As Gov Ortom douses tension over Enone Federal Constituency ticket By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – There were more blessings from traditional and religious leaders for the governorship ambition of Engr. Titus Uba as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP continued its statewide campaign tour in Benue South Senatorial district ahead...
…As Gov. Ortom directs recruitment of medical personnel By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Senators representing Benue North-East and North-West Senatorial Districts, Dr. Gabriel Suswam and Barr EY Orker Jev on Wednesday commissioned a road and hospital project executed by Governor Samuel Ortom led administration. Governor Ortom at the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom has appealed to indigenes of Benue State, especially those in the diaspora to support the Government in providing logistics to the Community Volunteer Guards and other security agencies in the State to enhance their operations. Governor Ortom made the appeal on...
BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Government is to benefit from an agricultural programme on Innovative Strengthening of Smallholder Farmer and Productive Land Restoration. The programme is to be implemented by the African Union Development Agency’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development, AUDA-NEPAD in collaboration with the State Government...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Tiv Area Traditional Council has urged politicians to desist from insulting opponents during campaigns, to avoid breach of peace. The council said politicians should rather focus on issue-based campaigns in national interest This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Secretary of the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Bernard Unenge to allocate land to the Nigerian Navy for the establishment of a Naval Base in the state. Governor Ortom gave the directive on Friday, while presiding...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday charged National Assembly members of the state’s extraction to revisit a contract awarded by deceased President Umaru Yar’Adua for the dredging of River Benue, but was not executed Ortom gave the charge in Makurdi after he inspected areas submerged by...