…Thanks Buhari for appointing Benue son By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has congratulated the new Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, Arch Sunny Echono on his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. In his congratulatory message, the Governor also thanked President Buhari for...
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has lauded the Benue State government for the establishment of the Benue State E-Learning-Virtual Education Information Communication Technology, ICT Resource Centre, BESEVIC. The Minister gave the commendation on Tuesday through his Technical Adviser on Education, Mr Mahmud Mohammed...
By NATHANIEL IKYUR, Markudi – In far away Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State was on Wednesday, honoured with the prestigious “Courageous and Purposeful Leadership Award” by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). It was an elaborate ceremony that had the cream of the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – As the fight against criminality intensifies in Benue State, troops from Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, on Saturday made a huge breakthrough when they rescued 8 persons from kidnappers den. Mr Nathaniel Ikyur, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said in a statement on Sunday,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Mr. Nathaniel Ikyur, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has declared that his principal does not hate President Muhammad Buhari. According to Ikyur, Ortom’s statements on the state of the nation should not be misconstrued for demeaning the...
BY SAA-AONDO ADZEGEH and PHILIP AGADA, Markudi – In the build up to the 2023 general election, Benue State is witnessing a gale of decampments sweeping across the state with thousands cross carpeting into the two major political parties in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday said the country will tremble when the South makes a declarative statement concerning the 2023 presidential election. This is according to a statement signed by Wike’s spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri. Governor Wike reportedly made the assertion at a grand reception organised in his...
By YEMI ITODO, Abuja – Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, was on Friday appointed by the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to head a crack team of proven election winners on the party’s campaign council for the forthcomingLocal Council Elections in the Federal Capital Territory...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom looked back at the state since its creation in 1976 and declared that only God deserves praises and thanksgiving for preserving the state. The governor spoke on Thursday at the Chapel of Grace, Benue Peoples House Makurdi during a...
By THOMAS AKASE, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has lamented over the demise of former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Professor Ignatius Ayua, saying that the state has lost a leading light. Reacting to the death of Professor Ayua who died in Abuja yesterday, Governor Ortom...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Thursday gave assent to an amendment to the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of the State 2017 to provide stiffer penalties to offenders. By the amendment, the owner of an impounded cow, pig, sheep or goat...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Governor Samuel Ortom has unveiled the Benue State Humanitarian Response Plan, BSHRP 2022. Performing the ceremony on Tuesday at the New Banquet Hall of the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, Governor Ortom lamented the continued stay of over 1.5 million people, mostly peasant farmers in...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has provided over two thousand boreholes to communities in eight Local Government Areas of the state. Outgoing UNICEF Chief Field Officer in Nigeria, Dr Ibrahim Conteh who disclosed this Tuesday, January 18th,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has felicitated with his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on his 56th birthday. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to Tambuwal on Monday, described him as a diligent, focussed and a result oriented political leader. The governor said Tambuwal...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the Federal Government to ignore Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue’s request for the proscription of the association. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Governor Ortom through a statement issued on Thursday, had asked...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration for heeding his call and finally labeling bandits wrecking havoc on citizens across the country as terrorists, but said “this is not enough.” He then called on the President to be...
Idu Oma, the progenitor of the Idoma people, would be bemused from the heavens over the fate of Idomaland. From genealogy, a nation is either formed from history or philosophy or the combination of the two, with some other elemental factors. This is the sum and substance of how...
By SAM ADZEGEH- As expected, thousands of mourners and sympathizers stormed the Mbaade, Mbagen countryside to pay last respects to late Chief Denen Tofi Anyia on Saturday, December 4. Popularly known as ‘Do well God will help you Tofi’, the late business mogul, educationist, philanthropist and community leader, died...
Benue House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a request made by Gov. Samuel Ortom to borrow N18.225 billion from the Federal Government. Ortom asked for approval to take the loan to cushion the effect of repayment of bailout funds collected in 2015 and 2016. He told the House in...