By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA – Since the return to democratic governance in 1999, and more pointedly from 2003, the politics of second-term governorship in Benue State has followed a troubling and predictable pattern. It is a pattern characterized by orchestrated resistance, elite gang-ups, weaponization of insecurity, and the deliberate...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has blamed the challenges faced by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the suspended National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, and five members of the National Working Committee of the party. A statement by...
Former Benue State Governorship, Samuel Ortom, has expressed shock over the bereavement suffered by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Patrick Abba Moro, who lost his son and grandson within the space of two days. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Immediate past governor, Terver Akase quoted Ortom...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has reiterated his support for a southern presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections, citing the need for equity and fairness. Ortom made the disclosure during his first media chat since leaving office in 2023. Ortom emphasized that...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A major political development has occurred in Benue State as Mr. David Olofu, a former Commissioner for Finance and Budget under ex-Governor Samuel Ortom, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Olofu announced his resignation in a letter to the Edikwu Ward 2...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will bounce back from its current challenges. Wike made this assertion while hosting stakeholders from the party’s various factions in Abuja. He urged party members to put aside their differences and work...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Eminent Stakeholders and Concerned Leaders have reaffirmed Sen. Sam Anyawu as the duly elected and substantive National Secretary of the party. The reaffirmation was made in a communique signed in Abuja, following a closed-door meeting to address the party’s lingering...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has mourned the demise of the Ter Ikyor, His Royal Highness, Chief Thomas Tule Jam Gbinde, describing it as a huge loss to Tiv land and the state at large. Ortom in a...
The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom , has cancelled his 64th birthday celebration to sympathise with attack victims in the state. Ortom said this in a statement issued in Makurdi on Wednesday by his media aide, Mr Terver Akase. The former governor expressed his heartfelt...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has condoled the former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, over the death of his younger brother, Mr Bernard Ortom. Wike, in a statement signed on Tuesday in Abuja by his media aide, Mr Lere Olayinka...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has lamented the passing of two elder statesmen and respected figures in Nigerian history, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, describing it as huge losses to the country. A statement by the...
Let me begin with discounting a certain wrong assumption, which is: one individual determines the direction of politics or governance in Benue State. There is no credible evidence that this is so. Certain persons have held the opinion that His Excellency George Akume has determined the direction of Benue...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The former Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has joined millions of patriotic Nigerians in celebrating the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume on his 71st birthday. In a press statement by the Media Aide to the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi– Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has congratulated Sen. Gabriel Suswam on his 60th birthday anniversary. Ortom in a goodwill message signed by his media aide, Mr Terver Akase, in Makurdi on Friday, prayed to God to continue to bless and grant Suswam, whom...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the Benue State Congress and election of the executive committee members of the party held on October 3, 2024 in Makurdi which produced Rt. Hon. Ezekiel Adaji as State Chairman....
Another faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has elected members of the State Working Committee to run the affairs of the party. The faction which claimed to be original PDP inaugurated its state officials on Thursday at the state secretariat of the party in Makurdi....
The immediate past governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, has confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would reclaim power in the state in 2027. Ortom stated this at the party’s state congress on Thursday in Makurdi. The former governor said that the enthusiasm and zeal exhibited by members of...
Former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would sweep all 23 chairmanships and 276 councillorship elections in the Saturday local government polls. Ortom stated this at the party’s campaign flag-off on Wednesday in Makurdi. The former governor said that his party...
The immediate past governor of Benue, Chief Samuel Ortom, has said that God told him not to contest any election in 2027. Ortom made the disclosure on Tuesday in Makurdi when People’s Democracy Party (PDP) G-14 members paid him a courtesy visit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Benue State Government has revealed why it sealed Oracle Business Limited and its subsidiaries which belongs to the former Governor, Samuel Ortom The acting Executive Chairman, of Benue State Board of Internal Revenue, Sunday Odagba, while addressing journalists on Sunday said it sealed Oracle Business Limited and its...