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Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday withdrew from the ongoing trial of the former governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam. Mohammed disqualified himself from the matter, following an online media report alleging that he collected bribe from the defendant...

Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has led the state exco members and some federal legislators to God as he prayed, and rededicated the state to God to break unholy ancestral covenants. Ortom did this at the interdenominational service, which held at the IBB Square to seek repentance...

Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has hammered on the need for the civil servants in the state to embrace agriculture to complement their salaries, adding that the state is in tough times. The Governor said this during an Interdenominational Church Service to mark the 2016 Democracy Day...

Benue state governor, Dr Samuel Ortom has said that the recent brutal attacks of fulani herders in the state is beyond his power as the state's chief executive, adding that he will have a talk to President Buhari on why his people were still being attacked despite the presence of military...

Simply identified as Major General Gabriel Kpamber, an officer with the Nigerian Army, has lost his life in a fatal auto accident at Uchi in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State. The late military officer was returning from a burial he attended in his Ushongo village when he met his...

Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, yesterday signed into law, the 2016 appropriation bill of N150.7 billion, promising that he would ensure strict compliance to its full implementation. Ortom gave the assurance at the Benue People’s House, Makurdi, he state capital. He also pledged to...

Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has offered to pay N5 million for information on the whereabouts of Reverend Father John Adeyi, the kidnapped Vicar General of Otukpo Diocese. The Governor who regretted that one month after the unfortunate incidence security agents were yet to apprehend...

Last weekend’s bloody attack by Fulani herdsmen on Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State has been blamed on Tiv youths. This was revealed by the spokesman of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Garus Gololo, who said the reason for the Friday night attack on the...

Benue State governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has stated that he will hand over his predecessor, Gabriel Suswam to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for embezzling over N100 billion from the state’s treasury. He said he has not relented in his bid to recover the billions allegedly...

A 17 year old-boy, Agayo Iorzenda, has been nabbed by the Benue State Police Command for killing his mother at Tse-Agbaigbe Ikyurav-Tiev 11, in Katsina/Ala Local Government Area. The teen had alleged that she was responsible for his being impotent in the last few years. Parading the suspect...

The Benue Police Command on Monday confirmed the assassination of the All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader in Tarka Local Government by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Moses Yamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi, that the...

Sunday Adikwu, a father of 16 children and many wives has died as a result of trauma of the attack on Agatu people by the Fulani herdsmen. According to New Telegraph, he was said to be hale and hearty in the morning, but started complaining to ill health which later killed him as a result of...

Former President of the Senate, Dr David Mark was conferred with the chieftain title of OGOMOLA K'OHIMINI by the people of Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State on March 14,2016. Performing the traditional rite at Idekpa, the headquarters of Ohimini LG, the Ad'Ohimini, Chief (Dr.) John...

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the silence of President Mohammadu Buhari on the alleged killing of harmless Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen as a clear invitation to chaos. The Governor was quoted saying; “wanton murder of over 300 Agatu people of Benue State and the...

When the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom took an oath of office on May 29th, 2015, one of his promises to the people of Benue state was to operate an all people inclusive government, open door policy and effective governance. He further rejected the use of titles as well as abolished the...