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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says his administration will soon overcome the challenges of non-payment workers’ salaries in the state, with the help of God. Ortom expressed the hope when he met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who was...

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, alongside his commissioners, had lunch at a community kitchen on the banks of River Katsina-Ala in Tse-Ikyo, Guma LGA of the state today September 2nd. The women selling the food later posed for pictures with the Governor.

Gov. Samuel Ortom has said that 22 state legislators have started refunding car loans they collected for personal vehicles to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Ortom, who said this when he received youths of Turan in Kwande Local Government, said they were expected to...

No fewer than 14 persons have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Gaambe-Tiev, Logo Local Government area of Benue State. The herdsmen were said to have stormed the community at about 7.30am on Monday, shot sporadically, razing buildings and farmland in the area. An...

Four men armed with AK47s and one Pump Action gun containing 260 rounds of ammunition have been arrested in Benue state, Governor Samuel Ortom said on Monday. The arrested suspects were members of his former Amnesty kingpin, Terwase Agwaza, popularly called Ghana, he said. According to him...

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has blamed politicians for the current spate of killings in his state. “There are some political undertones to the security issue. People are being instigated to go into kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism and all that; just to create tension. All these...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has told people of the state to forget local government election for now, saying the state does not have money at the moment. The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), had earlier presented a bill of N1.5 billion for the conduct of the...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has identified with the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. The governor has stated that he is proud to be a member of the union and would never be ashamed of identifying with the union where he started life from. He noted that as a member...

The Benue State government has declared Friday of every week a work free day to enable workers in the state to go and work on their farms. State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chief Odeh Ageh, who made the announcement today, said the decision was approved by the 16th session of...

Contrary to speculations that Benue State government has dumped the Justice Elizabeth Kpojime Judicial Commission of Enquiry report, which indicted former Governor, Gabriel Suswam, and 51 others for graft, Governor Samuel Ortom has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has...

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...

Benue state governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has denied reports that the Agatu people in the state were behind the recent killing of some herdsmen and 83 cows in Nasarawa State. Ortom said information before him shows that the herdsmen were attacked by the Agatu in Nasarawa State, who had earlier...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has boasted about 2019 governorship election in the state despite his inability to pay state workers. Ortom said that in 2015, God asked him to resign his appointment as a federal minister and run for the Benue number one seat and he won. In an interactive...

No fewer than seven persons have been feared killed in a renewed hostilities between Fulani herdsmen and Agatu farmers in Benue last Sunday. Daily Sun gathered that the herders invaded some communities in the riverine Agatu area at about 10am on Sunday and continued fighting until late into the...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has suspended eating of rats in the state. Ortom made a decision after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. He has asked its people to suspend eating rats for now in order to curtail the spread of Lassa Fever in the State...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, on Wednesday upheld the verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed the qualification and election of Samuel Ortom as governor of Benue State. The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party had asked the court to reverse the...