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Ortom directs Benue State CP to arrest leaders of hunters and forest guards who shaved a lady’s hair

Governor Samuel Ortom has ordered the immediate arrest of the leaders of the illegal group, ‘Hunters and Forests Security Guards in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. On Tuesday April 26th,

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Ortom denies borrowing money from ex-Chief of Staff for 2015 guber elections

Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has denied borrowing money from his former Chief of Staff, Hon. Terwase Orbunde to prosecute his 2015 governorship elections. Orbunde had in a letter

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Ortom, Abounu, others witness burial of Mrs Obla

Governor Samuel Ortom and his Deputy, Engineer Benson Abounu on Saturday, April 23rd joined other dignitaries to witness the burial of Mrs. Judith Obla, wife of former chairman of Otukpo,

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Mark urges Ortom to sustain peace, unity in Benue

The former President of the Senate, David Mark has urged Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue  to sustain the peace and unity of the people of the state. Mark made the

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Let’s unite to confront our common enemy, Gov Ortom charges Benue people

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has sued for unity among the people of the state irrespective of their political affiliations for the state to successfully defeat its common enemy. He

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Plateau, Benue killings: HURIWA condemns Buhari’s ‘All talk, No action’

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria(HURIWA), on Wednesday, condemned the killings of scores of innocent Nigerians in Plateau and Benue States, describing it as unbecoming. HURIWA

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Ortom decries FG insensitivity to the killing of Nigerians

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the APC-led Federal Government is paying deaf ears to the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians. The Governor who bared his mind in an interview

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Latest herdsmen attack in Benue: Ortom calls on indigenes to rise up in self defence

…as Fulani herdsmen kill 23 in fresh attacks A devastated Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom has again lamented over the gruesome murder of 23 persons in fresh attacks on two

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PenCom report confirms Benue state, 3 others as regular contributors

It has been confirmed that only Benue and 3 other states have remitted their worker’s pension contributions fully as of December 2021, in line with the mandate of the Contributory

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Ortom reveals one secrete that has kept him from adversaries

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has acknowledged the contribution of the Church to his life, stating, “if not for the prayers of the Church I would have been consumed.

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