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Gov. Ortom expresses shock over Pastor Dare Adeboye’s death

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Friday in Makurdi expressed shock and sadness over the death of Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of

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Emefiele Tasks Varsities, Nigerian Youth on Agriculture

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has again challenged tertiary institutions in Nigeria to promote research and well-designed programmes that will boost agriculture in Nigeria. Mr.

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Insecurity: Ortom berates Nigerian leaders, says they are ‘lily-livered’

The Executive Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has taken a swipe on the leaders of the Nation saying that most of them are ‘lily-livered’ masquerading as leaders but cannot confront

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(Opinion) ITS TIME TO HALT MIYETTI ALLAH’S PLOT TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA

By Nathaniel Ikyur The leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore is at it again. Just last week, the organisation through its National Secretary, Saleh Alhassan issued a statement and tried

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BENUE DID NOT EVICT FULANI FROM BENUE STATE- ORTOM AIDE CLARIFIES

In the last few days, the Nigerian media has been awash with news reports, credited to the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed wherein he made spurious deductions on the

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IF ONLY THEY WOULD LISTEN TO ORTOM By Nathaniel Ikyur

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is not the usual Nigerian politician. He’s not given to pretensions. And he does not massage anyone’s ego. He speaks as the occasion demands,

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ORTOM NOT MOVED BY MIYETTI ALLAH’S ANTICS…By Nathaniel Ikyur

Nigerian farmers and herders have really not been too friendly. There has been some animosity between them over grazing activities of the cattle. Anytime herds graze on farmlands, destroying crops

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Benue: Senate approves restoration of Mata, Mbagwa, Agasha Constituencies

…Passes bills to establish two Federal Universities  The Senate on Wednesday approved the restoration of Mata and Mbagwa State Constituencies from the Ushongo Constituency as directed by the Federal High

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Troops arrest Notorious Kidnap Kingpin operating around Taraba, Benue axis

The Defence Media Operation has reported that Troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE operating under Operation ACCORD deployed at Gbise in Katsina Ala LGA in Benue State and  Sector 4 in

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Again, Benue, Nasarawa meet to resolve crisis along border communities

The Governors of Benue and Nasarawa State have again met, to proffer workable solutions to the lingering crisis involving ethnic nationalities and herdsmen/farmers along border communities between the two states.

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