“Since last week, Fulani militia have continued to kill innocent Nigerians in Bassa LGA (Irigwe People) without any response from the military to bring out the...
“From the timing of these killings, the militia herdsmen must have been encouraged by the unfortunate statement of the defence minister, who had just two days...
“the victims attended the mass burial of the priests and other worshipers and were coming back when they were ambushed and killed by the same mercenaries."...
2019 Polls: Check Out These Governors Gambling With Their Second Term (2) NIGERIA NEWS in an earlier post today generally analysed the factors mitigating the chances...
Following the continuous incessant killings in Benue State, The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has called for the establishment of State Police. Ortom made this known...
Following the incessant attacks by herdsmen in Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom has ordered residents to take defence of themselves into their hands. Ortom made this...
The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has condemned the recent attacks by suspected herders on the people of the state.
Following Thursday, April 5, attack by armed men on Benue community, the Nigerian Police, Benue Command says it has recovered no fewer than ten dead bodies...
Following the visit of the NUT to all states finding it hard to pay the members of their union their salaries and the subsequent agreement by...
The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has on Monday, March 19 appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to change the Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma or Cat Race...
Samuel Ortom Pleads With Buhari For Soft Loan For Salaries Ortom said, “The issue of backlog of salaries remains intractable. Part of the problem of salaries...
Your Excellency, on January 11, 2019, we buried 73 citizens, including women and children. All of them were brutally slaughtered in their sleep by armed herdsmen...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday paid a condolence visit to Benue State, in a bid to commiserate with the people and government of the state over...
Millions Of Cattles Just Entered My State, Military Presence Is No Threat, Ortom Cries For Help Governor Samuel Ortom has called out for help as he foresees...
This development was relayed by the Army boss, General Tukur Buratai during his visit to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, today. All is now set...
Ortom Swears In Hemba As Security Adviser The Benue State Government have sworn in Col. Paul Hemba (rtd.) as new special adviser on security. Hemba is...
Following the killings in Benue State, the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has warned his colleague, Simon Lalong to stay off issues concerning Benue State....
The Benue residents and governor Ortom seem to have been abandoned since the incessant clashes between the herdsmen and farmers stated in the state since the Buhari...
Following the statement made by the spokesperson of the Nigerian POLice Force were he called Samuel Ortom a “drowning man”, the House of Reps has ordered...
Following the Statement by the Spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF to the Benue State Governor, the Governor of Ekiti State has condemned the Statement....
Governor Samuel Ortom have ordered all residents in Benue state to defend themselves from any attack whatsoever as they are not easy preys. According to him,...
The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom who claimed that the Nigeria Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris is playing politics with the herdsmen crisis has told the...
This vow was made by the Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum who is also the incumbent Governor of Borno state, Ibrahim Shettima on Friday....
Following speculations of a likely declaration of a state of emergency in Benue State due to the killings by herdsmen, a senior Advocate of Nigeria and...
Benue and Taraba have recently recorded the death of hundreds of its citizens who have been killed by the herdsmen. The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association,...
It added that the retreat featured detailed discussions on the herdsmen/ farmers’ clashes. “To the best of our knowledge, neither Governor Ortom nor the Federal Government...
Ortom, Others Meet Buhari Over Benue Killing Governor Samuel Ortom on Monday led political leaders, traditional rulers and elders from Benue State to meet with President...
Benue Govt. Declares Three Days Mourning For Victims Benue State government has declared three days of mourning for the 59 dead victims that were killed in recent...
Benue Youths Asked President Mohammadu Buhari To Resign Some Residents of Makurdi, the Benue State capital embarked on a serious protest on Wednesday over the previous...
Another 20 People Killed In Beune Community By Fulani Herdsmen The killings perpetrated by bloodthirsty criminal gangs in parts of Nigeria since the start of the...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has clarified that President Buhari did not ask the state governors to pay all salary arrears before Christmas. Benue State...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari is the only credible presidential candidate for the 2019 Presidential Election with the capacity to take Nigeria...
To facilitate the effective implementation of the anti-open grazing law in Benue, the state government on Tuesday, October 10, said it is set to build six...