Benue State

The immediate past governor of Benue, Chief Samuel Ortom, has said that God told him not to contest any election in 2027. Ortom made the disclosure on Tuesday in Makurdi when People’s Democracy Party (PDP) G-14 members paid him a…
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Benue State in Nigeria’s north-central region has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Nigeria. And this is due to the widespread lack of access to healthcare across its rural communities. In this report, Arinze Chijioke…
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Benue State Asset Recovery Committee established by Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue on Tuesday, raided an automobile shop owned by ex-Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi. Some vehicles were seized during the operation. The committee…
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The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following an invitation. Sources said Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft…
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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dismissed the possibility of defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after leaving office. Ortom, however, vowed to support and work for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as a Peoples…
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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has temporarily suspended the operations of livestock guards saddled with the responsibility of enforcing the state anti-open grazing for a period of two weeks. Ortom said the move was to allow all…
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The Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State has suspended the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, with immediate effect. They suspended Ayu for…
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Benue state commissioner for housing and urban development, Ekpe Ogbu, has been abducted by gunmen. The commissioner was kidnapped on Sunday evening along the Otukpo-Ado road, Ado LGA of the state. Three other persons were said to be in…
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A former Minister of Power and Steel in the Second Republic, Paul Unongo, is dead. Unongo, who hailed from Jato Aka in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, died Tuesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital at the age of 87. A…
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This is the story of how a contractor, in connivance with a Federal legislator and the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) mismanaged multi-million-naira Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) project funds to the detriment of the people,…
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