Governor Samuel Ortom

Livestock guards operation have been suspended by Benue State Government, which is the state para-military agency tasked with the enforcement of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of 2017 for a period of two…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, joined other Nigerians calling for the extension of the deadline to drop the old naira notes. The call is coming after the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday insisted that there was…

Benue State Governor,  Samuel Ortom has said that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, was mounting smear campaigns and blackmail against his person and office over his support for the call on him…

Contrary to an earlier report that he has ditched his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday declared that he stands by Wike. Addressing journalists in Makurdi after a meeting with…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on  the Federal Government to give full account of the $1bn security funds jointly put together by the 36 states of the federation to fight insurgency in the country. Ortom stated this,…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said he would not join issues with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP). He said the above over his choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta…

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that the nation, Nigeria cannot afford to be celebrating democracy day, when its citizens are living like slaves in their homeland. The governor who disclosed this in his goodwill…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described as unacceptable the action of security personnel at the main entrance of Air Force Base, Makurdi, the state capital, who denied him access to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The security…

Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that Channels Television journalists were arrested and are in their custody. Earlier on Thursday, there were unconfirmed reports that two journalists working with Channels Television…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has slammed the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as the worst in handling security matters. He said this while speaking as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday,…

Gunmen have reportedly killed Senior Special Assistant to Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom on Security, AIG Christopher Dega (Rtd) in Jos, Plateau State Capital. The retired police officer was said to have been killed on Tuesday when…

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday condemned accusations levelled against President Muhammadu Buhari by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom over the insecurity in the country. It…

Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has on Tuesday met President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja over the recent attempt on his life by gunmen. Speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting, Governor Ortom said he…