The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, alongside former Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom, paid a condolence visit to Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Wednesday, following the passing of his elder brother, Sunday. Sunday Makinde died on Friday,  24 January 2025 at 65. Wike arrived at Makinde’s residence in the Ikolaba Government Reservation Area …

The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello has been having a running issue with the EFCC, which declared him wanted after he failed to show up for arraignment at the …

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Saturday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for “listening to the voice of reason” and approving the postponement of the 2023 National Population Census. In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity, Terver Akase, the governor recalled that, in an appeal to the Federal Government on 13th April, he had called for the exercise …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has asked the Federal Government to postpone the national population census until all internally displaced persons return to their communities. Received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), led by its President, Dr  Bitrus Pogu, Ortom explained that his call for a postponement was hinged on a large number of people of the state …

Benue State’s Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive Congress have been at odds over Governor Samuel Ortom’s hurried projects, which include a supposed airport. In a statement on Sunday, the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Daniel Ihomou, said it was curious that Ortom would embark on an airport project two months to the end of his administration. “How …