Tag: Ortom
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JUST IN: NBC queries Channels TV over Ortom interview, demands response within 24Hrs
The National Broadcasting Commission has queried Channels Television over the “inciting, divisive and unfair comments” made by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on the TV’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme on Tuesday. NBC made this known in a letter to the television station titled, ‘Notice of Infraction’. The regulator’s letter was dated August 24, 2021, and…
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Presidency says Ortom unfit for office, accuses him of inciting hatred against Fulani’s
“As was the case in Rwanda where the then Hutu leaders of the country incited their countrymen against each other, claiming there was a ‘secret Tutsi agenda’ over the Hutu, Ortom claims there is a ‘secret Fulanization agenda’ over other ethnic groups in his state and in Nigeria. This is a copy of the language…
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Open grazing: We’ll approach court to stop violation of Land Use Act – Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has stated that his administration will approach the law courts to stop violation of the Land Use Act should the Federal Government insist on creating grazing routes and grazing areas in the state. He spoke on Sunday at the Makurdi Airport while interacting with journalists on his return from Delta…
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Buhari’s handling of security not different from Taliban in Afghanistan – Ortom
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has likened President Muhammadu Buhari’s method of tackling insecurity in Nigeria to that of the Taliban, the terrorist group which recently took over Afghanistan. Governor Ortom made the remark on Friday in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase. The statement was titled, “Presidency turning Nigeria…
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Ortom hails police for rescuing kidnapped commissioner’s wife
Gov. Samuel Ortom has commended the Police Command in Benue for rescuing the kidnapped wife of his Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Mrs Ann Unenge, killing the three suspected kidnappers in the process. Ortom, who was at the police headquarters in Makurdi on Monday to see the corpses of the suspected kidnappers, said…
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Save your energy for governance in Benue, leave Buhari alone, Tiv youths blasts Ortom
The Tiv Youth Council Worldwide has urged Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to concentrate on good governance and refrain from criticising President Muhammadu Buhari. The President of the council, Mr Mike Msuaan in a statement on Monday in Abuja, accused Ortom of not providing dividends of democracy for people of the state. Msuaan urged the…
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Ortom knocks presidency, backs Bishop Kukah on claims of persecution of Christians in Nigeria
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has backed the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah over his recent comments on insecurity. Kukah had during an address to the US Congress Commission on July 15, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of showing preference to people of his religion which according to him, has worsened the rivalry…
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Nnamdi Kanu: Apply same zeal on herdsmen terrorizing Nigeria- Ortom to FG
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to use the same zeal that led to the apprehension of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, against “armed Fulani herdsmen” terrorizing Nigeria. Kanu who is agitating for the restoration of Biafra was allegedly arrested in Kenya and repatriated…
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Ortom to Buhari: No grazing routes in Benue
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has debunked President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement asking his attorney general to reopen all grazing routes as gazetted in the past. But Ortom said there is no grazing reserves or cattle routes in Benue State to be opened. “Grazing reserves are not in the Constitution. There is anti-open grazing law in…
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Ortom right about calling me a cattle rearer – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to a statement credited to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom calling him a cattle rearer. The president said the governor accused him of not taking action about the herdsmen killings in the country because he is also a cattle rearer. “The governor of Benue State said I am…