Tag: Samuel Ortom
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JUST IN: Finally EFCC Releases Ex-Gov Ortom from its facility after ten hours
After answering questions for over 10 hours at the Makurdi office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has been released by the anti graft agency. The Governor had Tuesday morning at about 10am reported at the Zonal Office of the Commission following an invitation from the…
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Benue Gov, Rev Fr Alia weeps over debt Ortom left behind
Benue State Governor, Rev. Father Hyacinth Alia has stated that he inherited an empty treasury and a whooping debt profile of N187.56 billion accompanied by accumulated months of unpaid salaries and entitlements of civil servants and pensioners in the State.
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2023 Census: I suspect a hidden agenda – Benue Governor, Ortom
Samuel Ortom the Benue state governor has called on the Federal Government to suspend the proposed National Population Census exercise slated to hold in May 2023. Ortom made the call on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum led by its President, Dr Bitrus Pogu in Makurdi, the state capital.
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2023 polls: Ortom loses senatorial election to former aide
One of the G-5 governors, Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lost the senatorial election to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Titus Zam. Zam was a Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to Ortom until the governor defected to Peoples Democratic Party in 2018
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2023 Elections: Return to us – Iyiorchia Ayu begs Ortom
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu has appealed to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to join the party’s campaign train. Ayu made this appeal in Benue state during the campaign rally of the PDP presidential candidate in the state.
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Pandemonium as bandits behead 2, wipe out family of 6 in Benue
Gunmen killed at least 8 persons in a repeated attack on Thursday 19 January 2023 at about 2100hrs in Abagana community opposite the Internally Displaced Person camp routed along Makurdi/Laafia lane, Benue State.
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2023: PDP reacts to Clark, Ortom’s endorsement of Peter Obi
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the endorsement of Peter Obi of the Labour Party by elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark and Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom.
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2023: Gov Samuel Ortom backs OBJ in endorsing Peter Obi
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has received the backing of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom in endorsing Peter Obi of the Labour Party as his preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election.
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2023 countdown (1): Will Ortom’s ‘endorse’ help Obi’s cause? – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Barely 54 days to the 2023 General Election – the most crucial time for candidates to crave for endorsements – two candidates in the February 25 presidential election anxiously await the adoption of their tickets by five estranged governors of the Peoples Democratic Party.
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2023: G-5 governor, Ortom reveals who Nigerians should vote for
One of the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Samuel Ortom of Benue State has charged the people of the country to vote wisely during the forthcoming general elections in the country. He urged the people to identify party candidate