President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived Makurdi airport for his presidential campaign rally in Benue State.
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The Benue government has 8,910 pensioners in its pay roll, according to Mr Francis Tile, Permanent Secretary, Benue State Bureau of Salaries and Pensions.
Joe Nyah, a Peoples Democratic Party scribe in Benue, has admitted that the greatest problem confronting the administration of Governor Samuel Ortom is insecurity.
Abeji Egwa, Woman Leader, Peoples Democratic Party in Benue, has assured Titi Abubakar, the wife of PDP presidential candidate, that her husband would receive bloc votes from the state.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has decried the destruction of his campaign materials in Gbajimba and Daudu in Guma, Wannune in Tarka and Lessel in Ushongo Local Government Areas of the state.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has assured residents of the state that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, would give them key appointments in his government if elected in the February 16, Presidential Poll.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue says the state will resist any attempt to rig the 2019 general elections in the area.
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has suspended its presidential campaign for three days in protest of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The Police Command in Benue has advised hoodlums to steer clear of the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party, presidential campaign rally, scheduled to hold in Makurdi on Saturday.
The six local government chairmen suspended by the Benue House of Assembly on the request of Governor Samuel Ortom, have said that due process of the law was not followed in effecting their suspension.
Governor Samuel Ortom has urged Benue residents to vote PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the February 16 polls “because he has the capacity to fix all Nigeria’s challenges”.
Emmanuel Jime, the All Progressives Congress, governorship candidate in Benue, has said that he would not probe the activities of the incumbent governor, Samuel Ortom, if he succeeded him.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Tuesday in Makurdi swore in Acting Chairmen for six local governments, following the suspension of the affected area’s chairmen by the State House of Assembly.
Hon. Dickson Terkighir, representing Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency of Benue, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has been called upon to postpone its planned 15th National Biennial Conference billed to hold at IBB Square, Makurdi, Benue State from February 5 to 8, 2019.
Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, expressed deepest sympathies and condolences to the people and the government of Benue State over losses recorded following the incident.
Massive crowd of supporters on Saturday thronged the IBB Square, Makurdi, to witness the official launch of the governorship campaign of the All Progressive Congress in the state.
Akume, who knelt down at the IBB square, where the state APC governorship candidate, Emmanuel Jime, officially launched his election campaign, said he was sorry for his action.
The title was bestowed on Ortom by the Tyoshin Traditional Council, Gwer West Local Govrrnment.
Ortom stated this on Monday in Makurdi, during a two-day symposium on the plight of the IDPs.