Benue State News Today

Comrade Abba Moro, who is the current PDP senatorial candidate for Benue South senatorial district, on Tuesday, January 15, said the APC promised Nigerians change but ended up bringing pains and hardship to the people.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state on Monday, January 14, said that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) cannot return to their homes for now because the federal government has a lot of work to do on security in the country.

In the wake of a recent face-off between the presidency and Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, the deputy governor, Benson Abouno, has dismissed the insinuation that Ortom was indifferent to the spate of killings in the state.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has alleged that a certain cabal within the presidency is trying to cause a rift between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Ortom made allegation at a campaign on Monday, January 13.

The presidency has told Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue to stop spreading false reports in churches about President Buhari's so-called plans to Islamise Benue state and instead focus on the dire issues confronting the state.

In a statement sent to Legit.ng on Sunday, January 13 by his spokesman, Terver Akase, the governor described the act as, “shameful, barbaric and capable of heightening tension in Kwara state and the country at large.”