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Ranching law not responsible for current killings, Ortom insists Governor Samuel Ortom has insisted that the recent killings in Benue state were not as a result of the ranching law signed last year. According to the governor, the crisis claimed nearly 2,000 lives before the making of the law last year, adding that the attacks have continued across the country where there is no grazing law in place. Governor Ortom says there is no going back on the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law. The governor who made his stance known via a statement sent to National Focusnews  by his spokesman, Terver Akase, noted that there are wrong impressions being created in some quarters that the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law is the cause of the recent spate of violence, killings and occupation of some communities in the state by armed herdsmen. Part of the statement read: “Those who claim that the law is the reason for the killings need to be remind

MILITARY OPETATION AYEM A  APKATUMA, AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY---NBA CHAIRMAN. The Chairman Nigeria Bar Association, Bar. E Z Agbakor has expressed disappointment over the aclaimed Operation Ayem a Kpatuma in benue saying it was not a rescue mission but served to give constructive notice to the rampaging fulani herdsmen. Agbakor stated this during a press confrence held at the Association secretariat said the exercise has warsened state of affairs in the state blood-drenched land, coming to the realisation that benue worries were nor unfiunded, but indeed, understated. He said the Military cordon and search implemented as cordon and search of homes and settlements of benue indegenes; show of force that ought to have been used to dissuade the fulani herdsmen from their vicious attacks has rather been brandished at benue peoples  law abiding citizines which has dreaded the benue indegens. The NBA chairman stated categorically that the exercise was faililure, saying the NBA position fou

AMBODE DECLEAR TODAY WORK FREE DAY AHEAD OF BUHARI'S VISIT ---- Air passengers groan as police block routes to Lagos airport. - Major routes to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have been blocked ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state - Passengers on their way to the airport complained that the roadblock is a source of inconvenience to them - They also said that the development is an infringement on citizen's rights. Key routes leading to Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, were blocked on Thursday, March 29, owing to expectation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit. Three years into his presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari finally makes an historic visit to Lagos . The president will be in the state on a two-day official visit on Thursday, March 29 and Friday, March 30. The blockade was a cause for worry to travellers, with some walking about two kilometres to get to the airport so as not to miss their flight. Prem

GBAWUAN OPTIMISTIC OF PARTY'S TICKET. Asparant on the platform of the PDP in Benue state,  Comrade Richard Gbawuan has expressed  confidence of the party's ticket with the current position of the party. Gbawuan stated this in makurdi after a meeting with the state working committee of the PDP in order to factor modalities towards achieving victory in 2019. He said it became imperative as the meeting will create a forum for interaction between the  party leadership and aspirants, expressing faith that such will foster commonality of purpose, and engender healthiness in the contest for the party's sole ticket for the governorship race. He assured Benue people that Benue state under his watch  will create wealth through market and economic enpowerment to all. He explained that the recent apology to nigerians by the party's National Chairman, Uche Secondus, that PDP has learnt from, and will avoid its mistakes of the past, such as impunity and imposition of candidat

JECHIRA 2019: I AM A SYMBOLE OF A NEW REVOLUTION IN BENUE----GAADI "My Decision to run for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVE Seat is informed by the realities on ground and the urgency to CORRECT the situation, Hon. Jacob Iorhen Gaadi has said. He made the assurances recently at his official residence  in makurdi the benue state capital. Mr Gaadi told the media that he is not running for the House of Representative seat because he is from JECHIRA, but because of his clear vision for his people which is to create market and economic empowerment. Mr Gaadi who is a graduate of polical science,  Benue state University who also had a Master in publict Administration from the University of Calabar said his mission is not to acquire or amass wealth and wield influence, but to redefine his community and attract social and eccnomic development to the good people of JECHIRA Federal Constituency. He said he would Ignore the lure to look at the depth of his pockets, rather, pay attention to

JECHIRA 2019: I AM A SYMBOLE OF A NEW REVOLUTION IN BENUE----GAADI "My Decision to run for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVE Seat is informed by the realities on ground and the urgency to CORRECT the situation, Hon. Jacob Iorhen Gaadi has said. He made the assurances recently at his official residence  in makurdi the benue state capital. Mr Gaadi told the media that he is not running for the House of Representative seat because he is from JECHIRA, but because of his clear vision for his people which is to create market and economic empowerment. Mr Gaadi who is a graduate of polical science,  Benue state University who also had a Master in publict Administration from the University of Calabar said his mission is not to acquire or amass wealth and wield influence, but to redefine his community and attract social and eccnomic development to the good people of JECHIRA Federal Constituency. He said he would Ignore the lure to look at the depth of his pockets, rather, pay attention to

JECHIRA 2019: I AM A SYMBOLE OF A NEW REVOLUTION---GAADI "My Decision to run for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVE Seat is informed by the realities on ground and the urgency to CORRECT the situation, Hon. Jacob Iorhen Gaadi has said. He made the assurances recently at his official residence  in makurdi the benue state capital. Mr Gaadi told the media that he is not running for the House of Representative seat because he is from JECHIRA, but because of his clear vision for his people which is to create market and economic empowerment. Mr Gaadi who is a graduate of polical science,  Benue state University who also had a Master in publict Administration from the University of Calabar said his mission is not to acquire or amass wealth and wield influence, but to redefine his community and attract social and eccnomic development to the good people of JECHIRA Federal Constituency. He said he would Ignore the lure to look at the depth of his pockets, rather, pay attention to the qualit