Archives Tag: Benue State
Peter Obi Visits Flood Victims: What This Tells Us About Him
April 19, 2022
In the past two weeks, several villages and cities in Nigeria have been ravaged by floods. According to official reports, 617 people have died and over 1.7 million people displaced as a result of the flooding. Following this displacement and loss of human lives are losses of properties, livestock and farmlands. Experts have warned … Continue reading Peter Obi Visits Flood Victims: What This Tells Us About Him
Wow! This Delicacy in Benue State will Amaze You
April 19, 2022
Culture is a conditioning device; it shapes our food idiosyncrasies. All over the world, the different plants and animals people eat as part of their cultural foods are derived from their environment. Often times, what is considered a delicacy in one country or ethnic group is considered a taboo in another country or ethnic group. … Continue reading Wow! This Delicacy in Benue State will Amaze You
Crazy About North Central: 3 Things To Do in Benue State
April 19, 2022
Benue State boasts of a culturally diverse populace from the great cultures of the Tiv, Idoma, Etulo, Abakpa, Igede, Nyifon, Jukun, Akweya and Hausa. Known as the food basket of the nation, this state also has a sub-humid weather and breathtaking sceneries. This is really a place for tourists. Here are three things you can … Continue reading Crazy About North Central: 3 Things To Do in Benue State
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Recipe for the Idoma Delicacy, Okoho Soup
April 19, 2022
Idoma people are found in Benue State of North-Central Nigeria. They are the second largest ethnic group in the state. The Idomas occupy the 9 local government areas of Apa, Agatu, Ado, Obi, Ohimini, Okpokwu, Ogbadibo, Oju, and Otukpo; although, Obi and Oju are principally made up of the Igede tribe. The Idoma people are … Continue reading Recipe for the Idoma Delicacy, Okoho Soup
ThrowBack Thursday: When Zaki Biam Was Sacked (2001)
April 19, 2022
All around the world, unfortunate things happen day in day out. But the type witnessed in the Zaki Biam massacre of 2001 is the type rarely perpetrated by a nation’s military forces against the citizens it is meant to protect. The matter of the Odi massacre in November 1999 had not totally died down when … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: When Zaki Biam Was Sacked (2001)
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Do you Know- The Major Rice Producing States in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
In Nigeria, hardly would you meet someone that holds a grudge against Rice. While it might not be their favourite food, it definitely is one of the most accepted food on the menu list. Rice is a friend of the masses; it is in almost every ceremony and consumed in almost every home at least, … Continue reading Do you Know- The Major Rice Producing States in Nigeria
By jeremiah
Tribes in Nigeria: The Igede Tribe
April 19, 2022
The Igede tribe is the third largest tribe in the present day Benue State of Nigeria. They are the natives of Obi and Oju Local Government Areas of Benue state in Nigeria. The following is an overview of the Igede Tribe in Nigeria: History: One source claims the Igede tribe to be migrants from the Ogoja … Continue reading Tribes in Nigeria: The Igede Tribe
By jeremiah
Tuface Reacts To Benue Violence
April 19, 2022
Innocent “Tuface” Idibia has spoken up about the killings in his state of origin, Benue State. Reacting to a Channels TV report about the fresh spate of attacks in the state, which left several people dead and many wounded, Tuface tweeted: “This is getting ridiculous. Shameful.” It is not the first time the artiste is … Continue reading Tuface Reacts To Benue Violence
Vice President Visits Flood Victims in Benue State
April 19, 2022
The Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo on Wednesday, 6th September, paid a sympathetic visit to people affected by flooding in Benue State. This is due to the Floods that sacked 110,000 people out of their homes, even while many have criticized the Federal Government for being silent. He, on behalf of the President, assured the flood … Continue reading Vice President Visits Flood Victims in Benue State
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A Thing about Corruption
April 19, 2022
In its infancy, corruption has a justification—the quest for survival; having to drive to the back of a petrol station where a keg of petrol is loaded unto the boot of your car even though the petrol station declines to sell petrol into jerry cans to the general public—your undue advantage being that you know … Continue reading A Thing about Corruption
By nehijesu
The Community-led Sanitation Revolution in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Women and men, just in from the fields with hoes still in their hands, and barefoot children sit in the shade under a tree. Betty Torkwase Ikyaator asks them to make her a picture of their village in a layer of sand on the ground. With pebbles and coloured paper, they place their homes, the … Continue reading The Community-led Sanitation Revolution in Nigeria
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