Archives for November 2013
Loosing Touch With Reality
Trending and much debated on today is the passive battle between the cyber world and the real world for control over individuals. This leaves me to wonder if one could strike a balance between modern technology particularly the internet on one hand and real life on the other hand in the traditional sense of it. Modern technology has no doubt […]
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Keeping In Touch With Your Benue Roots
Staying connected to Benue state and the trending happenings in the state is imperative not only for those resident in state but also for people of Benue origin in Diaspora (within Nigeria and abroad). Its quite a challenge for Diasporans because the longer you live in Diaspora and perhaps without constant visits home and sustainable contact with people of same […]
Read more →Harnessing Your Potentials
Every one has a potential, a talent or gift exclusive of the skill acquired through teaching, formal education or the learning process. What’s that thing that you have passion for and love doing more than anything else? Am talking about an ability you are born with. Good news coming to you from the stables of ‘Iam Benue’ today is, that […]
Read more →Passing On The Baton
They were all seated down in the living room watching a movie when the next door neighbour came in to pay them a visit. Mama in their native language codedly told her grand children of 15 & 18 yrs old respectively to get the visitor some kola and then go out and play so she could discuss certain issues with […]
Read more →Increase in Tuition Fees: Justifiable?
Not all is well with Nigeria’s educational system. It is still not accessible to all qualified candidates and even the quality of education given to those in school is debatable. Probably in a bid to address some of these issues, government might be considering increasing tuition fees. But is the increase in tuition fees justifiable? This essay articulates three points […]
Read more →Rising Above Sentiments
The word “sentiment” is defined by dictionary.com as a “thought influenced by emotion.” Generally, sentiments are preconceived thoughts, opinions, ideas, views, feelings and attitudes we display towards certain issues. Sentiments are responsible for the way we feel about a particular thing or person usually before we have accurate information about them. This piece considers why we hold certain sentiments and […]
Read more →Prayer for Benue State of Nigeria
God our father in heaven, you are the source of all wisdom, unity and love. Emperors, kingdoms and dominions tremble at your supremacy. To you belong glory, honour and power and no one can withstand you. We thank you immensely for the gift of our beloved and most cherished Benue. We cannot thank you enough for the legacies of our […]
Read more →Be Ministered; This Quote is a ministration!
It was Abraham Lincoln one of the greatest leaders in American history who said “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” Most times when I take this up with my fellow Nigerians, I am told Nigeria is not the kind of country you tow such lines with as it has […]
Read more →Unity In Diversity; I am Benue
Our cry for a better Benue should be devoid of sentiments and born out of the need to look within and rid our land of the disease of disunity, ethnic and political rivalry, and all those factors that impede our development as a state. Benue like mother Nigeria is a plural and heterogeneous state in terms of the different ethnic […]
Read more →Rural-Urban Drift of youths in Benue
Rural-urban migration is usually a response to the attractive nature of the urban areas. The alarming rate of the practice among youths in Nigeria and Benue in particular calls for serious concern. The practice which has for long been ignored without receiving the required attention has no doubt become a menace and has caused indirect or direct negative effects on […]
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