Archives for May 2017

Remembrance, Stories 31/05/2017 by Aondoakaa Fele

Bereavement Announcement

‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day – and not only me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.’ – 2 Timothy 4:7 – […]

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Inspirational, Stories 17/05/2017 by Miss Fidelia Wuese Unongo

The Power Of “You CanNot”

At age 9, I remember gleefully climbing the staircase which led to the primary 3 classrooms where the fine art club weekly meetings were held when surprisingly, I was welcomed with “What are you doing here? “Do you see any girl here? “She is always odd… I just stood there, trying to understand what was going on. You fell and […]

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Education, Stories 17/05/2017 by Tersoo Edward Antsah

I Love Me An Expressive Woman

Semi nude! Usually, I try to stay out of stuff like this but I’ll make an exception. While what I’m saying may just be my opinion, it will certainly include some facts. We live in a society where our Nigerian men have set unreasonable expectations for women to follow and adhere to. Anything outside of the conversational thought process get […]

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Development, Stories 14/05/2017 by Ahokegh T Collins

Danger Looms In Makurdi As The Rains Set In

Makurdi Local Government: Today’s farmers day was not a waste even as I could not attend to my farm due to lack of funds occasioned by non payment of salaries especially to those about 1000 staff who last received their salaries in May last year. I have never disobeyed government directives and would not have done so on a policy […]

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Relationship, Stories 14/05/2017 by Conan-Moses Orseer Anyamikegh

Men Shouldn’t Hit Women? I Disagree

Benue: Most ladies have abused the submission by common sense that a woman is not to be hit by a man. Surprisingly this is the only time ladies evoke the theory of the weaker sex so as to ride over our intelligence as men. We must understand also that most men who hit women do so in pain, and out […]

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Development, Stories 13/05/2017 by Comrade Atume Godwin Terungwa

Call For Sustained Provision Of Basic Amenities To Rural Communities

Water is one of the basic necessities of life and its uses cannot be over emphasized. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, this commodity was a very scarce resource in my community Mbashian, Binev Council Ward of Tombo Mbalagh in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. The inhabitants of this community depended solely on streams and ponds which […]

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Remembrance, Stories 13/05/2017 by Iorliam'Amo Shija

Who Killed Charles Ayede

A tragedy befell the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, on 8th May 2011. On this fateful day, he sat with wife, Late Lady Mimidoo Katsina-Alu at his country home, Lessel, Ushongo Local Government, Benue State, when suddenly, a mango tree fell and killed her. As a matter of fact, it was reported that Chief Alu himself had […]

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Education, Stories 10/05/2017 by Paul Apel Papel

A Letter To Nigerian Parents

Dear parents, Let’s be real! I wish to start by adding the benefit of my time as a student and then resident in the United Kingdom. Living in Abuja now. The first thing that I discovered about UK-born, white, English undergraduates was that all of them did holiday or weekend job to support themselves, including the children of millionaires amongst […]

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Leadership, Stories 8/05/2017 by Miriam Sewuese Apeverga

Benue Is Bigger Than Ortom And Suswam

When and how on earth did we manage to reduce this giant entity called Benue state to some trivial concept known as Ortom vs Suswam? The moment you talk about the poor performance of Ortom’s administration, you are labelled a Suswam/PDP supporter. People tell you to be patient and give Ortom more time to prove himself, they tell you it […]

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