Idoma Achievement Awards © I am Benue 2018

Culture, Stories 28/12/2018 by Akaafele

Idoma Achievement Awards 2018

Powered by Idoma International Carnival Recipients: Mrs Alice Alache hails from Otukpo local government area of Benue State, she represented Kano state and emerged winner of the Miss Nigeria contest beating other 22 contestants to Emerge Miss Nigeria 1963 making her the first Miss Nigeria from the north. Mammy Ochefu is the founder of the popular military markets called mammy […]

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Terungwa Nyikwagh © I am Benue 2018

Relationship, Stories 9/12/2018 by Terungwa Nyikwagh

Age Of Gratitude

So today I turn 38. It’s been a long shot. There is so much to say or spill, but I will just summarize. The rest will come up in a book someday. The Lord has been merciful to me. I shouldn’t have been alive today if not for his mercies. I’ve escaped murder, survived a drowning river, got picked from […]

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ukan kurugh © iambenue 2018

Relationship, Stories 22/10/2018 by Tim Nyor

Ukan Kurugh; Character Attestation

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation. Nor does truth become error because nobody sees it – Ghandi. Facebook My attention was drawn to Facebook almost a decade ago by my beloved sister and friend Ikyuma Doris Aondo-akaa, who led and supervised my account opening. In the days before the platform, especially within Benue’s cyberspace, became acrimoniously […]

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Isabella Usen @ I am Benue 2018 IamBenue

Food, Stories 20/06/2018 by Isabella Usen

Life Of A Foodie

People eat food to stay healthy, that’s because the body needs it right? But for some of us, we ‘live to eat’ and not ‘eat to live’ That’s why we’ve been given the moniker “Foodie”, but I like to refer to my self as an unapologetic Foodie. Food is fun and having lived in four different states in Nigeria and […]

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talesoftheheart © I am Benue 2018

Relationship, Stories 20/05/2018 by Smarty Okenyi (Martha Okenyi)

Chapter Two: Tales Of The Heart

“Ene where have you been? I’ve searched the whole village for you….” Oche stated, stretching his hands forth in an attempt to hold Ene who paid no attention to his words, she was tired of oche bugging her life and didn’t want any more of that, she had told him countless times her heart was for another but no! He […]

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coronation Benue State © I am Benue 2018

Culture, Stories 15/05/2018 by Terver Adom

Coronation Of Ten First Class Chiefs in Benue State; Tor Tiv and Ochi’Idoma Mere Spectators

Yesterday, at the IBB Square, Makurdi, ten first class chiefs covering Tiv, Idoma and Igede area traditional councils were coronated and presented with staff of office by the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. This ceremony was enabled by the instruments of “A law to make provisions for the establishment of Benue Council of chiefs and traditional councils in the […]

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tales of the heart © I am Benue 2018

Relationship, Stories 6/05/2018 by Martha Okenyi

Chapter One: Tales Of The Heart

She sat alone, all by herself that morning along the path that led to the village waiting, as the birds entertained her with their melody from the trees, feeling the whispering wind that made the trees sway in its awe, as it soothe her smooth, soft, ebony skin that glowed under the bright sun with it’s gentle kiss. Her edema […]

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Faith Oyiwodu Ojile © I am Benue 2018

Relationship, Stories 4/05/2018 by Faith Oyiwodu Ojile

Funny First Love

Life is very funny. I was in SSS1 when boys started noticing me. Well, I don’t know if it was because my walking steps changed or the fact that I had just recently discovered how many styles I could barb with my hair or the lip gloss I had began to apply that always looked as if I just drank […]

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Missing corpse @ I am Benue 2018

Culture, Stories 9/04/2018 by Sidney Dooyum Ahura

The Tale Of Lost Corpses

A friend of mine told me a story recently that sounded rather like a Nollywood movie or a ‘tales by moonlight story’ but sadly it is an experience that he personally and painfully had. The story involved the corpse of his elder brother’s wife who had died as a result of pregnancy complications. Her death was quite painful as she […]

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Iyala people @ I am Benue 2018

Culture, Stories 8/04/2018 by Anwo Iordepuun Godfrey

We Are Idomas And Not Cross Riverians; Yala People

Have you ever wished you were an indigene of another state other than Benue? It must have been because of a very strong reason then, well may be because of this one that has prompted the Yala people of Cross River State to refer to Benue State as their home. Idoma People Of Benue State Omeche, A Benue Girl In […]

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