Growing up as a child, as soon as you get your flow mothers will simply tell you, “if a boy touches you, you will get pregnant” We were not told the main reasons why we can get pregnant or what sex is all about. With that notion, you find girls not wanting to sit close to boys in class because […]
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Today, 9th March, 2022 the Universal President of over 2.7 million Students of Benue State origin, Cadre Ajir Victor, GCBS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Forward Aid Foundation (FAF). Forward Aid Foundation (FAF), a Non-Governmental organization established under the laws of Nigeria with its office in Makurdi, Benue State has the mandate and goal of improving the livelihood […]
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… Charges State Governments to pay Bursary to Students. The National President, National Union of Benue State Students (NUBESS), Comr. Ajir Victor, GCBS 21st – 25th February, attended the conference of 19 Northern States National Presidents. The forum comprises Kano, kebbi, Kastina, sokoto, Kaduna, Jigawa, Benue, Adamawa, Niger, Borno, Bauchi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Taraba, Yobe, Plateau, Gombe and Zamfara States. […]
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The beauty of Wukari is that it has always been multi-ethnic. It was so long before the British incorporated it into the Northern Protectorate in 1900. The current misfortune of Wukari is caused by those who wish to create ethnic purity thereby rusticating select ethnic groups from it. At the time the British established themselves as masters in Wukari, they […]
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I am saddened that in the year 2021, misogyny continues to dog girls and women at large in our society. I do not see the reason for this dress code and what it has to do with the academic performance of any students. I understand the reason for it is to stop girls from tempting lectures into chasing after them. […]
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This is probably the first journey where I’m not the first to sleep inside the vehicle… Journeys give us time to reminisce. While I proceeded to the park, on a motorcycle, I felt the urge to put my two hands up in the air and do the peace sign with my fingers…but I couldn’t, both hands were holding luggage. As […]
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This is no lie; the system has failed us. The system has failed us. We live in a society where the government has abandoned everyone, leaving people to create their blueprint on how their environment should work. People drill boreholes for water, they hire guards for their security, they buy generators, inverters and solar panels for their electricity and in […]
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Following the disbursement of the Eight Tranche of payment to cooks participating on the Home Grown School Feeding Programme, the Benue State Office of the National Social Investments Programme wishes to notify cooks, School-Based Management Committees and the general public that feeding for the Third Term of 2017/2018 Academic Session will commence on Monday, 7th May, 2018 in all public […]
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The Benue State Social Investments Programme Office wishes to completely dissociate itself from the activities of some unscrupulous and morally deficient fraudsters who have been going about parading themselves as agents of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme and some influential members of society to extort monies ranging from Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000) to Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) from unsuspecting […]
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An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45 years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window. The Father asked his Son, “What is this?” The Son replied “It is a crow”. After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, “What is this?” The […]
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