Why Ruth Kyaakyor needs your help

Development, Stories 2/11/2016 by iambenue

Why Ruth Kyaakyor needs your help

For a woman to be a cripple in our clime where hard work is encouraged with little room for begging is a heavy demand for a mother of six. And for that same cripple to have lost her husband having five surviving children of school age, in fact below their teens, is what is described by a Nigerian musician as […]

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The International Day of the Rural Women; Benue State 2016

Development, Stories 2/11/2016 by iambenue

The International Day of the Rural Women; Benue State 2016

The Rural areas of Africa are the cradle for development and must be consciously and deliberately stimulated for the growth and development. Africa dose no need more of grants or donation from international bodies. What Africa needs now is the deliberate development of her potentials (which mostly are Agrarian) and show casing some to the global markets. Most of the […]

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Taxation in Benue State; Introduction

Development, Stories 30/10/2016 by iambenue

Taxation in Benue State; Introduction

Introduction Benue like every other state in Nigeria has been hit by dwindling income occasioned by the continuous down turn of oil prices plunging to record lows in over 40 years. The state, according to oral testimony from the Governor and other state officials has a monthly salary bill of about 3.7 billion. Over the past year, the state has […]

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7 Things To Know About Makurdi Cargo Airport Project

Development, Stories 30/10/2016 by Terver Akase

7 Things To Know About Makurdi Cargo Airport Project

The much awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the Cargopolis Makurdi Airport, eventually came to pass. It was the first time in Nigeria and the entire West African sub-region that an event for the construction of an airport of this nature and magnitude was held. In otherwords, when completed, the Makurdi Cargo Airport will be the first of its kind in the […]

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Recession 101: Birth Control

Development, Stories 30/10/2016 by iambenue

Recession 101: Birth Control

I want to advise the men in Nigeria, especially the poor ones who feel that the only pleasurable thing they have in common with the rich men is sex. We are already in a recession so having indiscriminate sex and giving birth to children left, right and center will lead to more poverty. That popular delusional Nigerian adage of ‘Allah/Jehovah […]

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PAMSET Schools, Aliade: Taking Over The Private Sector

Education, Stories 28/10/2016 by iambenue

PAMSET Schools, Aliade: Taking Over The Private Sector

PAMSET Schools, Aliade was established in September, 2014 by Mr Asema Samuel T. It has both Secondary School and Nursery & Primary School. The schools are located at Tse-Uba, Aliade, Gwer East Local Government Area. The population of the schools has quickly increased as a result of students’ performance, which is unavoidably made by possible by good management and the […]

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Recession 101: Personal Budgeting

Development, Stories 28/10/2016 by iambenue

Recession 101: Personal Budgeting

One of the things you will be compelled to learn in the West is effective personal budgeting. You plan your spending according to your earnings: You plan how to pay your house rent, electricity bill, water bill, gas bill, living expenses and may be charity (What some Africans give to their Pastors as tithes). Any attempt to live above your […]

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Education, Stories 17/10/2016 by iambenue

After National Youth Service Corps POP, What Next?

This afternoon, the 2015/2016 set of Batch B corps members all over the country marked the end of its service year with the Passing Out Parade in all the states of the federation plus the FCT. Established in 1973 by the government of Gen. Yakubu Gowon in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Civil War, […]

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Development, Stories 30/01/2014 by Akaafele

Attitude of Bus Drivers And Motor Cyclists in Benue State

Within the township, the role of public transport cannot be underplayed. It is thus important to group them among those services that aid the movement of people and their goods. There are two groups of them in Benue. The town service buses and commercial motor cyclists or Okada as they are popularly called. Irrespective of their contribution one cannot help […]

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Development, Stories 30/01/2014 by Akaafele

River Benue; The Untapped Landmark

Development they say is a continuous process which also means that positive change and development go hand in hand. Development of course does not exist in a vacuum, it has to be initiated and achieved, be concrete and practical. In Benue state where the River Benue journeys through the heart of Makurdi local government area, the state capital and where […]

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