She was the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen, more beautiful than most beauty queens (she had some Arab genes in her, hence the very long hair). She was about my height (6 ft), educated, and was deft in the deadly art of using the dagger! Her father had cattle in the thousands which were in Nassarawa, Plateau, Benue and […]
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I have read comments by some social media writers drawing unnecessary comparisons between Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom. Most of the comments tilt towards the law on grazing of cattle passed by Ekiti State and the bill sent to the Benue State House of Assembly by Governor Ortom. I am convinced that many […]
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The planting season is almost here again in rural Benue, and once more, as it has become common in recent past, the farmers are afraid and uncertain. They are afraid of the nomadic Fulanis who descend, year in year out, with their cattle from the far north into the marshes of the middle belt to graze. From time immemorial, the […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom will today visit Buruku and Logo Local government areas for an assessment of the security and humanitarian situation in the areas. Members of the state security and executive councils will accompany him during the visit. The trip is consequent upon reports of attacks on some communities especially in Buruku with loss of several lives and displacement of […]
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“It is very important to go back to seek the roots of our faith,” said Pope Francis to the priests of the Diocese of Rome, gathered in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran for the traditional appointment at the beginning of Lent. Before beginning his long meditation, the Pontiff heard the confession of some of the priests. A meditation within […]
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It was 2001 and I was just a 16 year old boy out of secondary school. Made my WAEC and NECO and eager to get admission into Uthman Dan Fodiyo University. Straight outta village heading to the desert. Spent hours on the road. Passed through cities and states. We spent 2 days to get to Sokoto. I met a new […]
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So what? I get into an argument with a man, he slaps me, I feel the pain, yet they tell me I provoked him. I should have been quiet, I should have been patient. I should apologize to him. I get into an argument with a man, I slap him, they tell me I have no respect, no home training. […]
Read more →My name is Doctor Lizzy Johnson Suleiman, the wife of Apostle Johnson Suleiman, now ordinarily I don’t like media appearances but at this point for the purpose of clarity, I would have to speak. I have known my husband for the past 19 years, and if you are living with a man who is promiscuous or adulterous person, you will […]
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One of the few things that people who know Tiv history and even those who so claim to know but actually do not know will not argue is that Akighirga (Akiga) Sai was the first Tiv man to know how to write. “Rev. Zimmermann started to teach children how to read and write. Akiga Sai was said to be a […]
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It is a Mountain in the Republic of Cameroon and not a pot or calabash or any other fetish object. Any person versed in Tiv history and culture will tell you that. It is Karagbe’s Swem (what is popularly called Swem Karagbe) that is a thing, an object, and fetish. The real Swem which is Divine and of God was displaced […]
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