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Relationship, Stories 28/08/2017 by Salome Labeh

Who Is An Ideal Marital Partner

Didn’t know how to cut it short as every line is important. My thoughts. We are naturally attracted to flashy things, anything that makes a lot of noise has a certain appeal to our minds. We follow a reigning trend without even considering the implications of our choices, insofar as many other people take the same way, we feel secure. […]

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Development, Stories 28/08/2017 by Terver Akase

Governor Ortom Visits Flood-Hit Areas in Makurdi

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, earlier today visited areas affected by flood in Makurdi where many people have been rendered homeless. Below are highlights of the Governor’s tour of the flood-hit parts of the state capital: 1. Governor Ortom sympathized with those affected by the flood 2. He described the situation as sad and unfortunate 3. The Governor called on […]

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Remembrance, Stories 22/08/2017 by Joan Agabi

Grand Dad!

Last night I thought of you. Since you have been gone so much has happened. Your values imbibed, you legacy lives on. All those random people you trained in school are nowhere to be found but it’s human nature I guess. Kpen the lady you wanted to take for eye surgery made everyone cry wen she kept touching your casket […]

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Education, Stories 11/08/2017 by Mrs Grace Akuul, Ag. Focal Person

Benue State Social Investments Programme Office; Press Release

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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Health, Stories 3/08/2017 by Dr. Kadev Kenneth Kevin

Africa Must Come To Term With ‘Ignorance’

It is an accepted fact that poverty, ignorance and diseases are the bane of Africa continent, but I can attest here that ignorance is the greatest among them all. Most Africans irrespective of their educational, religious and social standings are ignorant of their health needs. Yes, they often use the clause “Health is wealth” without recourse to its true meaning. Hitherto, […]

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Inspirational, Stories 1/08/2017 by Teryima Manta

Dear Dr. Nyaregh

I haven’t heard from you since the general retrenchment in Benue Cement Company (BCC) where many staff including my father were fired. I am here wondering if you are alive and I really hope you are. Do you remember me? I choose to call you Doctor even though am pretty sure you were a senior nurse when I was admitted […]

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Business, Stories 31/07/2017 by Kwaghdoo Enyi

Small Beginnings, Big Dreams

I have been obsessed with entrepreneurship for the past 2 years for a simple reason; I read a book called ‘The Unfair Advantage‘ by Robert Kiyosaki. He said when someone wants to be a pilot they go to aviation school, a wannabe doctor goes to medical school but when we want to start a business we just look for a […]

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Culture, Stories 30/07/2017 by Joan Agabi

The Most Vulnerable Adult

The most vulnerable adult is the woman waiting for a fruit of the womb. She is ridiculed, has lost her sense of self and is gullible to anything filtered to her that can bring forth a child. She is led high and low, to doctors and spiritual healers. Confesses to all sorts and checks her family tree for issues. She […]

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Creatives, Stories 30/07/2017 by Awa Ver Ikeseh

My Dreams Are Coming True

You all know how I love Arts and how I use the Human body as my canvas. This has been my passion since I was a little girl and I made it. In Primary School: I was the best fine arts student. I would draw and sculpt with clay……. Anything at home was raw materials… Omo! I destroyed stuff. My […]

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