I knew the NKST church to be a Tiv church but it seemed my knowledge was limited when I discovered the NKST Church in Abeokuta and not just that it was located there but was dominated by the Yoruba. I was propelled to upgrade my knowledge of this church. You may think I am promoting a church, so let me […]
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Diary of an Idoma lady The Idoma people have so many customs and traditions which bid our people together and to the modern generation (21th century generation) it seems overbearing especially to the female gender. Most of these customs are gender sensitive and applied mostly to the female gender Daddy girls even after marriage still prefers to be buried beside […]
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I’m home Confession of a true ‘ajebota.’ When the plane landed in Abuja I cried. Yes, real tears the person sitting next to me started laughing. The whole flight I was talking to him about how excited I am to be back home after 11 years!! And seeing Nigeria again was really emotional for me. I wanted to see River […]
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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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