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Building Capacity In Agricultural Mechanization, Revolutionising Benue Agriculture

Guest Writer 20 November 2025 0

BY BRIDGET TIKYAA One thing everyone knows about Benue State is that it is the food basket of Nigeria, an apt tribute that amplifies the tremendous Agricultural activities taking place in the state. According to a study, the state has up to 1,225,493 hectares suitable for crops like cassava,

Business

Analysts See Brent Crude Sliding Toward $70 Per Barrel

Guest Writer 19 November 2025 0

Brent crude may fall toward the $60 to $70 per barrel range in the coming weeks as traders assess the outlook for Russian oil exports, analysts at UBS have said. In a market note, the team led by Giovanni Staunovo projected that Brent would end the year at $62 per barrel while maintaining “a more […]

Entertainment

Inside Regina Daniels’ Family Feud: Concerns Raised Over Police Abuse of Power

Guest Writer 9 November 2025 0

By Elizabeth Atime-Chirkpi When Nollywood star Regina Daniels walked away from her estranged husband, Senator Ned Nwoko, citizens never imagined their marital rift would spiral into a full blown legal and police drama. Yet today, the Daniels family finds itself battling what they describe as state-backed intimidation, an ordeal that has reopened old debates about […]

Opinion

2030 Is Coming, but So Is More Smoke in Many Nigerian Kitchens

Guest Writer 6 November 2025 0

BY HOPE LEKWA In over 100 million Nigerian households is the familiar habit of fanning firewood embers early in the morning to start the day’s cooking, a tradition that has been passed down from generations, but not without its problems. For many Nigerian homes, cooking isn’t only about food; it’s the heartbeat of home. How […]

Opinion

BEYOND THE DATA: How states still rely on ‘Abuja’ despite big IGR figures

Guest Writer 5 November 2025 0

BY VICTOR EJECHI When the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the latest Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) figures for 2024, several state governments were quick to celebrate. From Enugu’s record-breaking N180 billion to Rivers’ N317 billion and Lagos’ colossal N1.26 trillion, the numbers seemed to tell a story of growing fiscal independence. But a deeper […]

Opinion

Seven Years On, Nigerians Renew Call for Justice for 13-Year-Old Ochanya Ogbanje

Guest Writer 3 November 2025 0

By Elizabeth Atime-Chirkpi Calls for justice over the death of 13-year-old Ochanya Ogbanje have intensified, seven years after the young girl died from complications linked to years of sexual abuse allegedly inflicted by her guardians in Benue State. The Enugu-based Kunie Foundation has renewed its demand for justice, describing Ochanya’s story as “a chilling reminder […]

Featured

Breaking Down the CPC Designation: How Government Appeasement of Terrorists Led to International Sanction

Guest Writer 3 November 2025 0

By Steven Kefas Yesterday, the United States designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for severe violations of religious freedom, a long-overdue recognition of the systematic persecution of Christians and other vulnerable communities that has claimed tens of thousands of lives over the past two decades. This designation didn’t emerge from vacuum;

Opinion

CPC and the Cost of Complacency in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Guest Writer 3 November 2025 0

By Cheta Nwanze The designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) by the United States government, citing egregious violations of religious freedom, did not arrive as a surprise. It was the predictable climax of months of clear, publicly telegraphed warnings from US congressional figures and human rights groups. Yet, this inevitable consequence […]

Opinion

Uast Ihugh: Gov. Alia’s visionary leap for agricultural, scientific, and technological transformation

Guest Writer 29 October 2025 0

By Donald Kumun The establishment of the University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (UAST), Ihugh, in Benue State, is not merely an academic milestone; it is a visionary move with far-reaching impacts for educational advancement, agricultural innovation, technological transformation, and socioeconomic development in Benue State, and Nigeria as a whole. This bold

News

New face of public primary schools in Benue state

Guest Writer 23 October 2025 0

By Isaac Uzaan The Universal Basic Education program which aims to provide free, compulsory, and Universal education to children from primary up to junior Secondary level in Nigeria has experienced a steady decline in infrastructure and manpower, beginning from the last quarter of the twentieth century till now. Public basic schools in Benue State have […]

Opinion

Data is the new oil, but who owns Nigeria’s data?

Guest Writer 21 October 2025 0

By Victor Ejechi I have spent the last few years making sense of Nigeria through numbers. From my early days at StatiSense to heading TheCable Index and now leading insights at SBM Intelligence, data has been the constant thread connecting my work. Across all these roles, one thing has remained clear to me: data tells […]

Opinion

A nation in fear: Nigeria’s growing insecurity crisis

Guest Writer 21 October 2025 0

By Happiness Stephen The issue of insecurity has long plagued Nigeria’s history, drawing concern from great thinkers, writers, and musicians. Visionaries like Chinua Achebe once warned that things have fallen apart and are no longer at ease, capturing the early cracks in Nigeria’s moral and political foundation. Fela Kuti, with his fearless music, laid bare […]

Featured

Five Years After #EndSARS: The Blood on the Green and White Still Cries for Justice

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Ayininuola Oluwaseyifunmi The green and white flag waving since 1960 was once a beacon of hope, a symbol of strength and resilience, a nation with so much potential, destined to be one of the world’s greatest. Sixty years and twenty days later, bullets were fired at her children by those who swore to protect, […]

Opinion

A Never-Ending Cycle: How ASUU Strikes have Consistently Robbed Nigerian Student of Their Near Future

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Adesewa Adeyinka For a Nigerian student, their academic calendar is never a predictable series of semesters and breaks but rather a series of uncertain start and stop sessions due to incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU). Since its inception in 1978, the union has organized and carried out several industrial […]

Opinion

Against All Odds: The Nigerian Dream

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Oluwaseyifunmi Ayininuola Every nation has a unique story, the Nigerian story is one of struggle, strength and perseverance. Nigerians have continued to defy the odds, turning hardship into innovation and despair into motivation. Constantly breaking and setting the bar higher and higher each time. The Nigerian Dream, though never officially defined, is alive and […]

Opinion

Vanishing Voices: The Fight to Preserve Nigeria’s Indigenous Languages

Guest Writer 17 October 2025 0

By Aminah Abisola Abdulrazaq A few months ago, I visited my grandmother’s hometown in Ode-Aje, Ibadan, to carry out an Oral African Literature project from school, one that requires us to study the oral elements employed in our traditional and ancestral festivities. During this process, I recited the praise poetry and songs after my grandmother, which happened to […]

Opinion

High Blood Pressure Is Rising Among Nigeria’s Youth – Here’s What You Can Do

Guest Writer 16 October 2025 0

By Dr. Ikechukwu Alex Okoli When you hear “high blood pressure”, you probably think of your parents or grandparents. “It doesn’t concern me now” you may think. But here’s the truth: more and more young Nigerians in their 20s and 30s are developing it. In Enugu state, about one in five young adults already have […]

Opinion

A Nation Failing Its People: Nigeria’s Endless Struggle with Bad Governance and Poverty

Guest Writer 15 October 2025 0

BY MUHEEZZAH AHMED-GIWA Nigeria today stands at a difficult point in its history, where progress and hardship coexist in almost every aspect of life. The country’s challenges are not isolated; they overlap and shape one another, cutting across politics, economy, lifestyle, culture, and even technology. From the rising unemployment and cost of living to corruption […]

Opinion

Gov. Alia: An Evening Of Fellowship And Political Maturity In Benue

Guest Writer 15 October 2025 0

BY TERSOO KULA On Friday, October 10, 2025, the Executive Governor of Benue state, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, gathered a cross-section of political leaders, friends, and colleagues at the New Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, for an Evening of Fellowship and Dialogue. The evening was more than just another political event; it […]

Opinion

The habit of fuel stacking in Nigerian homes

Guest Writer 3 October 2025 0

BY HOPE LEKWA In many Nigerian households, the use of multiple cooking fuels, known as fuel stacking, has become a common practice. Instead of relying on a single cooking method, families alternate between traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood and modern alternatives such as gas or electric stoves. This habit reflects complex realities: economic constraints, […]

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