Benue State | Intervention

Who Said What on the Way Forward @ Inaugural Audu Ogbeh Memorial Lecture in Abuja

Posted By: adminon: November 08, 2026In: GovernanceTags: 'Dangerous alchemy', 'Governance with dignity', Agriculture, Benue State, BPE, Otukpo, PDP, Vanguard partyNo CommentsViews:

For many who attended the Inaugural Audu Ogbeh Memorial Lecture held on November 5th, 2026 in Abuja, the first striking element is most likely to be the venue. Simple and bare but yet elevat... Read more

The Political Industrial Complex in Idoma Land

Posted By: adminon: September 23, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Benue State, Formal economy, Idoma elite, Idoma Political Consultative Forum, Political patronage, Prebendal competition, Prebendal dependencyNo CommentsViews:

By Fred Akpowo Jacob Idoma land has no factories, no refineries, no major commercial enterprises. What it has is politics. In the absence of any real industrial base, political office has b... Read more

Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Benue State, Gongola State, Nigerian Air Force, Plateau State, Senator of the Federal RepublicNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Chris Kwaja Eighty years is more than the passage of time; it is the accumulation of purpose, sacrifice, wisdom, and enduring impact. As Senator Jonah David Jang marks this remarkabl... Read more

A Hilarious Touch to Elder Jonah David Jang @ 80

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2026In: FlashbackTags: Benue State, Power, Retired military, ‘Maigani’No CommentsViews:

Prof Chris Kwaja, a regular name around Intervention, has penned a tribute to Senator Jonah David Jang at 80. It is a welcome piece but Kwaja took only the serious side of the becoming, ther... Read more

Siege Cuts Off Nigerian Travellers As Otukpo Protests a 3-Day Long Bandit Attacks

Posted By: adminon: July 12, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Agro-industrial plants, Ardo Risku Muhammad, Benue State, Fulanisation theory, Idomaland, Otukpo-Nobi, Textile mills, UgbojuNo CommentsViews:

Otukpo, one of the two most urbanised townships in Benue State of Nigeria has been blocked off the country. Protesters have closed entry into as well as exit from the town. Not even Mister C... Read more

Witnessing Gabriel Ella and Cynthia Mmaduekwe Tie the Marital Knot in Abuja

Posted By: adminon: April 20, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Anambra State, Benue State, Diversity, Ejembi C. EllaNo CommentsViews:

For both the society and the individual involved, the solemnisation of marital relationship is always a welcome event at all times. This was demonstrated April 19th, 2025 when Gabriel Ella a... Read more

Fear of Epidemic Grips Opialu Community As Reddish, Wormy Parasites(?) Spread Over Its Section of River Ogbadibo in Nigeria’s Benue State

Posted By: adminon: April 13, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Akpodo, Benue State, Cholera, Community health intelligence, Gammalin-20, Historical vulnerability, OCDA, Okpokwu LGA, Opialu, River Ogbadibo, River Ogege, River Okpokwu, UNICEF, WHONo CommentsViews:

37 years after a horrific cholera outbreak in the Opialu community in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Benue State, it is under siege again from an unknown parasites(?). Opialu, a... Read more