Benue State | Intervention

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

Swem Must Be Preferred Over the Cross By the Tiv

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Ancestors, Benue State, Biblical teachings, Gboko, God, Swem, Tiv, Tor Tiv1 CommentViews:

By Terngu Sylvanus Nomishan Three key themes: Tiv identity, Swem, and the Cross, form the foundation of this discourse. This discussion aims to highlight why the Tiv people must recognize th... Read more

When Caleb Fali Tied the Nuptial Knot With Godwina Ali

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Abuja, Ali, Benue State, Borno State, Durumi, Fali, Kaduna State, Radio Benue, Radio Nigeria, Saint Gabriel ChaplaincyNo CommentsViews:

Ace broadcaster, Regina Fali, was one of the voices without which news was not news on the network of Radio Benue, Makurdi. That was two decades ago before she, typically, played the nomadic... Read more

The Sun Sets for Josephine Olonya Ella

Posted By: adminon: June 16, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Benue State, Ella family, Ogene AmejoNo CommentsViews:

The Ella family of Ogene Amejo in Edumoga District, Okpokwu Local Government Area in Benue State is grieving. The family is grieving Mrs. Josephine Olonya Ella, who died Saturday, June 15th,... Read more

Faces, Moments, Innovations From Ihotu and Akaniyene’s Traditional Wedding

Posted By: adminon: April 13, 2024In: SpectacleTags: 'Ochenche', 2Face Idibia, Akwa Ibom, Barrister Joe Omakwu, Benue State, Bongos Ikwue, ‘Onyayenge’No CommentsViews:

The traditional wedding in question has already come and gone. There is no debate about it that thousands of inter-ethnic, inter-regional and even inter-faith marriages take place every now... Read more

All Set for Ekoja and Ukpong’s Traditional Wedding

Posted By: adminon: April 10, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Akwa Ibom, Benue State, Inter-ethnic tension management, Pluralistic Nigeria, Pounded yamNo CommentsViews:

Just imagine the likeness. Someone from Akwa Ibom meets someone from Benue State and they are to become husband and wife. There is everything good in that: one of the best means of diffusing... Read more