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Updated: The Idoma Turn to the Biographical in Nigerian Politics

Posted By: adminon: July 22, 2024In: BookspaceTags: 'M T African Pride', Admiral Francis Agbiti, Cde John Odah, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Sam Mbakwe, Idoma Native Authority, Igumale, Madonna Hospital - Makurdi, Okpoga, Sir Ahmadu Bello, St Gregory College, The ChurchNo CommentsViews:
Updated: The Idoma Turn to the Biographical in Nigerian Politics

By Adagbo ONOJA For a minority ethnic group with the kind of empirical presence that Idoma elements have had in post-independence Nigeria, there is no risk in saying that the nationality has... Read more

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Okpokwu Peace Rally, Magnificent Finale to a Local Conflict With a Global Context?  

Posted By: adminon: September 19, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: Edumoga, Ichama, NIC, Okpoga, Okpokwu LGA, Olanyega, Omusu, Operation White StrokeNo CommentsViews:
Okpokwu Peace Rally, Magnificent Finale to a Local Conflict With a Global Context?  

Okpokwu Local Government Area is just one out of the many spaces of violence across recent Nigeria but a sociologically and locationally intriguing one too. There are sociological and locati... Read more

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Day Long Gun Battle in Okpoga, Okpokwu LGA Headquarters of Benue State Monday

Posted By: adminon: July 29, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: Ingle, Ojapo, Okpoga, ‘Oyi’No CommentsViews:
Day Long Gun Battle in Okpoga, Okpokwu LGA Headquarters of Benue State Monday

It is not about which camp is right or wrong but about how so poor a community that should not be worrying about violence is, however, now the theatre of day long bloodshed. As at early even... Read more

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Military Deployed in Omusu, Fresh Herdsmen Violence Site

Posted By: adminon: March 06, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: MOPOL, OkpogaNo CommentsViews:
Military Deployed in Omusu, Fresh Herdsmen Violence Site

Benue State Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom is on his way to Omusu where an early evening raid yesterday has left no less than 60 dead. There is no police confirmation of this figure but that is t... Read more

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Raid Leaves 0ver 20 Dead in Omusu Village in Benue State

Posted By: adminon: March 05, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: Edumoga Ehaje, Ojapo, Okpoga, Okpokwu LGCNo CommentsViews:
Raid Leaves 0ver 20 Dead in Omusu Village in Benue State

Host/stranger interface in Edumoga Ehaje area of Okpokwu Local Government Area in Benue State has taken a very violent turn in a two hour raid by unknown gunmen which has left 20 persons dea... Read more

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Editorial: Dancing for Chibok Girls and Ugbokolo But How Could Ugbokolo Been Possible?

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa Rising', 'Agolo', Angelique Kidjo, Benue State Government, Chibok girls, DSSS, EDEMA, Father Adeyi, Newsdiaryonline, Okpoga, Sambisa ForestNo CommentsViews:
Editorial: Dancing for Chibok Girls and Ugbokolo But How Could Ugbokolo Been Possible?

The day another set of Chibok girls regain life and the Nigeria Police return to Ugbokolo in Benue State to confront rampaging gangsters is certainly the sort of day that one should listen a... Read more

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Col. Adulugba’s Stolen Car Abandoned, Recovered at Otukpo

Posted By: adminon: April 04, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Eke/Ojapo, Folk Sociology, Okpoga, UtonkonNo CommentsViews:
Col. Adulugba’s Stolen Car Abandoned, Recovered at Otukpo

Suspected robbers who carried out an all-night raid on the country home of Colonel Liman Egbe Adulugba, (retd) in Opialu Village in Okpokwu LGA of Benue State last Sunday have abandoned the... Read more

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Suspected Robbers Raid Col. Adulugba (retd), Raises Security Stake in Okpokwu LGA, Benue State

Posted By: adminon: April 02, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Col. Liman Adulugba, Okpoga, Okpokwu LGA, Opialu Village, SARSNo CommentsViews:
Suspected Robbers Raid Col. Adulugba (retd), Raises Security Stake in Okpokwu LGA, Benue State

Operatives suspected to be armed robbers have raided the country home of Colonel Liman Adulugba, (retd), a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Benue State. An eye witness to... Read more

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Haba, Otukpo

Posted By: adminon: October 24, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Agila, Edumoga, Ichama, IDOMA, Igumale, Ijigban, Nigerian, Okpoga, Otukpa, Otukpo, Senator David Mark, Ulayi, UtonkonNo CommentsViews:
Haba, Otukpo

The story is told of how a senior citizen of Idoma identity responded to the question as to what he thought is the problem of the Idoma people in Nigeria. His answer was one word: Otukpo. He... Read more

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