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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:
Swem Must Be Preferred Over the Cross By the Tiv

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

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Blame Buhari, Audu Ogbeh for Escalating Herders-Farmers Conflict in Nigeria – Prof Jibrin Ibrahim (1)

Posted By: adminon: November 12, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: 'Ruga', Cattle colonies, Fulani, Futa Jallon, Ijaws, NLTP, TivNo CommentsViews:
Blame Buhari, Audu Ogbeh for Escalating Herders-Farmers Conflict in Nigeria - Prof Jibrin Ibrahim (1)

It was vintage Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, aka Jibo. That is, Jibrin Ibrahim of old, not the now more ‘mature’ (or less radical) and more tolerant, fish connoisseur of a Jibrin Ibrahim. The Jibrin... Read more

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Commander Ajenu’s Religious Touch to the Military Intervention in Idomaland

Posted By: adminon: April 14, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Benue State, David Mark, Enlightenment, Garri, Idomaland, Monday Morgan, Okpokwu LGA, Socialism, TivNo CommentsViews:
Commander Ajenu’s Religious Touch to the Military Intervention in Idomaland

It has come to pass that ex-UI’s Professor Bayo Adekanye said it all when he wrote a book on the transformation of the military into an elite of power. As an elite of power, they are everywh... Read more

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Benue State Government in a War of Words With Igede Elite Over Konshisha/Oju Communal Violence

Posted By: adminon: July 02, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: AIMP, Igede, TivNo CommentsViews:
Benue State Government in a War of Words With Igede Elite Over Konshisha/Oju Communal Violence

The management of the violent conflict between Bonta and Ukpute communities of Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas of the state has degenerated into a war of words between the Associati... Read more

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On the Raging Violent Conflict Between Konshisha and Oju LGAs of Benue State

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: COE – Oju, DPO Oju, Gboko Division, Idoma Native Authority, Igede, Otukpo Division, Tiv, UMBCNo CommentsViews:
On the Raging Violent Conflict Between Konshisha and Oju LGAs of Benue State

The Bonta community in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State is currently locked in a bloody clash with the people of Ukpute in Oju LGA, also of Benue State. The account of the viol... Read more

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Yes, Time to Go Beyond Deploying Security Men in Managing Tiv-Jukun Violence

Posted By: adminon: September 01, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: Aku Uka of Wukari, Benue State, Jukun, Taraba State, Tiv, Tor TivNo CommentsViews:
Yes, Time to Go Beyond Deploying Security Men in Managing Tiv-Jukun Violence

“The deployment of security men can only provide a temporary solution. …The long term and lasting solution to this deep-seated antagonistic relationship between the warring factions de... Read more

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Why Can’t Jukun-Tiv Violence Benefit from Traditional Cure for a Modern Conflict?

Posted By: adminon: April 20, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: A frican conflict 'medicine, Aku Uka 11, Jukun, Tiv, Tor TivNo CommentsViews:
Why Can’t Jukun-Tiv Violence Benefit from Traditional Cure for a Modern Conflict?

Very few foresaw that the elite failure in Nigeria would be so total as for the book to make much sense when it was first published in the year 2000. Talking about traditional cures for mode... Read more

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How Benue APC May Have Stumbled on Completely Undercutting Ethnicity

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2018In: SpectacleTags: IDOMA, Marxists, National Question, NPN, Tiv, USSRNo CommentsViews:
How Benue APC May Have Stumbled on Completely Undercutting Ethnicity

The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Benue State in central Nigeria appears set to remove ethnicity from the exercise of power in the state. It is not clear if that objective is what Benu... Read more

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Mdzough u Tiv Leader Slams IGP as the Politics of Language Continues Over Benue Killings

Posted By: adminon: January 07, 2018In: SpectacleTags: AK47, IGP, Lumpen Bourgeoisie, Mark 4, Mdzough U Tiv, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, TivNo CommentsViews:
Mdzough u Tiv Leader Slams IGP as the Politics of Language Continues Over Benue Killings

Herdsmen violence in Benue State last week has thrown Nigeria into and kept it in a framing warfare which almost always leads to actual shooting war. This is more so that the framing war is... Read more

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War of Claims and Counter-Claims Over Benue Anti-Open Grazing Law Escalates

Posted By: adminon: June 19, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: ACF, Agatu, Aku Uka, CAN, Fulani, IDOMA, Jukun, Logo, Mdzough U Tiv, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MOFA, Och'Idoma, Shiekh Bala Ibrahim, Sultan of Sokoto, Tiv, Tor Tiv, WukariNo CommentsViews:
War of Claims and Counter-Claims Over Benue Anti-Open Grazing Law Escalates

The war of statements and counter statements over the Benue State Government’s anti-open grazing law is far from over as Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State has warned that the wrath of the law... Read more

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