Tor Tiv | Intervention

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

Shehu Idris Redux or Another Sanusi Lamido Sanusi?

Posted By: adminon: September 21, 2020In: GovernanceTags: Daniel Saror, Fulanisation, IMN, Kuyambana Zazzau, Miyetti Allah, Tor TivNo CommentsViews:

Alhaji Shehu Idris, the Emir of Zaria up till Sunday, September 20th, 2020 is gone to his creator. It is in the nature of things for someone to step into his shoes. Who might that be and wou... Read more

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:

“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

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:

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

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:

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

Tivland Amends Plato’s ‘Philosopher-king’ To ‘Professor-king’ in a New Tor Tiv

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Alfred Akawe Torkula, Benue State, PhD, The Bible, Tiv nationality, Tor Tiv, Traditional rulers, University of SurreyNo CommentsViews:

Tivland Amends Plato’s ‘Philosopher-king’ To ‘Professor-king’ in a New Tor Tiv By the end of today, a major cultural event would have taken place in Benue State of Nigeria. Orchivirigh... Read more

Value Shift in Tivland as Intellectual Emerges King

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2016In: GovernanceTags: James Ayatse, Ortom, Radio Benue, Surrey, Tor TivNo CommentsViews:

Value Shift in Tivland as Intellectual Emerges King Contrary to the tendency for retired military officers or technocrats to clinch the traditional ruler position of many cultural communitie... Read more