CHAPTER ONE: GROWING UP My greatest influences were my father and elder brother, Joseph—“Jo,” as he proudly called himself. From my father, William Kena Adzegeh, I learned hard work, honesty, and integrity. A stern disciplinarian, his strictness was sharpened by his enlistment in the Niger ...read full story

Opposition continues to grow against the Federal government's selection Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kaduna and the FCT for a pilot ranching project. Minister for Livestock Mukhtar Maiha who disclosed the Federal government's plan, said the government would promote the cultivation of impr ...read full story

Three of Nigeria’s major quoted cement manufacturers - Dangote Cement Plc, BUA Cement Plc and HBM Nigeria Plc spent a combined N150.7bn on finance costs in the first half of 2026, representing a substantial decline from the previous year and providing a major boost to their earnings. The three ...read full story

A legal firm, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, has petitioned the United States Ambassador to Nigeria requesting a visa ban on Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi and members of his family, over remarks the lawmaker made calling for members of the Accord Party to be killed. The Senator however has de ...read full story

Benue State governorship candidate on the platform of the SDP, Sebastine Hon. (SAN) has raised strong opposition to plans by the federal government to adopt Benue and four other States in north central Nigeria for the establishment of ranches. Minister for Livestock Idi Mukhtar Maiha who disclosed ...read full story

CHAPTER ONE: GROWING UP My greatest influences were my father and elder brother, Joseph—“Jo,” as he proudly called himself. From my father, William Kena Adzegeh, I learned hard work, honesty, and integrity. A stern disciplinarian, his strictness was sharpened by his enlistment in the Nigeria ...read full story

Ques: What are your earliest memories of Command Jos? Ans: My eldest brother/father figure (Maj. A. A. Eniang, rtd) with my late cousin Mr. Effiong O. Eniang a.k.a 'The Great' (RIP), both traveled with me from Ikeja cantonment via Nigerian Airways from Lagos to Kaduna and then we board ...read full story

The Federal Government has selected Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Adamawa states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for the pilot implementation of the National Ranching Policy. The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, disclosed this on Tuesday after briefing ...read full story

Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi Monday August 10 disclosed that the Federal Government has so far spent more than N200 billion on the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kano road adding that more than 80 per cent of the amount has been paid. He assured that the remaining 164 kilometres of the highway wi ...read full story

Former President General Mdzough U Tiv World-wide Chief Engr Edward Ujege has charged his successor Air Commondore Titus Agbecha (rtd) and the new exco not to relent in the struggle to reposition the Tiv nation in its proper place in Nigeria. Ujege gave the charge when the new MUT President led th ...read full story

As controversy rages over the recent freezing of the accounts of the Osun State government by the EFCC, fear and apprehension have taken over Benue State. This follows widespread speculations over the fate of the accounts belonging to the state government under the administration of Governor Hyacint ...read full story

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Professor Terhemba Shija, Benue State NDC gubernatorial candidate and the party's national assembly candidates in next year's elections have reaffirmed total commitment to providing purposeful leadership that prioritizes the security, welfare and overall prosperity of Benue people. This c ...read full story

Ques: What do you most remember about Command? Ans: To me it was the day Mr Omenuko caught 38 of us that sneaked out to go and watch 'The 36 Chamber of Shaolin'. I'll never forget that day. We got caught because of Moses Ifarome. He was the one Mr Omenuko recognized as he was sneakin ...read full story

In a show of unity and great organizational capacity, the Benue NDC wasted no time unveiling its deputy governorship candidate. Prof Terhemba Shija, in his acceptance of his nomination as the party's governorship candidate, immediately announced a deputy in the person of Dr. Raymond Edoh. Ed ...read full story

CRIME: Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos Tuesday, August 4, 2026 convicted and sentenced one John Nwawuto Anoruo, 55, for impersonation and possession of a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Anoruo, who operates a 'legal and educational con ...read full story

In a bid to boost staff morale, strengthen healthcare service delivery, and reinforce government's commitment to the welfare of health professionals across the state, Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia yesterday released N130m for immediate settlement of key staff of Benue State University Teac ...read full story

Prof. Terhemba Shija, NDC candidate for the 2027 governorship elections has paid glowing tributes to the party's leader His Excellency Distinguished Senator Henry Seriake Dickson and others for the current effort to rescue Benue State from collapse. In his acceptance speech as the party' ...read full story

A few moments ago, I was announced as the consensus candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 governorship election in Benue State. The decision was arrived at by the national leadership of our party after a laborious primaries held between 28th to 29th May 2026 in which stakeh ...read full story

National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) and Jigawa State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen institutional development, capacity building, research and good governance. At the signing ceremony ...read full story

The federal government has allayed widespread fears of abuse of state police by state governments, assuring that the proposed framework will set national minimum standards, define state readiness, grant certification and clarify jurisdictional responsibilities. Critics of the introduction of state ...read full story

INTERVIEW: As the five pioneer sets (1982 -1986) of Command Secondary School, Jos Plateau State continue the inexorable count down to their 50th anniversary reunion coming up next month (September), www.themandatenews.com.ng commemces serialization of interviews featuring volunteer some of the most ...read full story

Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Benue State in next year's governorship election Prof. Terhemba Shija has pledged his total commitment to work diligently toward providing purposeful leadership for Benue State that will usher in true development in the State. Reacting to the ...read full story

I remember September 9, 1979, the first day I arrived Command Secondary School, iron box, big iron bucket and all. Immediately I was shown my dormitory and where to stash my few belongings, I was attracted to noise coming from one medium sized hall, which I later came to know as the Common Room. Th ...read full story

BY RICHARD ABU The students' week of Famous Star Institute of Management and Technology, Zimbabwe, Karu local government area of Nasarawa State ended Saturday August 1 with its Director Maikasua Rabo Chidawa calling on governments at all levels to come to the aid of the school by providing i ...read full story

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded that President Bola Tinubu orders an investigation into multiple irregularities which led to the disappearance of more than N6.79bn within the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs as contained in the ...read full story

By Asawa Joseph In what party faithful describe as a landmark political realignment, a special delegation of critical APC leaders from Kwande Local Government Area Thursday paid a solidarity visit to the Benue State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Michael Kaase Aondo ...read full story

essed with land, people, and several other natural resources, what remains for the people of Keana is purposeful political leadership necessary to galvanize the constituents towards realizing its real potential. In this exclusive interview with www.themandatenews.com.ng, Akie, aspirant for the 2027 ...read full story

Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has raised questions over President Bola Tinubu’s personal particulars as displayed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 presidential election, noting that the sections for primary and secondary school qualifications were l ...read full story

Nigera's top traditional and religious leaders, security chiefs as well as policymakers recently came together to find solutions to the mounting insecurity in the country. NAN reported that they met at the maiden edition of the National Citizens Stakeholders’ Engagement organized by Project ...read full story

Police in Kano Saturday July 31 said the Command, during separate operations recently, recovered items worth almost one hundred million naira. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa who made the disclosure said detectives from the Sharada Police Division during one operation rec ...read full story

Bandits continue their relentless assaults on Benue communities with an attack last Wednesday on the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Otukpo Diocese where they allegedly abducted a seminarian identified as Mr Kelvin Ochai. In a statement issued Friday July 31, Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese ...read full story

Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Dr. Aminu Yusuf and dozens of other victims during coordinated security operations in Zamfara State. The Joint Task Force North West disclosed the development in a statement issued by its Media Informatio ...read full story

Any presidential candidate wishing to display his or her campaign billboard in any part of Abia State will have to cough out the sum of N200m. The State's advertising agency, Structure for Signage and Advertising Agency (ABSSAA), through its Director of Strategy and Innovation, Ndubuisi Nwogwug ...read full story

By Richard Abu Proprietor of Famous Star Institute of Management and Technology Dr. Maikasua Raboci Dawa has stressed the need for Nigerians to embrace vocational and technical education describing it as the only way to tackle poverty, unemployment and out of school children. Dawa made the charg ...read full story

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia, Wednesday July 29, 2026 approved a cabinet including the nomination of a new commissioner and the constitution of a state projects monitoring team to enhance governance and improving service delivery. The decisions were announced by the Chief Press Secret ...read full story

Worried by rising incidents of women and child trafficking affecting its citizens, the Jechira Intermediate Area Traditional Council recently initiated moves to curb the trend. HRH Chief Edward Ujege, Tor Jechira and Chairman Jechira Intermediate Area Traditional Council frowned at the practices wh ...read full story

Following yesterday's confirmation of Prof. Terhemba Shija as Benue NDC's gubernatorial candidate in next year's election, buoyancy has been noticed across the length and breadth of the state, especially in Makurdi the state capital. Since rumours of the Professor's confirmatio ...read full story

Nigerian troops continue recording steady successes in their efforts to rid the country of terrorists and other criminal elements. Reports avaible to this publication indicate that the latest successes in this direction include the neutralization over the weekend of a suspected female ISWAP/JAS spy ...read full story

The political atmosphere in Benue State has assumed a new frenzy of excitement with confirmation that Prof.Terhemba Shija has been issued access codes to upload his name to the INEC portal as Benue State NDC's flag bearer in next year's gubernatorial elections. This was confirmed minutes a ...read full story

Presenting the contenders As a prelude to our highly expected series, The Mandate news shall, from Monday, August 3, 2026 begin the publication of profiles of the candidates in the Benue State governorship contest. This shall be followed by the publication, on all our print and social media handl ...read full story

Media aide to Samuel Ortom, Terver Akase has thrown an open challenge to the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia over N300 billion the administration claims it has expended on education and health sectors in the last three years. Akase suggested an accountability tour to prove the veracity of ...read full story

With confirmation Saturday July 18 2026 of Prof. Terhemba Shija as candidate of the NDC in the Benue State governorship race next year, the stage is set for a titanic battle the like of which was only witnessed when Aper Aku and Wantaregh Paul Iorpuu Unongu (both of beloved memory) squared off for t ...read full story

#ATIKU2027 campaign organization has alleged big cracks in the APC, quoting a steamy exchange in the Nigerian Senate in which Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno, (APC Borno North) Tuesday accused the federal government of failure to implement the 2025 budget this late into the 2026 fiscal year. The Sena ...read full story

Embattled Chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu Femi Gbajabiamila was yesterday (Monday July 20) grilled at the Abuja headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over his role in the scandal surrounding a purported Federal government agency which ...read full story

PDP candidate for governorship of Benue State in next year's election, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa has come out in defense of Samuel Ortom, the State's immediate past Governor, asserting that the former governor confronted the state's "security challenges headlong". Aond ...read full story

Prof. Sebastine Hon, SAN, Benue State governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in next year's election yesterday promised that he would put an end to insecurity in the State. This was even as he promised several welfare packages to ameliorate the suffering of the rural people. ...read full story

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER One-Stop Media, publishers of The Mandate news presents: THE 2027 BENUE GUBER CANDIDATES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS SERIES. PROMO: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER One-Stop Media presents THE 2027 BENUE GUBER CANDIDATES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS SERIES. With the confirmation Satu ...read full story

Prolonged anxiety among the rank and file of members of the Benue State chaptermof the NDC finally came to an end yesterday with the party's disclosure that Prof Terhemba is its gubernatorial candidate for Benue State in next year's elections. This came to light after the party's expa ...read full story

There is a mood in the air. Not of celebration, not yet of mourning. It is the quiet, heavy mood of reckoning. We are living in A Season of Forfeitures. Not the biblical kind where you fast and surrender. This one is judicial. Signed, sealed, and stamped by the courts. In the last few weeks, the Ec ...read full story

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN says corruption is one of the biggest obstacles to Africa’s socio-economic transformation, democratic governance, peace, and sustainable development. The ICPC CHairman identified ...read full story

President BolaTinubu has approved the extension of the 700km Akwanga-Maiduguri Highway by an additional 400km, increasing the length of the strategic road corridor to 1,100km. The new extension will take the highway through Taraba State, creating stronger links between the North-Central and North-Ea ...read full story

Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia has shown signs of cracking under the pressure of sustained attacks on his administration as opposition elements intensify efforts to make him the third one-tenure Governor in Nigeria after former governors Ambode and Fubara respectively of Lagos and Rivers States. Of t ...read full story

The recent unrelenting war against corruption in Nigeria continued to pay off Wednesday July 15 2026 as Justice Alexandra Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos ordered the final forfeiture of 52 terrace and maisonette units located in the Lekki area of Lagos. The properties, locat ...read full story

Nigeria's docile fight against corruption has recently come alive, bringing to the open a deluge of criminals forfeiting humongous ammounts of money and property, sending shock waves through a nation which by all standards ought to have become immune to such occurences. After Malami and Mrs Ach ...read full story

CRIME: The failure of Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue state to appear before Justice Peter of the Federal High Court today has again stopped the 11 year case from proceeding. Reacting to the development, a civil society organisation (CSO), Civil Society Leaders for Anti-Corruption and ...read full story

Amid revelations of serial scandals in the APC administration headed by Presidemt Ahmed Tinubu, the #AtikuIsForThePeople organization has exposed yet another scandal running into trillions of naira. In a widely circulated publication, the organization wrote: "The revelation that Nigeria in 202 ...read full story

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, finally secured final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. The properties include Rayhaan University, Kebbi State, Rayhaan Univers ...read full story

For Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue state, the adage - it doesn't rain, it pours - may have come painfully true. Suswam just lost his senate bid in Benue's high-wire political intrigues. Today the suave former governor, nicknamed 'The Cat' appears before Justice Lifu o ...read full story

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Nigerians shall next year go to the polls to elect their President. Three major opponents shall square off in arguably the most keenly contested Presidential election since Shehu Shagari contested against Obafemi Awolowo in 1979. Given the present scenario, the ...read full story

The saying, majority carries the vote is widely known across the world and is quoted as a major argument that supports democratic rule. The Court of Appeal in Nigeria may have dismissed the appeal filed by the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in a 2–1 split decis ...read full story

Online child abuse has been described as a growing public health hazard by child rights advocates and civil society organisations who have called for stronger laws, greater parental supervision and collective action to protect Nigerian children from harmful digital content. The stakeholders made th ...read full story

Spokesperson for the senatorial campaign of former Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Mike Omeri, Hajiya Maryam Osuza, has described him as the best candidate for the development of Nasarawa South Senatorial district, adding that the 2027 election offers the people the opport ...read full story

Political reality may be fast dawning on Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia as he faces more isolation the nearer the 2027 elections approach. This comes after the Governor's failure to force through his list of Benue APC's national assembly candidates following a review of primaries conducted ...read full story

Following clarifications by the Independent National Electoral Commission that claims by Gombe that he had uploaded the party’s candidates for the 2027 general election to the commission’s nomination portal were false, the party has called for the arrest, investigation and prosecution of the ...read full story

Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, embattled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), insists that he bought the job by paying bribe to Femi Gbajabiala, Chief of staff to President Tinubu. Adeyemi claims that the N400m he paid to secure his appointment was borrowed an ...read full story

Uncertainty continues to becloud the 2027 elections as confusion reigns over electoral matters in country over the inability of the nation's judiciary and INEC to take definite decisions and make final pronouncements on vital issues concerning the 2027 general elections which are just around th ...read full story

Benue governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has saluted Benue people for what he describes as their resilient and industrious nature even as he commended their dedication to the growth and development of the state. An early morning message from the office of the Chief Press Secretary Tersoo Kula July 13, ...read full story

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has brought pressure to bear on the nation's security forces to immediately intensify efforts to secure the release of schoolchildren abducted in Borno State following the rescue of pupils recently kidnapped in Oyo state, insisting that the latter deserve ...read full story

Latest reports reaching @ www.themandatenews.com.ng claim that the Chief of Otukpo has ordered the immediate immediate evacuation of all people of Fulani extraction from Otukpo. This comes on the heels of early Sunday morning attacks on a settlement in Otukpo Local Government and indicates the det ...read full story

Reprisal attacks by Fulani elements following the killing in Otukpo three weeks ago of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association Chairman in Benue State Ardo Risku continued in parts of Benue State. In a dawn attack Sunday they attacked Otukpo nobi, reportedly in large numbers. Eight persons, on ...read full story

I want to ask Nigerians one simple question, and I want us to actually answer it together: WHERE DOES OUR MONEY GO? The money you collectively earn as a country, every kobo of oil revenue, every customs duty, every company tax, every regulatory fee, and every court fine. The money that supposedly ...read full story

It is no longer news that Professor Gabriel Nyityo recently met a cruel fate at the hands of suspected murderous herdsmen who butchered him and his brother in the deep of the night at Adaka, a settlemet along Naka Road on the outskirts of Makurdi. The incident came on the heels of the killing, in ...read full story

National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo was today ordered remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of laundering $2.63m. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja gave the order following Bodejo's arraignmen ...read full story

Sen.Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto State Thursday advised President Ahmed Tinubu to accord priority on tackling security challenges confronting the nation that the protection of lives and property must remain government’s foremost constitutional responsibility. He made the cal ...read full story

Jos, capital of Plateau State, home of peace and tourism is soon to erupt into celebration as arrangements are in top gear for the reunion of pioneer sets of Command Secondary School Jos fifty years after the school graduated its first set in 1982. The highly publicized event is scheduled for the en ...read full story

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Hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress in Kumbotso local government of Kano State last Sunday defected to the NDC ahead of the 2027 general elections, reports The Whistler, an online news publication. According to the publication, the defectors, mostly youths, were formally received ...read full story

The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) recently announced the redeployment of some of its state coordinators and area officers. It said the move was aimed at strengthening operational efficiency and improving service delivery across member states. Manag ...read full story

Justice James Omotosho of Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja Thursday ordered the forfeiture of five properties belonging to a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who is serving 75 years jail term for corruption. One, Walijam Apartments, located on No. 43 Plot 435, Lobito Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuj ...read full story

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission last Tuesday announced the arrest of the personal physician to Malam Nasir El Rufai, former Kaduna State Governor, Professor Bello Abubakar, for allegedly making false statements. The commission also alleged that El-Rufai had vi ...read full story

Former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, has dismissed the prospects of Peter Obi emerging victorious in the 2027 presidential election, arguing that the former Anambra State governor would struggle to attract support across Northern Nigeria. According to reports by Punch, Sheriff made the rem ...read full story

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday set July 10, 2026 as new date for judgment in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of 57 properties linked to Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Th ...read full story

In a dramatic turn of events, police yesterday arrested the father of the controversial DG of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi at the family's residence in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Sahara Reporters said the raid was confirmed in separate tele ...read full story

Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, yesterday pledged to deliver at least 620,000 votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, doubling the 310,468 votes the President secured in the state during the 2023 election. Governor Alia made the declaration after meeti ...read full story

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has assured residents of the State that aĺl residents whose property are demolished for the development of government projects will be adequately compensated. The Governor pledged this even as he disclosed that his administration has already paid compensatiion o ...read full story

Honourable Samuel Adzegeh, chairman, Jemgbagh Media Forum has sent a message of appreciation to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Sen. George Akume for his consistent show of love and dedication to media practitioners of Jemgbagh extraction as well as the entire Jemgbagh community of ...read full story

The senator representing Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo, has resigned his membership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing the party’s lingering legal disputes and internal challenges. Onawo says the party’s internal crises which have resulted into “endles ...read full story

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume has commended the Ipav community of Gboko Local government, Benue State for its support for the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government. Akume spoke yesterday during the burial of late Mama Haanivaa Num Hundu Bunde, mother of Terrence ...read full story

Cover: - Revenge of the godfather: Why Alia may lose APC return ticket; Why Suswam lost senate bid. With confirmation of results of the National Assembly primaries of the Benue APC, Governor Hyacinth Alia goes down in history as another wanna-be giant-killer who aspired to claim boasting righ ...read full story

Group Managing Director Taraku Mills Raymond Asemakaha has expressed confidence that the facility will soon resume operations. The GMD said that foreign technicians working on critical aspects of the rehabilitation process have almost completed work on the facility and should resume the phase of pro ...read full story

For Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue state, the adage - it doesn't rain, it pours - may have come painfully true. Shortly after losing out in Benue's high stakes political intrigues, the suave former House of Reps member is billed to appear before an Abuja Federal High Court July ...read full story

There is widespread jubilation among residents of Gbkko and its environments following approval, by the Federal Ministry of Aviation, of the reconstruction of an air strip in Yandev, a neighbouring town and host of the famous Benue Cement Company. In a letter to Hon. Regina Akume, House of Represen ...read full story

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Death was recently announced of Godwin Aondohemba Agan, foremost proponent of Aminu Kano's 'talakawa' movemement as well as Peoples' Redemption Party (PRP). Popularly known in Benue political and social circles as Engr. Agan, he was widely known as a very active, though oftenti ...read full story

Interview: Few in Benue state today remember Hawks FC, the defuct football club which, in the 1980s pioneered professional football in Benue State. In this interview, elder statesman and one of the brains behind the formation of Hawks (now Lobi Stars) FC of Makurdi, Mr Cletus Finbarr, says Lobi Sta ...read full story

Interview: HAWKS FC SHOULD BE APRRECIATED FOR PIONEERING PRO- FOOTBALL BENUE PRO-FOOTBALL - Coach Finbarr, pioneer founder/coach, Hawks (now Lobi Stars) FC Makurdi. Few in Benue state today remember Hawks FC, the defuct football club which, in the 1980s pioneered professional football in Benue St ...read full story

Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi last week officially unveiled its new Head Coach Bala Nikyu even as it revealed that seventeen players have been retained, with more are expected to strengthen the squad. The developments come as the club seeks to return to the nation's professional league. ...read full story

A flood of condemnation has greeted calls by Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammed Saad Abubakar and several others for investigation and arrest of persons complicit in the recent killing in Benue State of a chieftain of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). Alhaji Ardo Risku, B ...read full story

As preparations are on for the burial of late former chairman of Benue NUJ Comrade Terlumun Nyifan, the Jemgbagh Media Forum has eulogized the former media executive. In a condolence message to late Nyifan's family, the JMF said, "It is with profound sorrow and a deep sense of loss that t ...read full story

Calls have been made on the Mdzough u Tiv, the apex socio cultural organization of the Tiv-speaking people of mid belt Nigeria to restructure its leadership as many believe that the concentration of the organization's leadership in Benue State is responsible for its resistance in some states l ...read full story

Immediate past governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom has reiterated his challenge to Governor Hyacinth Alia to take him to court if he was confident of allegations of financial impropriety which the incumbent governor has consistently made against him. The Mandate recalls that Alia has severally acc ...read full story

Introduction: When the Lectern Becomes a Battleground A university lecture is not ceremony. It is the academy’s enactment of courageous, frank speech spoken before power. The postponement of His Lordship, Most Rev. Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe’s 21st Distinguished Public Lecture scheduled on Friday ...read full story

This day (June 15 2026), the usually sleepy settlement known as Yelwata, located some twenty kilometers on the northern exit of Makurdi the Benue state capital, wore an even more melancholic atmosphere. The people of the area were obviously still under the hangover of the commemoration two days prio ...read full story

Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia last week got a fore taste of what to expect in the run up to next year's gubernatorial elections when several a prominent governorship aspirant and several others exposed the state government's propaganda claiming achievements by the Alia administration. Ahea ...read full story

More than a year after his removal, Aondona Dajoh recently claimed that he was removed as Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly after he refused to support Gov. Hyacinth Alia's plan to relocate the Palace of the Tor Tiv from Gboko, the traditional headquarters of the Tiv Nation to Ihugh, ...read full story

Confusion continues to reign in the Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, following divisions in the rank and file of the union, with different camps owing allegiance to different persons. While a particular faction owes allegiance to the NUJ Chairman, Bemdoo Ugber, another led b ...read full story

It remains inexplicable that a nation blessed with so much by nature and whatsoever gods one chooses to believe in can reduce itself to such embarrassing levels of poverty and want. At macro level, this situation replicated in every region, state as well as almost every local government across the l ...read full story

The construction of the ~850-meter Buruku Bridge over the Katsina-Ala River in Benue State is progressing, with approximately 80% of piling and foundations completed by Setraco Nigeria Limited as of March 2026. The project is a major Federal Government initiative aimed at strengthening connectivity, ...read full story

Fellow Nigerians Today, we celebrate not only democracy but also the enduring Nigerian spirit. For 27 unbroken years, since May 29, 1999, Nigerians have chosen their leaders through the ballot, witnessed peaceful transitions of power, and resolved disagreements in courtrooms and legislative chamber ...read full story