A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered a housewife, Doosur Samuel to sweep the premises for 21 days for pouring hot water on a 15-year-old girl. The police charged Samuel who lives at Logo 1, Makurdi with causing grievous hurt punishable under section 248 of the penal code laws of Benue, 2004. Samuel pleaded guilty to the charge. Magistrate Kelvin …

Since last weekend, the internet has been awash with the trending story of a Benue State-born orphan who had just a gown, a pair of shoes, and usually picked pieces of soup in public bathrooms to have a bath, but persevered to graduate with a First Class degree in Economics. The young woman, who conquered poverty and shame to achieve …

You have to give it to Samuel Ioraer Ortom, governor of the north central state of Benue. Benue is the geopolity which savours the bragging rights of being the “food basket” of the nation. For emphasis, you are embraced into Makurdi, capital of the state, by a humongous artistic simulation of the agrarian essence of the state, at the triangular …