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Nigeria’s Benue not among worst governed State: A rebuttal to GGRI’s misleading Report

Dooyum Naadzenga October 9, 2025

Nigeria Opinion The Benue State Government is compelled to respond to the recent Good Governance Rating Index (GGRI) report that ranked the State among Nigeria’s worst-governed  states.  We take an exception to this caliber of report and strongly disagree with these findings,

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Nigeria’s Benue Gov slams petition to Pope

Dooyum Naadzenga September 9, 2025

Nigeria Benue State Governor in Nigeria’s north, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has outrightly dismissed the petition sent by Joseph Waya, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA gubernatorial candidate in 2023, to Pope Leo XIV.  Joseph Waya earlier in the week sent a petition to Rome which accuses Governor Alia of misconduct and tarnishing the Catholic […]

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Nigeria’s Benue LGA Body pays condolance to ruling party chair

Dooyum Naadzenga August 25, 2025

Nigeria Nigeria’s Benue north Association of Local Government Chairmen (ALGON), led by Hon. Maurice Orwough, Chairman of Guma Local Government Area of the State, visited the family of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the county’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to express their condolences following the death of his mother, Mama Lydia

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Nigeria’s Benue sets national benchmark for digital infrastructure, cybersecurity meets Agency

Dooyum Naadzenga August 17, 2025

Nigeria At the Strategic Stakeholders’ Meeting on the Executive Order for Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII), held yesterday in Abuja, Benue State emerged as a national model for digital transformation and cybersecurity excellence.  The event, organized by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and attended by commissioners

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Ihugh is rising — The future is here

admin August 12, 2025

Nigeria From the VC’s conner From the fertile cassava, sweet potato, and orange fields of Vandeikya emerges a new beacon of hope and progress—the Benue State Government’s University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (UAST) in Ihugh.  “This institution is not merely an academic center; it is a vibrant engine of innovation, development, and

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Feature: Rethinking Nigeria’s Benue State’s Agricultural Heartbeat: A Journey of Renewal and Promise

Dooyum Naadzenga August 7, 2025

Nigeria On a bright August morning in Mede, Mbangur kindred, Mbadede council ward of Vandeikya Local Government Area, the air was thick with optimism and renewed hope. The dusty path leading to the moribund Agriculture and Rural Development Centre, long abandoned and silent, was once again filled with the sounds of eager voices and bustling […]