The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a warning over a possible nationwide strike, citing the Federal Government’s failure to fully implement agreements reached in a previously signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In a statement released after its recent engagements, the association expressed dissatisfaction with what it described as prolonged delays and selective…

In the sweltering haze of August 1967, as the first salvos of Nigeria's brutal civil war echoed across the Niger Delta, a helicopter lifted off from a makeshift airstrip near Gboko, in the heartland of Benue State. Aboard was Colonel Joseph Akaahan Agbo—known to comrades as Joe Akahan—a 30-year-old prodigy who, mere months earlier, had…

In Nigeria’s academic and cultural landscape, few figures embody the rare fusion of scholarship, courage, and civic duty like Professor Zacharys Anger Gundu — an archaeologist whose life’s work extends far beyond the silent relics of antiquity. For decades, he has navigated the worlds of academia, ethics, and public service with an unwavering conviction: that…

On an ordinary Wednesday morning in January 2015, the bustling town of Gboko in Benue State, Nigeria, awoke to a tragedy that would leave it reeling for years. In a modest building at Bristow Roundabout — a familiar stop for locals seeking affordable medicine — lay the lifeless body of Cletus Ternenge Labe, a respected…

In the heart of Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where culture, enterprise and identity converge, Prince Edwin Ochai has emerged as a distinctive figure of purpose and influence. Hailing from Agila Town in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State, his journey from modest beginnings to becoming a beacon of cultural activism and youth-empowerment in Idomaland is…

Some lives announce themselves with noise; others, with quiet purpose that endures long after the echoes fade. Prof. Innocent Achanya Otobo Ujah belongs to the latter. Born on November 6, 1954, in Aidogodo-Okpoga of Okpokwu Local Government Area, Benue State, his journey from a modest village boy to an international medical authority mirrors the tenacity…