The Tiv community in Sokoto State came together in a colourful display of culture, music and tradition as members celebrated their annual Cultural Day while unveiling plans to build a permanent secretariat and skills acquisition centre for future generations. The event, organised by Mdzough U Tiv, attracted Tiv sons...
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has sent hearty felicitations to the Tor Tiv and Chairman, Benue State Traditional Council, His Royal Majesty, Prof. James Iorzua Ortese Ayatse, on the occasion of his 70th birthday anniversary. Governor Alia in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, described the...
Residents of communities in Taraba State have recorded a breakthrough in ongoing efforts to curb violent attacks, following the arrest of three suspected looters by a joint team of Fulani, Tiv and local vigilante groups in Donga Local Government Area. The suspects were apprehended on Friday night in Tavershima...
Tiv Cultural and Social Association (TCSA) has commended Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, and his Benue State counterpart, Hyacinth Alia, for their joint visit to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the border communities of Wukari, Abako and Chanchanji. The association described the visit as a significant gesture of solidarity...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu, has visited the palace of traditonal leaders in Benue as part of a strategic operational tour of Benue State and the wider North Central theatre. The visit held on Wednesday nderscored a renewed, coordinated resolve by the Nigerian Army to...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas and Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Monday held a high-level security and peace meeting in Wukari, as part of renewed efforts to end persistent violence along the Benue–Taraba border. The meeting, which also featured prominent traditional rulers including the Tor Tiv, James Ayatse,...
Northern Christians Religious Leaders Assembly (NOCRELA) said militia suspected to be Fulani men have brutally killed 102 Tiv Christians and burn down their churches between 2nd January to 3rd February 2026 in Chanchanji ward, Takum Local Government Area of Taraba state. NOCRELA also disclosed that the body have interacted...
Member, Taraba State House of Assembly representing Takum 1 constituency has lamented the continuos killing of students, women and children by herders in Chanchanji ward, Takum Local Government Area of Taraba state. Tanko made the lamentations during plenary session at the harrow chambers of the assembly, stating that those...
A philanthropist and political heavy weight, Chief David Sabo Kente, has been conferred with the honorific chieftaincy title of “Zege-Igba-U-Tiv”, (Great kinsman of the Tiv) by the Tiv Area Traditional Council. Chief Sabo Kente was among the Nigerians honoured last Saturday at the JS Tarka Stadium in Gboko Benue...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the Tiv people as a nation whose heritage is anchored on courage, dignity, industry, and an unyielding commitment to justice, unity, and communal harmony. The former Vice President, who identified with Tiv nation during the Tiv Day celebration in Gboko on Saturday...
The judgment creditors (Peter Orngu and 13 others) and Tiv traditional rulers from the Sankera and Kwande axis of Benue State, North-Central Nigeria, have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office, over the alleged fraudulent collection of N8 billion by Hon. Eze Nwa of Rhemalaw...
Tiv highest decision-making body in Taraba State (Ijir Tamen) on Sunday commended Governor Agbu Kefas for what it described as decisive steps in confronting rising insecurity, especially the recent herdsmen attacks on Tiv communities in Chanchanji Ward of Takum Local Government Area. Rising from its 5th Ijir Tamen (expanded...
Club De Pals, Abuja, the association of Tiv elites and professionals resident in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called on the Police to expedite investigation and charge the suspects reportedly arrested in connection with the recent killings in Yelwata, Benue state, to Court of competent jurisdiction so that...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr. George Akume, has called on the Tiv community in Taraba State to prioritize peaceful coexistence with their neighbors. Akume made this appeal at the Traditional Chieftaincy Award ceremony for Dr. and Mrs. John Tor-Agbidye in Tor-Damisa, Donga Local Government Area of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that he would work with other stakeholders to bring lasting peace in Benue State and Nigeria at large. Speaking in Makurdi during a town hall meeting with...
The Tiv people in Nasarawa state have sought the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in an alleged case of systemic genocide, land-grabbing and forceful takeover of ancestral land belonging to Tiv natives orchestrated by Nasarawa state government and others. In an S.O.S letter to President Tinubu dated 28 May,...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi– Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Bauchi State voters have been urged to get their permanent voter cards (PVC) ready to elect Dr. Bala Maijama’a Wunti as Bauchi state Governor. The President of the Tiv Community in Bauchi State, Wan-Chiviliigh John Akevi, disclosed shortly after...
The drumbeats echo once more in the valley,Where the land weeps with the silence of torn roots.Yesterday, they came in fine coats and canes,Today, they ride in shadows, grazing fire on our fields.The name has changed—from taxman to herdsman—But the theft is the same: our dignity and our land....
The wise learn from their errors and successes of their neighbors. And as they say, we learn from history that we learn nothing from history. Actually, history is his story told by him or by others, written with his actions and published by observers. Errors could be made in...
Benue State stands today at a crossroads of opportunity and vulnerability. Among the Tiv people, the traditional settlement patterns — characterized by sparse, disjointed clan-based homesteads — have not only shaped the cultural landscape but have also created practical challenges in the modern era, particularly in the realms of...