However, when this reporter visited Kwara, the location of the milk processing factory in January 2024, she found abandoned poultry in its stead. The once-promising infrastructure intended for dairy production now lay idle, its machinery left to neglect and rot.
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Recall that the Governor embargoed the state’s accounts during his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023 to allow for proper transition.
Hyacinth Alia, the state governor, issued the order in Makurdi while meeting with the Benue Chapter of the Miners Association of Nigeria.
Describing the harrowing ordeal, Joseph remarked, “The Tuesday attack commenced around 4 pm and persisted until 8 pm
Manasseh is among the twenty-one journalists selected for the Udeme fellowship out of the over 300 applications received
Mrs. Luga emphasised the ministry’s commitment to uplifting benue women from impoverished conditions
In 2017, the U.S. classified Nigeria as a “Tier 2 Watchlist” country. According to a report on The Guardian Nigeria, over 30 million Nigerians have been trafficked in the last decade.
Gloria Ogine Two reporters from TheMiddleBelt Reporters, Linus Egwu and Gloria Ogine were part of the just concluded two days training dubbed, “Credible Elections and Democratic Governance Media Using Fact-checking and FOIA to Combat Information Disorder” held on the 6th and 7th, March 2024 in Kaduna State The capacity-building workshop facilitated by the International Press Centre Lagos exposed participants to how false information spreads, the importance of fact-checking, and the use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in seeking relevant information from Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. Linus Egwu, our associate editor who was among the participants explained that the opportunity exposed him to new ways of checking every piece of information spread through the media space, he explained that the training was an opportunity that further exposed him to the importance of FOIA. He pledged that the training would further improve his work as a journalist while he expressed his commitment to stepping down the training at TheMiddleBelt Reporters newsroom for a better knowledge of all reporters. In his welcome address, Lanre Arogundade, the Executive Director of IPC emphasized that the use of fact-checking and FoiA are integral in the strengthening of Nigerian democracy, hence the need for the […]
Victor who is popularly known as Naira-Victor began his cook-a-thon on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, in Makurdi the Benue State Capital, and is scheduled to conclude on Sunday, March 3rd, 2024
“…I felt sick and went to the health outpost here in the community but met nobody to attend to me.”
