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Experienced Journalist, Development Communications Practitioner//Communications Officer @YouthGovTracka//Doer @Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative//Media founder @TheMiddlebelt Reporters.

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Why Nigeria's senate is fighting the future

Why Nigeria's senate is fighting the future

The article criticizes the Nigerian Senate for resisting electoral transparency by opposing the mandatory ele…

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Why Nigeria's subnational climate governance is green on paper, but grey in the air

Why Nigeria's subnational climate governance is green on paper, but grey in the air

The release of the 2nd Edition of Nigeria’s Subnational Climate Governance Performance Rating and Ranking has…

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Nigeria is failing its daughters: The unfinished justice for Ochanya

Nigeria is failing its daughters: The unfinished justice for Ochanya

Ochanya Ogbanje was just 13 years old when she died in October 2018. A promising student from Benue state, sh…

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Playing for peace: The traditional game helping displaced Nigerian women heal

Playing for peace: The traditional game helping displaced Nigerian women heal

The first thing you notice is the sound. Not the cry of a hungry child, nor the low murmur of grief that ling…

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STOLEN DREAMS Nigerians Ugly Encounter With One Chance

STOLEN DREAMS Nigerians Ugly Encounter With One Chance

Brace yourself for a gripping and eye-opening documentary, "One Chance: Nigerians Ugly Encounter with One Cha…

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NIGHT OF HORROR: Inside Benue communities where over 100 were killed

NIGHT OF HORROR: Inside Benue communities where over 100 were killed

Yelwata is a small, modest roadside community in Guma LGA of Benue state. It never asked for much. Though it …

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Benue Communities’ Hope Quashed As Lawmakers Failed to Execute Multi-million Road Project »

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By Jairus Awo, Jairus Awo Otakom Verified
| TheMiddlebelt Reporters
In 2019, the government of Benue State, Nigeria, budgeted the sum of one Billion Naira (1 Billion) to construct roads from Obusa in the Ainu council ward to Ogori in the Adokpa council ward in Oju II  federal constituency. The project was placed under the Ministry of Works, Transport & energy. The same project was also nominated for grading and building of the Oru bridge in 2020 by the senator representing Benue South senatorial district Senator. Sen.
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Displaced & Rejected: The Pains Of IDPs With Disabilities In Benue IDP Camp

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By Jairus Awo Otakom Verified
| HumAngle Verified
Fidela Anhwer, 60, is one of the physically challenged internally displaced persons at Nepal Quarters Camp, located in Makurdi, Northcentral Nigeria. She was shaking vigorously, trying to locate her walking stick when our reporter visited the camp. Anhwer clenched the stick as she took one step after the other. Her aim was to get to the Christian aid organisation that was sharing clothing items and provisions at the camp.
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Wurukum: Indiscriminate Refuse Dumping Putting North-central Nigeria Market At Flooding Risk

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By Jairus Awo Otakom Verified
| HumAngle Verified
The heavy downpour between Oct. 21 and 22, 2021 in Makurdi, Benue State, North-central Nigeria, left the Wurukum market submerged. While some residents see it only as a natural disaster, some point at poor sanitation and indiscriminate refuse dumping. Seember, 32, who sits beside the entrance of Wurukum market, peels and roasts there almost daily. Because of the overwhelming number of customers who wait to buy from her, she dumps her waste beside her, with the intention to dispose of it later.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Student freelance reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Positive