• Ikyogen refugee area

    Benue State, Nigeria, has been able to host over 10,000 of the fleeing refugees from Cameroon and has given them a place to stay covering about 200 hectares of land at Ikyogen. Ikyogen is famous for the cattle ranch it had when Aper Aku was governor of the state. The environment generally is cool and…

  • St Andrew’s Secondary School, Adikpo, ICT center

    Information & Communications Technology center of St Andrew’s Secondary School, Adikpo The project was commissioned in February 2023 and was witnessed by the school principal Rev Dr John Asen and Bob Tyough, a member of House of Representatives for Kwande/Ushongo federal constituency.

  • Divine Grace Model College, Sati, Kusuv

    Divine Grace Model College, Sati is a secondary school in Sati, Kusuv, Buruku LGA, Benue State, Nigeria. Close to it is Kusuv Community Secondary School, Sati.

  • Census PAD app

    Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC) uses a combination of two main apps for data collection for the country’s census. The apps are: Census PAD and CS Pro. While Census Pad is a Nigerian government app, CSPro is a US government app. In addition, while Census Pad deals with mapping CSPro provides the functionality of questionnaire…

  • Igede agba

    It’s a new yam festival of the Igede people. The first occurence of the Igede Agba festival was on the day of Ihigile market, which was the 3rd September 1957. It’s celebrated on every first Ihigile market day of every September of the year. The Ihigile might take place on any day between 1st and…

  • Igede people

    Igede is an ethnic group in Benue State, Nigeria. It’s the third largest in the state after Tiv and Idoma. IIt comprises Obi and Oju Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state as well as parts of Konshisha and Gwer West LGAs. Igede people are also in Nigeria’s Cross River and Ebonyi States. Other Igede…

  • History, origin of Igede people

    Igede trace their origin to Sabon Gida Ora in Edo state. They are said to be the descendants of Agba, a high chief in Sabon Gida Ora. A skirmish between the Igede and the natives of Ora led to their migration from that region to present-day Benue state through Nsukka in Enugu state. This historical…

  • Igede music and dance

    Igede’s fast style of music is complemented with an energetic dance that thrills viewers. Igede music genres include: OgirinyeKnown as the dance of war for the real and heroic men. AkataThe youth music band. AitaThe entertainment music. MoreSome parts of Igede like the Uwokwu and Irabi-Ito have the Ebwoh festival music etc. Some music genres…

  • Akpang, Igede’s rejected beliefs

    Akpang is a traditional belief that the Akpang spirit helps neutralizes evil forces. It is believed among some Igede that Akpang has the power to punish anybody who conceive evil against another. Some feel the tradition served as a watchdog and also prevents people from engaging in witchcraft, money ritual, etc, with the believe that…

  • Igede foods

    Igede people have variety of foods however their topmost favorite food is pounded yam and sesame (beniseed) soup (Oho Nye hia). There are other foods like Ihile, Egbe nyi chwo, Egbei and more. Igede people like preparing their soup with spices like okpehe, ikparenge, afu nyi wowo. The spices give their soup a great taste.…