Yelwata: Nasarawa Tiv community condemns AIGDU’s claims over Tor Tiv’s appeal

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6 months ago

June 24, 2025

The Tiv Development Association in Nasarawa State has condemned claims made by the Alago Ikweyi Gbayi Development Union, AIGDU, against its appeal to the Federal government in the wake of the massacre of over 200 natives of Yelwata in Benue State.

Expressing disdain, the Tiv group alleged that AIGDU appeared to be celebrating the genocidal murder of innocent people without regard to the emotions of the affected community.

A statement by Professor Emmanuel Kucha, the Acting President of the Tiv Development Association in Nasarawa State, insisted that the words of AIGDU do not represent the voice of the Alago nation, known for peace and communal living.

Recall that during President Bola Tinubu’s condolence visit to Benue, the Tor Tiv had alleged that the Tivs in Nasarawa were being oppressed and their lands taken away. He had claimed that the killings were not farmer-herder clashes but genocidal land grabs.

But following the Tor Tiv’s appeal to Tinubu to address the matter and save his people, AIGDU released a statement claiming the Tivs do not have ancestral lands in Keana, Obi and Awe LGAs.

However, the Tiv Development Association in Nasarawa State has now debunked those claims, insisting that the lands in question were given to them by their forefathers.

The statement partly read, “It is puzzling that whilst the state government is acquiring our land compulsorily for a purported agricultural purpose, it is the Alago Nation that has become the mouthpiece of the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State and the only ethnic group supporting this clearly unlawful action and injustice against the Tiv Nation.

‘‘We must make it abundantly clear without mincing words that the lands in question were deforested by our forefathers and passed on to us from generation to generation and the allegation that they belong to the Alago Nation is not correct. That explains why the Alago Development Association is supporting the mass and compulsory acquisition of the same by the government.

“We have chosen not to join issues with the Alago Development Association, because we believe that we are brothers and stand to gain more by fighting this injustice and ensuring that our lands are preserved. Our brothers should note that, if this injustice against the Tiv nation is allowed to stand, no farming community in Nasarawa State is safe, including their own ancestral homes and farmlands.

“The Alago Nation is trying to rewrite the history for selfish reasons which are in bad taste. The ADA is being economical with the truth by distorting our collective history. However, the Tiv Development Association (TIDA) will always stand by the truth which has being in existence over these many years.

‘‘We do not have any dispute with the Alago Nation, and will not be dragged into one, we only mentioned specific individuals who have continued to play a part in the injustice against our people.

“We believe that the Tiv and the Alago Nations have a common history. They have fought together side by side against injustice and they stand to gain more by standing together and speaking with one voice against this manifest and colossal injustice.”

The man who tackled a gunman to the floor and saved people from getting sh0t at Bondi Beach in Australia has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed.

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9 hours ago

December 14, 2025

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The man who tackled a gunman to the floor and saved people from getting sh0t at Bondi Beach in Australia has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed.

He was shot during the incident and is currently recuperating in a hospital.

Meanwhile the two gunmen who k!lled over 9 people during the attack were neutralised.

NB: This page does not support violence and this is just a news report.

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Female Student Missing For 8 Days Found Chilling At Boyfriend’s House

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10 hours ago

December 14, 2025

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A fresh controversy erupted online after a female student, missing for eight days, was found at her boyfriend’s house.

‎Details of the incident were shared by a classmate of the lady, identified as @folaaaa on X (formerly Twitter).

According to @folaaaa, her classmate’s parents are of age, and the father disclosed that he is currently 70 years old.

Prior to her being found, her last WhatsApp activity was on Monday, December 8, 2025.

Read Tweet Below…..

My coursemate was reported missing by her parents yesterday. They said they could not reach her for like 8 days. We did our research she was last seen online on Monday. They sha did perfect investigation with the oga olopa and they found out she was with her man”.

Meanwhile, the tweet which has garned over 400,000 views has been flooded with reactions from X users.

Dam Dam stated, “Dem suppose arrest Her and her man. Make dem sleep inside cell for a week. Imagine giving your parents so much headache and eventually you are with a man,at least call them and let them know you are safe wherever you are”.

PP the art, “The number of people that had shared and reshared “missing girl” on my WhatsApp cl was crazy. my friend was telling me this just now and i was so shocked”.

‎Jimmy, “Same thing happened in my department while i was in year 1,fliers were made they even interrogated her male friends.these went on for the whole of the semester only to find out she reads the class group messages and sees the missing fliers. She then later said she’s with her man”.

‎Bhetty, “She went to see a man and she didn’t take her parents’ call?Make she sleep cell for 3 days”.

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“It took me getting married and giving birth to realise marriage benefits men more” — Woman shares emotional thoughts

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14 hours ago

December 14, 2025

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A woman has stirred serious conversations online after opening up about how marriage and motherhood changed her perspective on life.

In a heartfelt reflection, she said it was only after getting married and giving birth that she began questioning who marriage truly benefits.

According to her, women often carry the heavier load — emotionally, physically, and mentally.

She explained that marriage can make women feel like tools, responsible for cooking, cleaning, caring for the home, and even contributing financially, while still bearing the full weight of pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare.

She questioned why something described as a “blessing” should come with so much pain, stress, sleepless nights, and emotional strain for women.

In her words, childbirth comes with intense pain, followed by years of responsibility that largely fall on the woman, while many men continue life almost unchanged.

She admitted she never strongly pushed for marriage herself and only went along with it after family pressure. It was the lived experience — not theory — that opened her eyes.

While she made it clear that she loves her son deeply and finds joy in him, she said motherhood also forced her to confront uncomfortable truths about expectations placed on women.

📹: TT/mummychika1

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