By Yahaya zakka Minna. No fewer than two thousand two hundred and sixty four intending Pilgrims from Niger state are to be Airlifted from Minna International airport for 2022 Pilgrimage. The Executive secretary of the Niger State Pilgrim welfare Board Alhaji Umar Makun Lapai disclosed this in an interview with Journalists in Minna.  …

  Unknown gunmen early hours of Friday bombed a Police Area Command office at Eika-Ohizenyi in Okehi local government area of Kogi State where a Police officer on duty Mr Jibril popularly known as yellow was reportedly killed by the attackers. The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Edward Egbuka, who visited the…

  As the world all over celebrated the 2022 International Widows Day, a Non Governmental Organization based in Nigeria, Enemona Humanitarian Foundation has called on government at all level to abolish all discriminatory cultural practices against widows in the country. The charge was contained in a statement issued by Executive Director, Enemona Humanitarian Foundation, Williams…

  By Abdul Miliki The local government is another tier of government and Section 7(1) of the 1999 Constitution states that there shall be democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria. The Kogi State House of Assembly on the 22nd June, 2022, passed into Law the Local Government Autonomy Bill, sent to it by the…

    Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on electoral matters, Aisha Dukku has disclosed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) to enable more Nigerians benefit from the exercise. The electoral umpire had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the…

  Unknown gunmen on Tuesday afternoon kidnapped a legal practitioner, a medical doctor, couples and two others along Itobe-Ajaokuta road while returning from a burial ceremony in the eastern flank of the state. It was gathered that the victims were Kidnapped at about 2p.m while returning from a burial ceremony that took place at a…

  Dangote Cement Plc (Transport) has launched the Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School in a courageous move to change the direction of Nigerian road traffic accidents. The Academy, which was officially commissioned on Wednesday by Dr. Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), was characterized as historic and unique. The…

  The President and Chief Executive Officer of Enemona Josh Humanitarian Foundation, Ambassador Gabriel Enemona Onoja  on Monday flew from Nigeria  to Kigali, Rwanda to attend the 26th meeting of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting scheduled to take place between  20th  – 25th  June, 2022. While in Kagali, Amb. Onoja  will attend the business…

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kogi State Command has revealed that 149 suspects have been arrested with a total of 2, 699kg of assorted hard drugs in the last six months in the State. The state Commander of the agency , Mr Abdulkadir Abdullahi Fakai, disclosed this during a press conference on…