Ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, political parties have been charged to ensure the inclusion of anti-corruption into their campaign exercise. This was contained in a communique signed by Idris Miliki Abdul, Executive Director, Conscience For Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) which was issued at the end of a one-day deliberations on…
Consumers of Dangote Cement Plc, a leading cement brand in Nigeria, stand the chance of winning over N1 billion cash prizes in the Dangote Bag of Goodies Season 3 promo, tagged ‘Spell Dangote and become a multi-millionaire.’ The promo, which was launched in Lagos yesterday in the presence of regulators from the National Lottery…
Unknown gunmen on Monday evening abducted an Abuja based Naval Officer , Mr Musa Lawal at his residence located behind post flood housing Estate, Lokoja. The gunmen also vandalized the abductee’s car during the kidnapping incident. According to source , the Naval staff was about to leave Lokoja for his station in the morning…
Former Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor , Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Print Media, Hon. Ademu Usman Idakwo has been conferred with a prestigious International Peace Award . Idakwo , is a seasoned journalist and Certified Peace Builder by UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa, IICBA. The award which dated…
Kogi State Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello has expressed satisfaction over all the projects executed in Lokoja by his administration and promised to provide more projects for the state. The governor who was visibly in a joyous mood having gone round Lokoja the state capital to inspect the level of completion of some projects in…
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Monday appointed Justice Josiah Mejebi as the new Acting Chief Judge of the state. The Governor while performing the swearing of the new Acting Chief Judge charged the jurist to discharge justice without fear or favour. He described the Acting Chief Judge as a man of impeccable…
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…