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…
Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has charged pilgrims from the state for the 2022 Hajj exercise to assist themselves at the holy land in order to perform the exercise successfully . Governor Bello who gave the charge while addressing the pilgrims at the Hajj camp in Abuja, on Sunday, also charged them to…
Speaker , Kogi State House of Assembly Mathew Kolawole in company of the newly elected Principals of the House have visited Governor Yahaya Bello to congratulate him on his 47th birthday anniversary. Kolawole described Governor Yahaya Bello as a rare gem and praised his leadership style of inclusion. He prayed God to grant the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress winner of the 2022 Ekiti governorship election conducted on Saturday. Oyebanji polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers – Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bisi Kolawole of the People’s…