One of vigilante commanders in Kogi State, Alhassan Alhassan was shot dead in a gun battle between the vigilante and hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers. The deceased and other members of the vigilante engaged kidnappers in a forest around Tanahu community in Gegu-Beki under Kogi Local Government Area. The operation was carried out on…
Muslims across the country has been charged to support the 2023 presidential aspiration of Governor Yahaya Bello to enable him remove the country from the present insecurity and other predicaments. The Permanent Member , Kogi State Hajj Commission in charge of Welfare and Information, Alhaji Mohammed Jamiu Abdulbaqi gave the charge in Lokoja on…
ActionAid Nigeria has secured a £1.3 million grant from the United Kingdom through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to increase women and youths’ participation in politics and governance in 2023 general elections. The Women-Youth Project (We-You), which runs from September 3, 2021, to August 31, 2023, is aimed at campaigning for women…
Dangote Oil Refinery has declared support for the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to promote the critical issue of Research and Development (R&D) in the oil and gas sector of the country. As part of its’ readiness to join hands with the Board, Dangote Petroleum Refinery said it decided to sponsor the…
Kogi State Government has mandated business operators in the state to comply with provisions of the law concerning registering of business with Ministry of Commerce and Industry to avoid sanctions. The Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Hon. Gabriel Olofu who disclosed this at a joint press conference organized by the ministry and the Kogi…
Nigerian leaders has been charged to create avenue for young, competent and detribalized persons to take over the leadership of the country in 2023 to remove Nigeria from its present predicament. A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State , Alhaji Abdulazeez Enesi Anuhi gave the charge on Tuesday at a…
Kogi State House of Assembly has described as ruse the claim by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) that the State government deposited twenty billion naira in a fixed deposit account with Sterling Bank Plc. The Assembly also passed a vote of confidence on the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello for prudent disbursement…
Patrick Adaba; a colossus @75 Life, they say is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving, this appears to be the guiding principle for Chief Patrick Adaba who has never for once looked back but constantly working towards making his environment a better place than he met it. Pa Adaba,…
Two soldiers mounting road block before the kabba correctional centre are said to have been allegedly killed with one fatally injured when gunmen invaded the prison facility in the early hours of Monday releasing over 100 prisoners The soldiers were said to have mounted a routine check point about 50 metres before the prison…
The Controller General, Federal Fire Service Dr. Liman Ibrahim has vehemently condemned the attack on firefighters and fire trucks by hoodlums at Felele community in Lokoja, assuring that the perpetrators of the heinous act would be brought to book. Ibrahim stated this in a statement issued by the Public Relation Officer of the service…