A wave of jubilation swept through Gboko, Benue State, on Wednesday as Dangote Cement Plc and six host communities signed an historic Community Development Agreement (CDA). The landmark accord, which commits Dangote Cement to multimillion-naira development initiatives, was celebrated as a transformative milestone, with the communities pledging to uphold a peaceful coexistence. His Royal…
Over 600 people in Kungbani and its adjoining communities in Lokoja local government area of Kogi State have benefited from the 2024 free medical rhapsody organized by Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Lugard. The Commander NNS Lugard Banda, Commodore Tamuno Senibo while speaking at the occasion held at LEA primary school Kungbani in Lokoja on…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated the new president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Alhassan Yahaya on his victory at the just concluded triennial delegates conference of the union held in Owerri, the Imo state capital. Governor Ododo described the new NUJ president as a worthy media professional committed to…
The Baba Yara Novelty Football Match, hosted by Hon. Chief Mrs. Barbara Eleojo Jitoboh, has been hailed as a groundbreaking event in Idah, Kogi State. The match, which took place at the Qua Iboe Primary School Field, drew a diverse crowd of top government officials, royal fathers, women, youths, and children. Notable dignitaries in…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sympathized with victims of the Friday boat mishap that claimed the lives of some passengers who are indigenes of the State. The sympathy message was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on media Ismail Isah in Lokoja on Friday….
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Kogi State Chapter has blasted former party chairman, Kingsley Temitope Ogga over his plan to bring chaos into the party through frivolous law suit and unguarded public utterances. The party said Kingsley Ogga’s decisions to drag the party to court over the ongoing merger talk with other political…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Wednesday, remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Trial Justice Maryann Anenih ordered that he should remain with the anti-graft agency till December 10 when the court will…
Kogi state Chief Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday arraigned three persons arrested by the vigilante Group of Lokoja local government area for illegal tax activity in the state. The trios; Abba Emmanuel, Umar Abubakar and Kingsley Dan’sebe were arraigned before Abdullahi Musa Mopa for the offences of Criminal Conspiracy, Causing Obstruction…
The former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, took over crowd control in the courtroom at the FCT High Court on Wednesday as Justice Mary-ann Anenih left out of anger. Justice Anenih, who was supposed to take the plea of the former governor and two others, abruptly rose and announced she would not return until…
The International Press Centre (IPC) is set to host the fifth edition of its Election Multi-Stakeholders’ Dialogue series in Yola, Adamawa State. The Communications Officer, IPC, Olutoyin Ayoade who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the event has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 27, 2024. According to the statement, the event will…