……Calls for immediate prosecution Six persons who allegedly harassed a serving Senator in Lokoja on Tuesday have been arrested on the order of the Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. Recall that , some members of the National Assembly from the state paid a courtesy visit on the Governor on Tuesday evening to congratulate…
I wish to send my warm felicitations to Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Kogi State Governor-elect, on the occasion of his birthday, today, January 01, 2024. The celebration of your birthday gives us the opportunity to acknowledge your uncommon personality on being a political rarity of matchless substance. May your incoming administration be the…
An Islamic scholar Sheikh Musa Onogu has admonished parents to prioritize the training of their children and wards in a Godly way in order to enjoy God favour on this earth and hereafter. Sheikh Onogu gave the charge on Sunday evening during Idrisiyya 2023 moulud nabiyyi cerebration organized by Idrisiyya school of arabic and…
Former Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Yomi Kolawole has felicitated with Christians in the country as he called for the unity of the nation. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in Lokoja . Prince Kolawole noted that the unity of the nation…
The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, has expressed worries over the low level of compliance and implementation of the “National Disability Act 2018” across all sectors in the country. Issa-Onilu stated this at the stakeholders’ meeting on awareness campaign to “ending discrimination and non Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)” organized…
The apex Igala Students Association (National Secretariat) has expressed it’s readiness to elect new officials that will oversees its affairs in the next dispensation. This, the outgoing exco says their tenure has elapsed hence to conduct election to fill some vacant positions inline with her constitutional guidelines. The National body of Igala Students Association…
—–Empowers 100 Vulnerable People in Koton-Karfe Kingdom The Chief Executive Officer, Connected Development a Civil Society Organisation Ambassador Hamzat Lawal has called for peaceful coexistence among the people of Kogi State in order to pave room for economic and infrastructural development in the state. Ambassador Lawal made the call on Thursday when he paid…
The November 11, 2023 governorship election was a watershed in the political annals of Kogi state. First, the election was not violent as predicted by many. Also, the election reinforced the notion canvassed for long that no single tribe can singlehandedly make one of her own governor without support of other tribes in the…
The Registrar of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Ms. Olufunke Hudson has officially handed over to the newly appointed Vice Chancellor, Engr. Prof. Abdulrahman Asipita Salawu. The process of handing over officially to the new Vice Chancellor took place today in his office. This was contained in a statement by…
One month after the governorship election in Kogi State, it appears that the dust is yet to settle over the outcome of the election. It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ahmed Usman Ododo as the winner of the governorship election…