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By Thompson Yamput As part of activities to mark her one year in office, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday, commissioned water reticulation system in Kogi Central. A statement issued by Arogbonlo Israel, her Chief Press Secretary, Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that the project was part of her campaign promises to ensure access to clean water for her…
By Thompson Yamput Gov Usman Ododo of Kogi on Saturday urged all Ebira people resident in Ondo to rally round the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the state’s forthcoming Governorship poll. The governor, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday by his Media Aide, Ismaila Isah, said votes from the Ebira…
By Thompson Yamput Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has strongly condemned the long detention of minors involved in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests by the police authorities. Lawmaker representing Kogi Central, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Saturday by Arogbonlo Israel, her Chief Press Secretary, described the police action as “inhumane and unjust”. A total of 76…
By Ebere Agozie The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has directed that the case file of the detained ‘Endbadgovernance protesters be transferred to his office. Fagbemi disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that he noticed that the police have arraigned those arrested in connection…
By Emmanuel Antswen A social cultural group, Diiv Progressive Agenda (DiPA), has urged the Benue Government to urgently demarcate the boundary between Bonta and Ukpute communities to end the decades-long crisis. Its President, Dr James Ukpoko, who made the call on Friday at a press conference in Makurdi, said that the demarcation was the only…
By Zainab Oyekan The Jos Community Film Festival says it is targeting no fewer than 500 restive youths in Plateau for restoration and empowerment. It said on Friday in Jos that the initiative is as part of Catching Them Young programme of the festival. Prof. Edward Ossai, the founder and Festival Director of the organisation, …
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Prof. Kolawole Wahab, the Head of Stroke Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has warned that the high burden of stroke in Nigeria was taking an epidemic proportion. Wahab stated this while speaking on the sidelines of the free screening, consultation and treatment of hypertensive patients to mark the…
By Veronica Dariya Nigerians have continued to express concern over the endless surge in the prices of foodstuff and other edibles daily, especially with the yuletide approaching. Some residents of Abuja, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, said that prices of most food items are unaffordable for…
By Thompson Yamput All Progressives Congress (APC) Stalwart Isaac Onuh and a former Ambassador to Botwana has faulted the trial of former Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello over corruption charges. In a news conference on Friday in Lokoja, Onuh described Bello’s trial as an “unfortunate witchhunt”. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, on Thursday,…
By Peter Amine The Chairman, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue, Mr Torsar Ormin, has decried the security challenges and humanitarian crises in the area. Ormin stated this when he, in the company of Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr Aondowase Kunde, and some humanitarian international partners visited some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in…
