2025

By Thompson Yamput The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded significant achievements in its fight against crime and criminality in the State. The Commissioner of Police, Baba Mohammed-Azare, disclosed this while addressing a news conference on Wednesday at the State Police Command Headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia. Mohammed-Azare said that some of the Command’s…

By Dan Nandom The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF) has pinpointed that the initiative of the Federal Civil Service (FCSC) to commence a fresh recruitment drive through its official portal is a significant milestone in promoting transparency, equity, and meritocracy in their recruitment drive. TSF gave FCSC the commendation in a statement issued by its Chairman,…

By Thompson Yamput The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), says it’s set to hold its Annual Management Retreat for better performance in the year 2025. Mr Suleiman Makama, its Assistant General Manager, Corporate Affairs, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja. Makama said that the 2-Day management retreat scheduled for Feb. 7,…

By Thompson Yamput   The Senate President,  Godswill Akpabio, has announced Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the Senate Committee Chairman on Diaspora. Akpabio made the announcement at the senators resumption of plenary on Tuesday. Shortly after the announcement, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, vowed to make the welfare of Nigerians abroad a top…

By Reporters Some residents of Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa State on Wednesday advanced various reasons why Federal Government-owned housing estates remained largely unoccupied. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that  unfinished structures, and lack of affordability remained the main reasons why most of the estates had no tenants. They also said that the…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has filed an appeal before the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the removal of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje, by a state High Court. Mr Muzi Abdullahi (SAN), the Kogi Attorney General, who is the 2nd claimant in the appeal made this known to the News…

By Admin The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday night suspended its planned nationwide protest against the recent 50% hike in telecom tariffs approved by the Federal Government. The labour union announced the protest last week, citing the burden the tariff increase would place on Nigerians. But following a meeting tge union held with government…

By Thompson Yamput A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu, gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja with a charge to Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. NAN reports that Daudu Adeku-Ojiah,  Hussain Yusuf and Abdulrahaam…

By Thompson Yamput Kogi Government has announced that it is in advanced discussions with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to secure a multi-billion-dollar project aimed at enhancing food production and security in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Timothy Ojomah, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday…

By Dan Nandom The Democratic Front (TDF) welcomes with joy and a renewed sense of patriotism Bloomberg’s report and analysis on the 8-year record decrease in Nigeria’s petroleum products importation index, on account of the increase in domestic refining of petroleum products by indigenous Refineries. In a statement jointly signed by Mallam Danjuma Mohammed and…