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By Blessing Odega The Plateau State Government has presented relief materials to victims of attacks in some communities from the Quaanpan, Mangu and Bokkos local government areas of the state taking refuge in neighbouring Nasarawa State. Executive Secretary, Plateau State Emergency Management Agency (PLASEMA) Mr Sunday Abdu flanked by chairmen of the affected local governments…
By Thompson Yamput Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) on Saturday matriculated 9,570 new students during its 27th Matriculation Ceremony. The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Marietu Tenuche, congratulated the students and assured them of the university’s commitment to quality education. Tenuche strongly warned the new intake against vices like cultism, rape, and cybercrime, emphasising zero tolerance for…
By Thompson Yamput Former Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, joined members of the Obaro family, political leaders, traditional rulers, and residents of Kogi Central at the 40th day prayer ceremony held in honour of the late Senator Isa Abonyi-Obaro in Okene. A statement signed by Michael Ohiare, Director of Bello Media Office, in Lokoja on…
By Nicholas Dechi The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Benue Chapter, has elected new executive members to steer the affairs of the association for the next two years. The election, which was described as peaceful and credible, took place on Friday in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Andrew Amine, lecturer…
By Abdulkadir Ahmed-Ibrahim (Kwakwatawa) In politics, moments arise when loyalty to a platform must give way to loyalty to the people. There are seasons when courage is not found in standing still, but in moving forward with clarity of purpose. Kano State stands at such a moment. The planned defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf…
By Lamara Garba-Azare Some leaders announce themselves with noise. Others arrive quietly, clothed in simplicity, guided by conscience and driven by duty. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf belongs to the latter order. He is a politician whose bearing is humble, whose lifestyle is modest, and whose politics is softened by sympathy for the weak. Yet beneath…
By Ephraim Sheyin For Gov Caleb Mufwang, the last few months must have been the most challenging and critical in his political career. The ebullient Lawyer has, over the months, been torn between staying in the PDP or jumping ship like his counterparts in Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Taraba, Rivers, Delta, among others. The options…
By Thompson Yamput The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on Sunday, commiserated with the families of victims in a recent boat mishaps which occured in Yobe and Lagos States. While expressing its sympathy, the authority underscored the need for safety across inland waterways in Nigeria. The authority expressed its condolences in a statement in Lokoja,…
By Thompson Yamput The Olu Apata-Oworo, Oba Frederick Balogun JP, has felicitated with his subjects over the new year celebration, urging them to keep faith in God for the growth and development of the land. The traditional ruler gave the urge in a New Year message in Lokoja on Thursday to the people of Apata-Oworo…
By Thompson Yamput Kogi Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Kankarofi has said that the synergy between Kogi Government and security operatives has led to the arrest of 82 suspects between November and December 2925. Kankarofi made the disclosure in his New Year greetings to the people of Kogi signed by the command’s spokesperson, CSP William…
