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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi East Senatorial Election: Tribunal on Tuesday sacked Sen. Jibrin Isah, the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tarriffs on the ground that elections were cancelled in some 94 polling units. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja that the tribunal also ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday ordered the state works ministry to commence immediate rehabilitation of Ogori-Ageva road in the State Central Senatorial District. The governor gave the order while welcoming some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors led by former Ogori Magongo Local Government Chairman, Mr Gabriel Daudu, in Lugard House,…
By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi on Monday dismissed claims by Social Democratic Party (SDP’s) of planned attack on its Candidate and supporters in the state. The command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Williams Ovye-Aya in a statement in Lokoja, described the allegation against its Commissioner of Police, Onuoha Bethrand as “fake, incendiary, perfidious,…
By Thompson Yamput Dr Allen Onyema, Air Peace Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Oba Dr Moshood Olalekan-Balogun, Olubadan of Ibadan and others have been nominated for the prestigious Afro Awards 2023 for their humanitarian services. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Annual Afro Awards is a. non-profit event that honors outstanding…
By Thompson Yamput The Ebira Education Trust Fund in Kogi has awarded a scholarship to one Fahad Idris, an indigent Chemical Engineering student of University of Ilorin, Kwara. The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, Prof. Mohammed Salihu Audu, while presenting the award to the student in Lokoja, disclosed that it was one…
By Thompson Yamput Dr Umar Ganduje, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) has tasked the citizens of kogi to give the party nothing less than 99 per cent support and victory votes in the state’s forthcoming Nov. 11 Governorship Election. Ganduje gave the charge on Saturday while addressing party members and supporters at the official…
By Thompson Yamput Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday expressed optimism that his party would record 99 per cent victory votes in the forthcoming Governorship polls in Kogi Speaking at a dinner organised to honor the Members of the Kogi State National Campaign Council for the State Governorship Election who…
By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will commence a two-day nationwide warning strike from Sept. 5 to 6,except the Federal Government addresses the excruciating suffering of the masses. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the congress on…
By Admin Mrs Nafisat Muideen the mother of a 5-month-old baby killed by a foreign dog in Osogbo, Osun state, has narrated how she watched helplessly while the dog devoured her baby, Mariam. According to her the incident happened at a new site at Haleluyah Estate, Osogbo, on Wednesday, when she was going to buy…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has commended the initiative and efforts of Mercy Corps, an International Non Governmental Organisations (INGO) in building useful youths in the state. The State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Alhaji Idris Musa, gave the commendation on Thursday when the Youth Peace Network established by USAID-Funded Community Initiative to Promote…
