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By Peter Amine Former Senator for Plateau South, Sen. Nora Dadu’ut, has lauded Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria First Lady, for championing women and girl child empowerment initiatives in the country. Dadu’ut, in a statement on Thursday in Jos, said that the empowerment programmes were impacting the lives of many Nigerians, especially women and girls. The…

By Thompson Yamput The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed an helicopter and police security apparatus to rescue the remaining abducted university students in Kogi. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the police command in Kogi, SP Williams Ovye-Aya on Thursday in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya said that…

By Zainab Oyekan Zeustek ICT, a software developing company, has trained 300 women in Plateau on Artificial Intelligence (AI), to enhance their business visibility. Mr Timothy Dakey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Zeusteks ICT Solutions, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos, at the company’s official launch of JUMMAl AI application. Dakey said the free training…

By Thompson Yamput President Bola Tinubu has commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi over his security tactics and style of administration handling especially the welfare of the people of the State. The President gave the commendation when he received Ododo, who was at the State House to brief the president on the state of…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly on Wednesday appealed to Gov. Usman Ododo to urgently rehabilitate Idah-Onyedega road in Ibaji Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja that the lawmakers made the appeal after listening to a motion raised by the member Representing Ibaji Constituency,…

By Thompson Yamput Fourteen students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, abducted by bandits on Thursday night, have been rescued Mr Bethrand Onuoha, the Commissioner of Police in the North-Central State, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. The CUSTECH students had been abducted…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi on Saturday expressed determination to rescue the nine abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi safe and sound from their abductors. The governor made the pledge when he visited the university campus on an assessment of the security situation in the wake…

By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja has asked the former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to appear in court for his trial. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that even if an arrest warrant issued against him was illegally obtained, the defendant (Bello) should still show up in court. The judge…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Friday deployed security operatives and hundreds of local hunters into the bush on the trail of bandits that invaded and abducted university students Thursday night. The invaders had abducted an unspecified number of students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene after storming the institution…

By Thompson Yamput The League of Yoruba Youths for Advocacy on Thursday, commended the leadership qualities and achievements of the Vice Chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, Prof Alewo Johnson-Akubo. Mr Adediwura Adesina, President-General, gave the commendation while presenting a prestigious leadership Award of Excellence to the vice chancellor in Lokoja. Adeshina said the league had been…