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By Thompson Yamput Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Sheikh Sharif Sale-Al-Hussain, renowned Islamic scholar, are to be conferred with Honorary Degrees by Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. The conferment in the two well known personalities would be at the University’s 44th Convocation billed for Jan. 25 at its Convocation…
By Thompson Yamput The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it applied the “margin of lead principle” in announcing the winner of the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi. INEC said that the supplement election earlier scheduled for Nov. 18 would not hold as announced. Mr Haliru Sule, Head of Voter Education…
By Abdul Mohammed Lawal. Kogi State is already more dramatic than the average Kogite would want, but I cannot help but wonder why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has chosen Kogi as their theatre of dreams, constantly adding to its complexities. They seem to be playing to a script of vested interests aimed…
By: Dr Ibrahim brahim Sani Kaita President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent removal and reconstitution of the nation’s Service Chiefs marks a bold and strategic reset in Nigeria’s long and painful war against insecurity. The move is not a mere administrative adjustment — it is a courageous declaration that complacency, fatigue, and inertia will no longer…
By Thompson Yamput Sen Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Chairman Senate Committee on Local Content, on Saturday empowered tertiary institution students from Kogi Central with multipurpose business carts. She equally flagged off free Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration of 2,500 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the district. Mr Arogbonlo Israel, Chief Press Secretary to Sen Akpoti-Uduaghan, in…
By Isaiah Eka Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom says his administration is ready to partner stakeholders towards developing the tourism potential of the state. Eno made the statement when a delegation from MTN Nigeria visited him in Uyo. The visit was to intimate the governor of preparations to host the MTN Seasonal Sports Competition…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Monday appointed Alhaji Ahmed Tijani-Anaje, the Ohi of Okenwe, as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. It also appointed Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo-Kabir as the Maigari of Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, announced the appointments on Monday in Lokoja. Tijani-Anaje replaces late…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Miller Dantawaye, the new Commissioner of Police (CP), for Kogi, on Thursday, resumed office and warned criminal elements to leave the state or be dealt with appropriately. Dantawaye gave the warning in Lokoja, while addressing Heads of Departments of the command. He said that as an experienced operational and professional officer,…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Assembly on Friday vowed to end all forms of gender-based violence and child labour in mining industries in the state. Mrs Comfort Egwaba, the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, made the pledge during the inauguration of the committee at the assembly chambers in Lokoja. Egwaba…
By Thompson Yamput Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, former Ag. Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has urged Nigerian youths to embrace peace, unity and shun violence and vices. Idachaba gave the charge at an Igala Youth Summit held in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi on Tuesday. The broadcaster, who described the Igala youth summit as…
