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By Isaiah Eka Baba Azare, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, has assured of adequate security during the grand reception in honour of Gov. Umo Eno who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Azare who gave the assurance at a press briefing in Uyo on Thursday, said that police personnel would be…
By: Lamara Garba Kano stood still—not in protest or panic, but in pure celebration. It was a city in full bloom, awash with chants of love, loyalty, and longing for continuity. As Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf returned from the sacred plains of Makkah, where he had completed the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage, his people poured into…
By Admin The National Pension Commission, (PenCom) is reportedly working with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) to introduce a ₦30 billion annual gratuity scheme for retiring civil servants under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Director General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to…
Thompson Yamput An activist, Ms Joyce Ajifa-Haruna, has called on the Federal government to expedite action on total elimination of conflict-related sexual violence in the country by dealing with perpetrators. Ajifa-Haruna, a Kogi-born advocate for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, made the call in Lokoja on Thursday to commemorate the 2025 International Day for the Elimination…
By Blessing Odega The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON), on Wednesday in Jos, inaugurated a Legal Aid Coordination Committee aimed at strengthening the provision of free legal services to indigent citizens. The Director-General (D-G), of LACON, Aliyu Abubakar, emphasised the council’s commitment to ensuring access to justice for all Nigerians, particularly the indigents, in…
By Admin President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm felicitations to Alhaji Yahaya Bello, former Governor of Kogi, on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Tinubu expressed his feelings in a message to the former governor on Thursday from Aso Rock Villa. The President commended Yahaya Bello’s historic emergence as the youngest democratically-elected governor in…
By Isaiah Eka Mr Francis Ajatta, has assumed duty as the new Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), RS6.3 Akwa Ibom Command. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Enlightenment/Public Relations Officer, Mr Paul James in Uyo on Thursday. James said that Ajatta took over from Mr Edward…
BY Dan Nandom The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described President Bola Tinubu’s self-assessed two years of his economic policies as an honest portrait of the second anniversary of his administration. This, according to the group, is because he acknowledged that the pains of the reforms were necessary conditions for the forthcoming gains, which…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi on Wednesday extolled the exemplary and memorable leadership qualities of his predecessor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello as he celebrates his 50th Birthday. Ododo described Bello’s 50th birthday anniversary as a milestone worthy of honour and reflection in celebration of a man whose journey in leadership has been defined…
By Thompson Yamput The Federal Government says plans are underway for the production of military hardware and the establishment of a Defence Industrial Hub at Ajaokuta SteelComplex in Kogi. Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, Minister of Steel Development, made the disclosure in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Lizzy Okoji, on Wednesday…
