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By Stephen Adeleye Mr Ademu Seidu of the State Ministry of Information has been elected as the new Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi State Council. Seidu was elected unopposed alongside other new executive members at the council’s “Triennial Delegates Conference 2023”, on Wednesday in Lokoja. The new chairman, his acceptance speech,…
By Dan Nandom The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) is projecting that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by 5.4 percent in 2025 on the back of the 3.4 percent 2024 growth. This according to the policy think tank is based on the year-on-year impact of the economic policies of the Tinubu administration…
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the release of the international passport of Ali Bello to enable him travel to the UK for medical examination and consultation. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling on Bello’s motion on notice moved by his lawyer, Abubakar Aliyu, SAN, ordered the deputy chief registrar…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi government says it has set aside 30,000 hectares of land for farming activities in the state to boost food production. Mr Timothy Ojomah, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lokoja. Ojomah said that the hectares of …
By Thompson Yamput A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama, on Tuesday, berated the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for wrongful usage of her X-handle (Twitter). Justice Slyvanius Oriji, delivering the judgment, in a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by Ali Bello, Chief of Staff to Governor Usman Ododo…
By Admin The immediate Ex-governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, and the 2023 Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, have reconciled having resolved their political differences following the intervention of Yobe’s Governor, Mai Mala Buni. Buni, who serves as Chairman of the APC Presidential Committee on Strategy, Conflict Reconciliation and Mobilisation, facilitated…
By Isaiah Eka The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Akwa Ibom Directorate says it is partnering with the Children Re-Orientation, Peace and Development Initiative, a Non Governmental Organisation to stem the tide on the increasing rate of child theft and trafficking in the State. The State Director of NOA, Mr Mkpoutom Mkpoutom, said this when he…
By Dorathy Aninge The Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC) says it has recovered over ₦133 million from its properties at Nyiman Layout, Makurdi. BIPC Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr Raymond Asemakaha, who made the disclosure in Makurdi while interacting with newsmen, said that the properties were given out to individuals from 2004 to…
By Isaiah Eka The Police Command in Akwa Ibom on Wednesday, said it has successfully rescued an 81-year-old man from suspected fraud syndicate operating in Uyo and its environs. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Uyo. She said that the command arrested three suspected…
By Zainab Oyekan The Jos Community Film Festival says it is targeting no fewer than 500 restive youths in Plateau for restoration and empowerment. It said on Friday in Jos that the initiative is as part of Catching Them Young programme of the festival. Prof. Edward Ossai, the founder and Festival Director of the organisation, …
