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By Admin Governance at UN Forum in New York, Nigeria has called for stronger global cooperation, practical migration systems, and increased investment in migrant protection and diaspora engagement at the just concluded International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2026 held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Speaking on behalf of both Nigeria and the…
By Admin and Agency Reports The Kogi Government on Friday sealed the Daarul Kitab Orphanage/Islamic Training Centre in Zariagi, Adavi Local Government Area, over alleged illegal operation without government approval. The closure followed the April 26 attack on the school by gunmen who abducted 23 pupils and the wife of the proprietor. Only on May…
By Opeyemi Gbemiro The Federal Road Safety Corps ((FRSC) on Friday confirmed the death of 16 people in a fatal road crash that occurred at Aku village along the Okene–Lokoja Road in Kogi. The corps also confirmed that six people sustained varying degrees of injuries from the crash. This is contained in a statement signed…
By Admin The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says the spokesperson of the Kwankwasiya Movement, Barr Ladipo Johnson did not resign from the party but simply joined his master, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso. Recall that Johnson, a Lawyer, who often posted statements as NNPP publicity secretary with the Kwankwaso group, announced his resignation from…
By Admin Jos, Plateau State – Residents of Rantya Mini Layout and Longwa Community off Domkat Bali Road have appealed to the Plateau State Government to extend its ongoing road rehabilitation and gully erosion control projects to their area as the rainy season approaches. The community said the completion of the abandoned road project is…
By Admin The Tinubu Media Volunteers has attributed the phenomenal increase in non-oil export earnings in the first quarter of 2026 to the economic reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration. In a statement signed by its Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Segun Ogedengbe, the group expressed a conviction that the upward trajectory…
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 Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed June 15 for ruling on whether an EFCC witness’ statement sought to be tendered in the ongoing trial of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi is admissible in line with the Evidence Act or not. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel…
By Thompson Yamput Troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army have rescued the remaining seven kidnapped Orphanage Kids and the two wives of the Proprietor after foiling terrorists logistics movement in Kogi. Lt. Hassan Abdullahi, Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations (PRO), 12 Brigade Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in…
By Taiye Agbaje The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s witness, Baba Bappa, on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he had no business dealings on any property with former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Bappa, who is the 13th prosecution witness (PW-13), told Justice Emeka Nwite while being cross examined…
