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By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday, warned individuals spreading falsehood to prepare to face the law. Bello, who gave the warning in a statement in Lokoja through the Information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, expressed dismay over the unfortunate utterances heating the state’s political atmosphere. The governor was particular about comments reportedly…
By Thompson Yamput Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the party’s secretariat was vandalised and some materials burnt down around 10.15 a.m on Sunday with no report of death. Mr Sam Abenemi, SDP Deputy…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday lauded the emergence of Federal House of Representatives newly elected leaders as he warmly received them in his Abuja resident. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onogwu Mohammed, in Lokoja, described their emergence as “clear results of experience”…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government says there are no extra judicial killings in the state as being pedalled by some perceived enemies of peace and progress. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi Commissioner for Information, made this known in a statement in Lokoja on Tuesday. “The insinuation on extra judicial killings is what some naysayers and…
By Thompson Yamput Ahead of Tuesdays election of the Senate Minority leader, the foremost aspirants, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, and Seriake Dickson and other aggrieved members of the PDP on Monday afternoon stormed the party’s National Secretariat and demanded for the transmission letter nominating candidate for the seat. The PDP lawmakers reportedly met a stiff…
By Thompson Yamput The Vice Chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to urgently checkmate candidates’ manipulation of results. The vice chancellor, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Monday, said that suppressing such would…
By Thompson Yamput The Okun Area Traditional Council in Kogi, led by the Obaro of Kabba, Oba Solomon Dele-Owoniyi, has commended Gov. Yahaya Bello for siting the third state-owned university in Kabba, Okun Land. Dele-Owoniyi gave the commendation during a thank you visit to the governor’s residence in Okene on Wednesday. The News Agency…
Gov. Bello Begins Reconstruction Of 13.8km Itakpe–Okene Road By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, on Tuesday, commenced the reconstruction of a 13.8km road linking Itakpe to Okene, the headquarters of Okene Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road, which begins from Itakpe Junction through…
By Thompson Yamput The Federal University Lokoja (FUL) has matriculated 4, 347 newly admitted students for the 2022/2023 academic session. Speaking at the event on Tuesday in Lokoja, Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, warned the students to desist from cultism, drug abuse, examination malpractice and other social vices. “Today marks the beginning…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Sunday commended security operatives for their doggedness in ridding the state of criminal elements and criminality. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, in a statement in Lokoja said the Joint Security Taskforce have of late been marvelous in their commitment. The News Agency of Nigeria…
