2024

CJN Appoints Kogi Man Ahuraka Isah Media Aide The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has approved the appointment of a seasoned journalist, Mallam Ahuraka Yusuf Isah as his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Strategy to the Judiciary. The appointment made public by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court…

APPOINTMENT OF FOUR SERVICE CHIEFS TODAY WITHOUT A SOUTH-EASTERNER AMONG THEM: WHY AND HOW TO ASSUAGE SOUTH-EAST FEELINGS ON THE MATTER. Like in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari today, 26th January 2021, appointed four service chiefs – Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff and Chief of Naval Staff – without…

Federal High Court Loses Justice Watila The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Hon. Justice John Terhemba Tsoho has announced the demise of Hon. Justice Ibrahim Watila, a judge of the Court who passed on to glory after a brief illness on the 24th January, 2021. Until his death, Justice Watila was…

Inauguration Anniversary: Your Achievements In Education Is Unprecedented, Education Commissioner Eulogised Gov. Bello Anniversary By Stephen Adeleye LokoJa The Kogi State Commisioner for Education, Science and Technology (MOEST), Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, congratulated His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on the one year anniversary of his second tenure in office, describing his achievements in education sector…

Court Dismisses Exam Fraud Charges Against Senator Adeleke’s Co-Accused.   A. Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday dismissed the examination fraud charges brought against a Secondary School Principal Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau and three others who were put on trial along with Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke by Police. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo discharged and acquitted…

Kogi Speaker Bags Kwara NUJ Award of Honour on Youth Empowerment Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole has bagged the 2020 Kwara Correspondent of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Award on Youth Empowerment. The event which took place at the NUJ center in Ilorin yesterday had in attendance…

Kogi Govt vows to arrest cartels behind under aged prostitutions, sex slavery The Kogi State Government has vowed to clamp down on all the cartels behind the use of under aged girls for prostitution and sex slavery in Lokoja Local Government Area of the State. A recent investigation conducted by Wadata Media and Advocacy Center,…

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Smart Adeyemi has secured the rehabilitation of two federal roads in the district making it two projects already gotten the needed attention from the Federal Government. These are laudable projects courtesy Distinguished Senator Smart Adeyemi (CON) when completed will…

FG to rehabilitates Kabba- Omuo, Ilorin-Kabba- Obajana roads courtesy of Sen Smart Adeyemi The rehabilitation of Kabba- Omuo and ILorin- Kabba- Obajana Roads are two projects that have already gotten the needed attention from the Federal Government. These are laudable projects which Distinguished Senator Smart Adeyemi (CON) lobbied the Federal Government to embark on. The…

Fire guts Sunday Igboho’s house Wale Oyewale , Ibadan A midnight fire on Tuesday gutted some parts of the house of a popular Yoruba rights activist , Sunday Adeyemo , well known as Sunday Igboho, The PUNCH has learnt. The fire reportedly started around 3 am in the building located in the Soka area of…