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Weep Not for the Niger Delta July 26, 2020 THISDAY SimonKolawolelive By Simon-Kolawole, Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com, sms: 0805 500 1961 Why is Nigeria like this? Don’t look too far: the answers are well articulated in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) saga. I would say NDDC is a microcosm of Nigeria. If you understand the genesis…

Hon. Onyekehi Bags Ambassadorial Award of Ethics, Excellence Hon. Abdulkareem Onyekehi Suleiman, the Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on Multilateral, Donor Agencies and Special Projects and State Focal Person, National Social Investment Programme, has been honored with an Ambassador of Ethics and Global Citizen of Conscience award, by an NGO, the Centre for Ethics…

Tinuade Babalola Adejuiyegbe Becomes First Seating Tradition Ruler To Attend NYSC Camp Female monarch Oluboropa of Iboropa becomes first seating tradition ruler to attend NYSC camp – A Nigerian female monarch has made history in the country and she excitedly shared the news on social media – The Oluboropa of Iboropa, Regent Tinuade Babalola revealed…

Live it, Cliché it, Truth Remains Truth By Oshaloto Joseph Tade The question “What would you be remembered for” has been asked very so often that it has become somewhat of a cliché. Fortunately, according to Mr Femi Adesina, “facts are a stubborn thing.” So, whether a piece of truth becomes a culture or a…

Ajaokuta Steel revival: Senate Leader, Oseni, others embark on fact-finding mission In preparation to receive Russian experts for resuscitation of Ajaokuta Steel Company, the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawal has sent high-powered delegation to Kogi State on fact-finding mission. The delegation which was led by the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi in conjunction with the…

  No fewer than 526 teachers and lecturers in Kogi, are writing the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE),Batch A, 2020, conducted by the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). Mrs Zainab Lawal, the Kogi State Coordinator of TRCN, disclosed to newsmen at the venue of the ongoing PQE Batch A, 2020, on Friday in Lokoja. Lawal…

POHAN Appoints State’s Executives in Kogi The parent umbrella organization for former and serving Public Office Holders Association of Nigeria (POHAN), on Friday announced the appointment of some of its executives at the state level in Kogi. A statement from the National Headquarter of the association, signed by its National Secretary, Hon. Kabiru Isa, confirmed…

Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to ensure the wellbeing and welfare of workers in Edo, the state government has paid civil and public servants’ July 2020 salaries as well as pension for retirees. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the state government ensured early payment…

By Abdul Aji. The Eje of Ofu, Chief James Abalaka, and Onu Ugwolawo, Gabriel Attai Igono, would have to vacate their seats without further delay going by the recent court rulings. The Kogi State High Court of Justice at Idah presided over by Justice F. Ajayi had on Thursday, July 9, 2020, ruled that the…

We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing away of the President of the kogi State Customary Court. Honourable Justice Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga. By all standards, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga contributed immensely to the legal system in kogi State and the nation as whole. We acknowledges the fact that no one prepares…