2024

COVID-19: Why I demolished two hotels – Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has given reasons why he demolished Prodest Hotel in Alode and Etemeteh Hotel in Onne, both in Eleme Local Government Area of the state. Wike said the hotels were demolished after it violated an Executive Order on COVID 19, despite warnings…

Asuku Commissions Bakason Model Mosque, urges peaceful co-existence By Musa Tanimu Nasidi The Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello,Pham Abdulkareem Asuku on Saturday admonished Muslims Ummah to live hermoniosly irrespective of religious belief and faith Asuku said this at the commissioning of the newly renovated ultra modern Bakaso Mosque, Karaworo Lokoja. He called on…

Okene Local Government have concluded arrangements with military and men of the Nigerian Police to set up a joint security taskforce at Oguda, a border town between Kogi and Edo State to check influx of unwanted vehicular and human movement. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Matters in charge of Okene Local…

The hopes of vulnerable people widows and less previladge in Yagba Federal constituency were, on Saturday, 9th May, 2020, raised as they received the donation of various food items from one of the illustrious Son Hon Daniel Oluwafemi Iselaye through his organisation known as Femi Iselaye Foundation. The beneficiaries made up of mostly vulnerable people…

AFTER MANY DEMANDS FOR SOLUTIONS TO MY LAST PIECE “WE ARE AT WAR” By Senator Dino MELAYE I have struggled to put together a concise set of solutions, which are up for scrutiny and debate so that our beloved nation can take its rightful place amongst other nations. It became necessary to frame the solutions…

  PROTOCOLS Fellow Kogites and our visitors from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), I give heartfelt gratitude to the Almighty God that we are alive and well in Kogi State in spite of the dire dangers we have had to live with practically from the beginning of this year. It is no longer…

  The Electoral Committee Of Nigerian Motorcycle Transport Association,Lokoja Local Governmen branch, has called off its Lokoja Local Government Chairmanship election amind Coronavirus pandemic. The election which was scheduled to take place May 2,2020 was postpone indefinitely according to the electoral body. In a press statement signed by Comrade John Daniel, Secretary General Electoral commission…

  The newly appointed Education Secretary (ES) for Okene Local Government, Hon. Zubair Abdulrahaman Abanika on Friday officially resume duty as the head of the Council Local Government Education Authority. Abdulrahaman paid a courtesy visit to the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Matters for Okene Local Government, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad at the…

  The Kogi state Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Thursday ordered the delegation of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who are in the state to ascertain the true status of Kogi as a covid-19 free state to be quarantine for 14 days at the state’s isolation centre before they can take sample of…

  • NUJ Centre, Gulf Club, markets, others for fumigation Kwara State said late Thursday it has recorded five new COVID-19 cases as 38 results trickled in from the 158 samples recently taken for test. Results for 83 other samples are still being awaited. “With this, the state now has a total of 21 confirmed…