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The Kogi State Government has again called on the Federal Government and international donor agencies to come to the aid of the State as flood sacks over 200 communities. Addressing newsmen at Kotonkarfe, Kogi Local Government, Monday, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo said a major “humanitarian crisis is brewing…
The Group Managing Director of Kam Holding Limited, Dr Kamoru Ibitoye Yusuf, has expressed grief over the passing of Sarikin Gobir of Ilorin and Chairman, Governing Council of International Aviation College, Ilorin, Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf Gobir. He described the transition of the traditional chief as tragic and painful, adding that Sarikin Gobir departed at…
The Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. -Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has inuagurated a 94-bed military Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi. The military FOB was built and donated by the All Progressive Congress (APC) Lawmaker, representing Kogi West, Senator Sunday Stephen Karimi, to combat kidnapping, banditry…
The Nigerian Army has commended the Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senator Sunday Karimi for building and donating Forward Operating Base in Egbe, Yagba East Local Government Area of the State. The Nigerian Army Forward Operating Base, Egbe, Kogi State is a private initiative of Sen. Sunday Karimi and his family built on behalf of…
The Kogi State First Lady, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo, has urged stakeholders across Nigeria to rally behind every girl-child to excel in their chosen careers. Hajia Ododo made the call in a statement on Friday in Lokoja, as Kogi State Government joined the global community to celebrate the 2024 International Day of the Girl…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commended the professional excellence of Lugard TV, praising the operation of the media team of the government for living up to the high expectation of the people of the state. The Governor, who was accompanied by the House of Representatives member representing Yagba Federal Constituency, Honourable Leke…
A hospitality centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State, known as Starwood Hotels 02 Arena, has absolved itself of any blame in the recently botched Concert involving a popular Nigerian Artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, and the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) in collaboration with Starwood Hotels O2…
The Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Comfort Ojoma Nwuchiola Egwaba has congratulated every young female child (Girl Child) in Kogi State and by extension Nigeria as they celebrated their day today the 11th of October, 2024. Rt. Hon. Egwaba in a congratulatory message to the girl child in Lokoja on Friday described them as the…
Dr Daniel Oseji, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Federal University Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), has urged government and decision-makers to prioritise eye health initiatives to enhance access to quality eye care. Oseji made the call during an eye-screening exercise for pupils of Saint Mary School Lokoja, on Thursday, to commemorate the 2024 World Sight…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Ambassador Umar Ilya Damagum as the Acting National Chairman of the party. The court ordered that no other person must be recognized as PDP national chairman other…
