February 18, 2025

Billionaire Aliko Dangote has seen his wealth nearly double to $23.9 billion, according to Forbes, which ranks the Nigerian entrepreneur as the wealthiest person in Africa and 86th in the world. It would be recalled that Forbes ranked Aliko Dangote as the 144th richest person in the world in 2024 with $13.4 billion. Forbes estimates Dangote’s net…

  The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has joined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and every stakeholder in the Nigerian project to mourn the two great statesmen, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, CON. A statement by the NGF Chairman/Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said: “The deaths of the nonagenarians are a huge depletion in the…

  In a bid to find lasting solutions to the growing menace of vandalism in Kwara State, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has organised a strategic engagement with key stakeholders to strengthen measures for the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure within the Statel. The event, which took…

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration in safeguarding Nigeria’s financial system. This was a key highlight of discourse during a courtesy visit by the Zonal Director of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, Harry Erin, to the Zonal…

  Hon. Muhammad Sani Gambo, the second runner up in the August 31st PDP Congress says he remains the duly elected Kogi State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party. Hon. Muhammad Sani Gambo made the disclosure while reacting to the High Court Lokoja ruling that declared that ordered for the arrest of Enemona Anyebe and…

Constitution of the Commissioning Committee of Replicas of Oko Plaque Following the successful unveiling and dedication on Sunday, 9th February 2025 in Yandernit, Israel, of the Oko (Ogori) language Plaque of the Translation of the Gospel of St. Mark 1:9-11 and the global acclamation it has been receiving, we wish to extend the celebration to…

The newly crowned Omolobu ATA Igala of Odu Ogodanya, Chief Alh. Hussain Ogwu Yusuf has appreciated and thanked ATA Igala, HRM Mathew Opaluwa Oguche for deeming it fit to appoint and coronated him as his representative in Odu Ogodanya area in Dekina local government. Chief Hussaini Ogwu Yusuf who was elated on the coronation at…

  The Executive Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, paid a visit to the Federal University Lokoja to offer condolences following the tragic loss of six students in the Monday auto crash along the Felele — Abuja highway in Lokoja. Representing the Governor, Deputy Governor Joel Salifu was accompanied by the…

  The trial of the former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Demola Banu, over alleged diversion of the State Universal Basic Education Fund has suffered a set back as the witness to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abubakar Hassan, exonerated the duo from…

  The Kwara State Government has put necessary machinery in motion to host the 2025 Kwara ADP Agro Input Fair, an initiative aimed at supporting farmers with quality agricultural inputs and training ahead of the new planting season. A statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ashaolu Omotola, said the fair…