July 19, 2025

Kwara: Three Suspected Serial Kidnappers Arrested Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin In a major breakthrough in the fight against crime, the security initiative of the Ilorin South Local Government Council has nabbed three notorious serial kidnappers who have long terrorised residents and commuters along the Idofian Road axis. The arrest reportedly took place in the early…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Chief Adegboyega Kolade, has resigned from the party, citing destructive tendencies exhibited by the party’s leadership at the national and state levels. Chief Kolade resigned in a letter dated July 18, 2025, addressed to the Chairman of the PDP in Ward 06, Mopamuro LGA,…

  The Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs has strongly condemned the defaming the character of the Kogi State Accountant General, Chief Dr. Habibat Oyiza Tijjani. This unwarranted attack on her integrity is unacceptable and should be roundly rejected by all well-meaning citizens. Those who have taken to social media to spread falsehoods…

  The Kogi Government, in collaboration with the Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development (FGN/IFAD) Assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP-AF), has launched the distribution of farm inputs to 330 farmers in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Timothy Ojomah, launched the distribution on Saturday in Lokoja. Represented by Hajia…

  Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said while alive, late President Muhammadu Buhari never honoured anyone the way President Bola Tinubu did to him. Tinubu had declared a public holiday on the day Buhari was buried, personally attended his burial, also named a federal institution after the late Nigerian leader, among other recognitions…

There are people in life whose impact cannot be measured in words and for me, that person is my mother.My Amazon. My world best mummy. You are a rare gem, a woman with a golden heart, a humanitarian and philanthropist par excellence. You are a divine gift from God and the solid rock behind everything…

  Kogi State Government has described LugardTV as a strategic platform playing a vital role in government information dissemination and public engagement. The Governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of Kogi State (SGS), Dr. (Mrs.) Folashade Ayoade Arike, made this known during the flag-off of the television station’s month-long anniversary celebration….

NGO urges government to address sexual, gender based violence A call has gone to Kogi state government and religious leaders as a matter of urgency address sexual and genders based violence in Kogi state. A Non-govermental organisation, Protect the Child Foundation (PTCF), a nonprofit and non-governmental organization (NGO) with the support of the French Embassy…

Kwara L-PRES lifts Fulani community with solar-powered borehole Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has handed over a newly constructed ten-litre capacity iron steel galvanised solar-powered borehole water project to Gaa Labintan community in Asa Local Government Area of the State. Speaking at the brief handover ceremony,…

  The Kogi State Chairman, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), has condemned in it strongest terms, recent attempt to defame the character of the Kogi State Accountant General Dr Mrs Habibat Tijjani. ANAN in a statement signed by the Chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Oricha, issued to Newsmen in Lokoja, described the State Accountant…