News Update
With immense joy and heartfelt admiration, I felicitate with a mother, mentor, humanist per excellent, and an academic trailblazer, Professor Ohiare-Udebu Maryanne Fatimah, on her well-deserved promotion to the enviable and prestigious rank of Professor, officially conferred on the 9th of September, 2025, by the Governing Council of the University of Abuja. This remarkable…
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three of its officers by unknown gunmen in a checking point in Egbe, a community sharing boundary with Kwara State. The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO SP William Ovye who confirmed the incident to Arise News noted that it happened in the…
The Member, Representing Kabba Bunu, Ijumu Federal Constituency, Arch. Salman Idris has been nominated for the Kogi State NUJ Award of Excellence. The award is in recognition of the Lawmaker’s outstanding representation of the people of Kabba Bunu Ijumu, Federal Constituency in the National Assembly. In a statement signed by Alhaji Ademu Saidu Chairman…
Engr. Edward Olatunji Femi Meseko, seeking to represent the people of Yagba Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives of Kogi State, has again added his voice to why Nigerian’s should support President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s reelection bid in 2027. The Kogi State All Progressives Congress Chieftain and a major supporter of President Bola…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday refused the bail request made by five alleged Al-Shabab terrorists who allegedly attacked a Catholic Church in Owo town, Ondo State, leading to the death of over 40 worshippers dead. Justice Emeka Nwite who dismissed their bail application held that the terrorism charges against them were…
The Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) has accused the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) of extortion and excessive levies collection within the downstream sector. This accusation came on the heels of a vote of no confidence passed on the leadership of NUPENG by the Lagos Zone of…
The Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (Kogi L-PRES) has organised a one-day capacity building workshop and stakeholders’ sensitization on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for livestock farmers, veterinary doctors, human doctors, and environmental health professionals. The Project Coordinator of Kogi L-PRES, Mr. Abdulkabir Onoruoyiza Otaru, on Tuesday in Lokoja, said the training aims to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in the strongest term possible, the attempt by the Clerk of the National Assembly to bar Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from resuming at the Senate after the unjust six months suspension imposed on her by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. This reported action by the Clerk of the…
The consultant of Lokoja International Market, Comrade Adams Jimoh Babangida, has bagged an ‘Outstanding best Market Leader and Administrator of the Year for Inclusive Leadership and International Market Coordination ’ in the 2025 edition annual celebration of its Lokoja International Market Traders Association. At the yearly celebration of it’s anniversary on Monday , The…
The Kogi State Commissioner For Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr. Bashiru Gegu is to Chair the 2025 Kogi State NUJ week Grand finale. The Kogi State NUJ Press Week for 2025 begins on 19th September, with the Grand finale slated for the 25th September, 2025. In a statement signed by Alhaji Ademu Saidu…
