News Update
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi on Monday vacated the Ex-parte Injunction earlier granted to Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on March 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court, who gave the order setting aside the injunction he granted, also ordered for the acceleration of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has received the petition of constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District for the recall of the suspended Senator representing the District in the National Assembly. The petition was submitted with over 250,000 constituents’ signatures, out of about 480,000 registered voters in Kogi Central, which meets INEC’s requirement of 50…
In a move aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of the institution’s operations and charting a course for improved healthcare delivery, Nze Chidi Duru, OON, the newly appointed Board Chairman of the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), would embarked on a maiden visit to the facility on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. It would be…
The Kogi State Government has assured retirees that pension and gratuity payments are now processed transparently, eliminating the need for personal connections or lobbying before benefits are paid to retirees. Director-General of the Kogi State Pension Commission, Mariam Abedo, disclosed this in an Exclusive Chat with the Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah who…
Kogi West indigenes, on Sunday, said the unstable and embarrassing conduct of the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, had shown that her call for periodic drug tests for senators was apt. The indigenes said the embattled senator’s advice was in order, considering the fact that her…
Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has invited another 180 applicants who sat its computer based test (CBT) for a makeup interview to fill gaps in certain subject areas and 15 of the 16 local government areas. The interview, according to a statement by TESCOM’s Press Secretary, Sam Onile, is fixed for 9a.m. on…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has condoled with the Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Umaru Radda, on the death of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Barebari. In a statement on Sunday morning, the Forum celebrated the life of service, devotion, and dignity that Hajiya led, and commiserates with the people and government of Katsina…
The Senator Representing, Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Sunday Karimi, has said that the current happenings in the Senate involving the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, have vindicated former Governor Yahaya Bello. ofSenator Karimi noted that, as a key player in the National Assembly, he could comfortably…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Senator, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Sunday Karimi, has come out in defense of former Governor Yahaya Bello, stating that recent events in the Senate have vindicated the ex-governor’s stance. Sen. Karimi, expressed his disappointment in a press statement made available journalists on Saturday in Lokoja, amidst a…
The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has urged young entrepreneurs and scholars to rise above limitations and push their ambitions to help transform the world into a better place. The prominent industrialist made this call on Wednesday when a delegation of Harvard Kennedy School scholars visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals…
