2025

Eleven people abducted from Kwara community Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Suspected bandits hav invaded Isapa community in Ekiti local government area of Kwara state, abducting 11 people, including a pregnant woman,. Isapa town is a neighbouring community to Eruku town where three people were killed and 38 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church(CAC) were also…

  Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Abu Ali, the Etsu of Bassa Nge Kingdom and former Military Governor of Bauchi State. In a condolence message issued through his Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah, Governor Ododo described the late monarch as a…

  Ankpa Local Government critical stakeholders and political leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC), met in Lokoja and unanimously resolved to throw their weight behind the Executive Chairman of the Council, Hon. Engr. Adamu Muhammed Yahaya, his Vice, Hajiya Halima Imam and the 13 Ward Councillors of the 8th Legislative Council to continue in…

    The Federal Commissioner representing Kogi State at the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Honourable AbdulAzeez Idris King has extended his ongoing boreholes rehabilitation projects to Ileteju ward Ogori-Magongo local government area of Kogi State. The ongoing Renew Hope Boreholes Rehabilitation is a perfect initiative of Honourable Abdulazeez Idris King aimed at…

  Former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, has described the passing of the Etsu Bassa-Nge, His Royal Highness, Brigadier General Abu Ali (rtd), as a monumental loss, not only to Kogi State but to Nigeria as a whole. Bello said the late Brigadier General was a courageous defender of the…

  Our attention was brought to the vandalised armoured cables of the generator supplying power to some departments of the Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa. This vandalism has kept the college in darkness thereby frustrating the various departmental activities in the college. The college Security Unit was reported to have been informed of the…

27-year-old Nigerian emerges best graduating student in Egyptian Varsity Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A 27-year-old alumnus of Darul-Kitab Wa Sunnah College of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, Muhammadul-Awwal Babatunde, has emerged as the best graduating student at the prestigious Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. Darul-Kitab Wa Sunnah College of Arabic and…

    The Dangote Group has said that it is collaborating with strategic partners to revitalise and strengthen the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy.   This development comes as the company sponsors the 17th National Agricultural Show, which opens on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, in Keffi, Nasarawa State.   The company’s spokesman, Anthony Chiejina,…

  Justice Rita Offili Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Abuja has slammed stringent bail conditions on an Abuja lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, accused of cyberbullying serving Senator Umar Shehu Buba. Among others, the Judge ordered that the lawyer must produce two sureties that will stand for him throughout the trial. Delivering ruling on bail…

  A witness of the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Kolawole Oluwadare on Monday admitted at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory that he used some harsh words like “unlawful, invasion, intimidation and harrassment” in some publications made against the Department of the State Service (DSS). The witness who also admitted that…