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Kwara: Customs Seizes Contraband Worth N604m, generates N8bn Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command, has intercepted contraband worth N604.33 million across various locations in the State. The seizures, which included 3,396 packets of Tramadol, 270 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 6,705 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 6,875 litres of Premium…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC) to adopt a transparent, uniform and verifiable methodology in the creation of additional electoral wards across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The call was made in a motion sponsored by *Hon. Jibril Onoru-Oiza Abu*, Member representing…
Dangote Refinery IPO: Global Leaders Rally Behind Plan to Democratise Africa’s Industrial Wealth …Dangote: We want ordinary Africans to share in the prosperity …Sanwo Olu: Dangote built a country around a refinery …Frazer: Refinery changes Africa’s geopolitical equation …Afreximbank: Project is Africa’s industrialisation mission made concrete The proposed initial public offering of Dangote…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to adopt transparent, uniform and equitable criteria in the creation of additional electoral wards across the state. The call followed a motion raised by the member representing Ajaokuta State Constituency, Hon. Jibril Onoroiza Abu, during plenary in Lokoja. Hon….
PRESS RELEASE Ogori Muslim Community to Launch Central Mosque Project September 26 OGORI, KOGI STATE — The Ogori Muslim Community is set to officially launch its proposed Central Mosque Project as part of efforts to provide a befitting place of worship and promote religious harmony, community development and peaceful coexistence in Ogori and its environs….
Professor of Dramatic Literature and Film Studies, Professor Oja Paul Egwemi, has called for a fundamental rethinking of performance curricula to address Nigeria’s complex social, economic and political challenges through a Polycrisis-Responsive Curricular Theatre for Development (PRCTfD) Model. He made the call while delivering the 27th Inaugural Lecture of the Prince Abubakar Audu University,…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed two important bills into law following thorough consideration, deliberation, and clause-by-clause review by members of the House sitting as a Committee of the Whole. The bills are the **Bill for a Law to Repeal the Kogi State Fire and Rescue Agency Law, 2007, and Enact the…
THE Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Lugard has intercepted a wooden boat conveying 71 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis along the River Niger in Kogi and arrested three persons in connection with the consignment. Cdr. Christian Ottah, Acting Executive Officer of NNS Lugard, disclosed this on Wednesday while handing over the suspects to the National Drugs…
Political appointees from Lokoja Local Government Area have resolved to deliver overwhelming votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Usman Ahmed Ododo, and all All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates in the 2027 general elections. The resolution was reached on Wednesday at a strategic meeting convened by the Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Engr….
Gas-Laden Sienna Vehicle Crashes In Ilorin Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A gas-laden Toyota Sienna conveying 23 cylinders and six drums of carbide on Wednesday crashed along Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Ilorin, after the driver reportedly lost control following brake failure. The incident, which occurred near the Stadium Complex Gate and frontage of Bekki & Sons Ltd.,…
