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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Benjamin Ezeukwe aged 28 for masterminding and fleecing hundreds of innocent Nigerians in an elaborate cement-price-slash scam. Benjamin was arrested on October 19, 2023 in Rumuolumeni area of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State following weeks of intensive investigation by officers of Area A Command of…

  Consultants urologist and gynecologist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr. Ismail Husseni and Dr. Lola Owolabi have recommended regular consumption of vegetables, grains, fruits and lifestyle modifications as preventive measures against prostate enlargement and menopause. They also stressed that regular exercises and improved dietary intakes are capable of reducing medical conditions…

  The Gamji Members Association (GAMA) in Kwara State has rejoiced with one of its members, Dr. Mohammed Ghali Alaaya, on his appointment as a non-executive director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. GAMA, an association committed to the ideals of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu…

  The trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele began at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja on Tuesday with three witnesses exonerating him of wrong doings in the Award of N1.2bn vehicle supply contracts by CBN under him. Emefiele was put on…

  The International President of the Standup For Women Society (SWS), Barr. Deborah Ijadeke-Adetona has extended her warmest congratulations to the newly elected national president of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Aisha Bura. In a congratulatory message shared with journalists by the National Public Relations Officer, Liberator Billie Nwogu on Tuesday, Barr. Ijadeke-Adetona…

  Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Yahaya Bello, CON, and Governor-elect Ahmed Usman Ododo paid a courtesy visit to the First Lady of Nigeria, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu, at the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. Governor Bello conveyed their heartfelt gratitude to Senator Oluremi Tinubu for her instrumental support in mobilizing women…

  A bill for a law to ammend Kogi State House of Assembly Service Commission Law and other matters connected therewith, Law 2023 has scaled through its third and final reading and passed into law The ammendment, among other clauses, extends the retirement age of parliamentary staff from 60 to 65 years old or from…

1. It is with great pleasure and a deep sense of profound responsibility that I welcome you all to this legislative session. Congratulations to us all. Congratulations to the entirety of Kogi State. Congratulations to this crop of legislators for making history as the lawmakers in whose tenure the state held one of the most…

  Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday 28th of November 2023 sent condolences to the Executive Governor of the state ,Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the entire people of Ebiraland over the recent transition of the highly reverend and respected traditional ruler of Ebiraland ,His Royal Majesty Dr Abdurahaman Ado Ibrahim CON. During the plenary sitting,…

  The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kogi State has adjourned pending the completion of inspection of election materials by the Social Democratic Party. At the resumed hearing, the SDP said the INEC was cooperating with the inspection of materials as granted by the order of the Tribunal, but sought for more time. Recall…