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  The Honourable Speaker of the Kogi state House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Aliyu Umar Yusuf and the Managing Director of the West African Ceramics Limited, Mr. Bhaskar Rao are to receive special recognition awards at the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Kogi Built Environment and Building Materials Exhibitions scheduled to hold in Lokoja, Kogi…

  A retired Director at the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Hajia  Aminat Elelu -Ahmed has advised the Federal Government to take the Agency to the Office of the President (Presidency) from the information Ministry to ensure more efficiency. Elelu -Ahmed, a seasoned Legal practitioner gave the advice in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, North Central…

  The Federal Government has been called upon to move the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to the Office of the President (Presidency) from the information Ministry to ensure optimal efficiency. The call was made in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, by a retired Director at the Agency, Hajia Aminat Elelu -Ahmed, while fielding questions from…

Some media experts have urged journalists to embrace data journalism to enhance citizens access to the right information. The experts gave the task at a day workshop organised for journalists on “Data Journalism and Media Standards,” on Saturday in Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was organised by Stallion Times…

  A PUBLIC STATEMENT BY DR MATHEW KEYI , ECONOMICS DEPT,.FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA ( FORMER CHAIRMAN, OGORIMAGONGO LGA) INTRODUCTION The creation of Kogi State on August 27, 1991 was an age- long fulfilment of the dream of the people of the old Kabba Province to have a State that would bring socio-economic development to the…

  A PUBLIC STATEMENT BY DR MATHEW KEYI , ECONOMICS DEPT,.FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA ( FORMER CHAIRMAN, OGORIMAGONGO LGA) INTRODUCTION The creation of Kogi State on August 27, 1991 was an age- long fulfilment of the dream of the people of the old Kabba Province to have a State that would bring socio-economic development to the…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Nigerian Army and people of Eruku in Ekiti Local Government over the death of Major Segun Abiodun Oni, who was killed in an anti-banditry operation in Niger State. Major Oni, a well-decorated and forthright army officer, was killed on August 13, 2023 alongside other soldiers…

  The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kwara State chapter, has expressed its readiness to partner with the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) towards tackling the menace of fake and substandard drugs in the state. The Society said though it is not within its…

  A civil group, the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Foundation (NACAT) has dragged the Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi and a Deputy Governor of the bank, Edward Adamu before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged failure to declare their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Master Adesina Shalom Ololade, a Kwara student who recently scored As (excellent) in all the nine subjects he sat for in the West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE). Ololade also recorded an impressive 298 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), again confirming his extraordinary brilliance….