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  The honourable commissioner for solid minerals and natural resources, Hon. Bashir Gegu, on Sunday led other dignitaries to attend the fidau prayer for Hajiya Amina Aguye, mother of the House of Reps-Elect,Lokoja-Kogi constituency, Hon. Danladi Suleiman Aguye. Other dignitaries that graced the event included the Chairman of Lokoja Local government area, Hon. Muhammed DanAsabe…

  The past few weeks have ushered in myriads of horrifying trials and tribulations among Nigerians. From the new normal of insecurities across the country, to fuel scarcity, incessant power outages, economic faux-pax, Naira Notes redesign and the recently conducted electoral ignominy. It is indeed evident that Nigerians are survivors of man-made tragedies called Bad…

  The Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council in Kwara State has called the attention of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, and the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, to the unjust intimidation and harassment of electorate sympathetic to the party at Polling Units 031 and 032, Ode Ishowo and Koro…

  Senator Yakubu Oseni representing Kogi Central Senatorial District and Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and Communication Technology/ Cyber Security has began lighting up of Adavi cemetery and other communities/hamlets across his constituency. Aside the cemetery in Adavi LGA which has sufficient solar light system installed at both entry and exit points, the first phase…

  The Forum of Elders and Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state has urged members of the party in the local government who defected to other parties in the wake of the 2022 party primaries to return and join them in the effort to reelect Governor…

  A Chieftain of Labour Party in Kogi State Barr. Bayo Averehi has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) not to throw the Country into total anarchy by adhering to the court order allowing its lawyers to inspect the electoral materials used in the February 25 presidential election. Averehi gave the warning in a…

  Officials of the Kogi State Government and stakeholders in the financial sector have stormed the streets of Lokoja to sensitize the people on the need to accept the old naira notes in line with the ruling of the Supreme Court. Addressing a large crowd of Okada riders and market women under the newly constructed…

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said old N200, N500, N1,000 banknotes remain legal tender till December 31, 2023. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin disclosed this in a statement on Monday. This is coming 10 days after the Supreme Court ruled that old naira notes should co-exist…

  The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja fixed May 19 for judgment in a suit instituted by aggrieved retirees from the six geo-political zones of the country against the Federal Government over alleged discrimination in the implementation of the pension policy in the country. The trial Judge, Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae fixed…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked residents of the state, especially marketers, to collect and spend the old and new naira notes, saying both are still legal tenders in the country. Checks by New Telegraph on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, confirmed that residents were still refusing to collect the old N500…