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  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…

  …. Lauds Umar Yahaya’s Quarterly Youths and Women Empowerment Program. Stakeholders of Omala State Constituency have finally resolved to vote overwhelmingly for Hon. Umar Yahaya the All Progressives Congress Flagbearer in the forthcoming March 18 election. The Stakeholders rising from a meeting in Abejukolo, said all options considered, Hon. Umar remains the best bet…

    Warren Bennis has described leadership as the capacity to translate vision into reality; while General Montgomery states that leadership is the capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. In the view of Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, Peter Drucker, “leadership…

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday in Abuja dismissed an appeal brought before it by a Labour Party’s governorship aspirant in Plateau State, Ambassador Yohanna Margif, challenging the nomination of the candidate of the party, Dr Patrick Dakum. The appeal was thrown out by Justice John Inyang Okoro following its dramatic withdrawal by the appellant,…