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  Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Yahaya Bello, welcomed Hon Muktar Atima, the former State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, to his office at Lugard House, Lokoja on Thursday. The governor commended Hon Atima for his foresight and objectivity after witnessing the remarkable achievements of the state under his leadership,…

  Dr. Sanusi Ohiare has described the establishment of a University in Okunland as a well thought out decision by Gov. Yahaya Bello. Dr. Sanusi made the disclosure following the State Executive Council approval to establish the State University in Okunland. He expressed appreciation to the State Executive Council for the approval which came three…

  *Joins President-elect as 4th respondent*   The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set the stage for definite hearing today in a fresh suit seeking prohibition of inauguration of the President- elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29. The Court ordered that the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/259/2023 seeking to prevent Tinubu from being inaugurated…

  The Governorship candidate of the African Democrat Congress ADC in Kogi State Hon Leke Abejide has been endorsed by a coalition of Kogi State Youths in Diospora as the best candidate with the most outstanding credentials and capacity for good Governance in the state The sociopolitical pressure group known as Kogi Diospora Youths Vanguard…

  The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in the last election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku on Friday told the Presidential Election Petition Court that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is a meddlesome interloper in its defence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the qualifications for the election. Atiku specifically accused the electoral body…

  The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in the last election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku on Friday told the Presidential Election Petition Court that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC lacks legal right to Defend Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the Drug and Dual Citizenship Accusations. Atiku insisted that INEC is a meddlesome interloper…

  Kwara State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Alabi Afees Abolore, has charged the Joint Academic Staff Union in Tertiary Institutions (JASUTI) across the state to instil morality on Students in their respective Citadels of learning. The Commissioner gave the charge while the newly elected executive members of the Union paid a familiarization visit on…

  The Kogi state Hajj commission today, Friday 19th May, 2023 explained the reason for the last minute increase in the 2023 hajj fare by the National Hajj commission, (NAHCON). The chairman of the commission, Sheikh Luqman Imam Abdullahi, while addressing intending pilgrims at the Hajj commission premises in Lokoja, said the increase was necessitated…

  A former Governorship aspirant in the just concluded APC Governorship primary election and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adebanji David Jimoh has commended the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for approving the establishment of a university in Okun land, describing the Governor as a friend and lover of Okun…

*Scam*: Muktar Attima Decamped from PDP to APC, not SDP Chairman- says Kogi SDP   Lokoja, May 19, 2023 The attention of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, kogi state chapter, has been drawn to a misleading publication credited to one Muktar Atima who, supposedly in error, was reported to have decamped from the SDP, as…