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  It was Nelson Mandela who once said, “It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.” The significance of…

  A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State and the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo has described Sen. Smart Adeyemi’s assessment of the last Governorship Primary of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State as “vituperation of a desperately dangerous bad loser”. Fanwo stated this in Lokoja while fielding…

  The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday, April 27, 2023 called on journalists in the Northeast to be proactive and use the tools of investigative journalism to expose corrupt practices, especially money laundering and financing of terrorism. Bawa who spoke through ACE Oshodi Johnson, Commander, Maiduguri…

  Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, have convicted and sentenced six Internet fraudsters to various terms of imprisonment. The convicts: Ojiako David Enyinna, Heziekiah Ezekiel Eno, Onyedika Ugochukwu Enemchukwu, Adinkwu Destiny Chukwudifu, God’s Favour Bassey Essi and Ebenezer Emmanuel Peter, were jailed on…

  The President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has bestowed his blessings upon Hon. Ododo Ahmed Usman, OAU, the APC Gubernatorial candidate for Kogi 2023, while assuring him of victory at the November polls. During Ododo’s visit to his residence in Abuja on Saturday, Asiwaju urged party members in the state to work towards the party’s…

  The Inspector-General of Police has called for in-depth investigations into the remote circumstances surrounding the demise of a Police Inspector, Inspector Atobaloye Taiye, who was on Quick Intervention special duty from Oke-Onigbin Divisional Headquarters, Kwara State, to the Zone 8 Command Headquarters, Lokoja, which covers Kogi and Kwara States. Details from the Zonal Headquarters…

  Come May 4th through 7th 2023, The family of Hon Bar and Mrs Stephen Anthony Awuru would be part of the families in Magongo Community that have slated the celebration of their daughters initiation into womanhood in a cultural festival that is well popular amongst the people. This was contained in an invitation issued…

  *As monarch appoints first-ever Asiwaju for Oro Kingdom By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for making equity, justice and fairness in the distribution of social amenities to all sections of the state the hallmarks of his administration. Oro Descendants’ Union (ODU) gave the commendation over the weekend…

  The outgoing House of Assembly member from Mopa amoro State Constituency of Kogi State Hon Ademola Bello and his successor Hon Olawumi Jacob Today had a good moment of interaction with the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC in Kogi State Alhaji Usman Ododo in the bid to Marsha out political…

  Joseph Leke Abejide, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 Kogi State Governoship is a reflection of the real Kogi Agenda. Despite the reign of the Ebiras (Kogi Central) as Governor will be 12 years by the end of Governor Yahaya Bello’s tenure, and the reign of the Igalas (Kogi…