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  A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Yoruba speaking Southwest States to a Federal High Court over the worsening insecurity conditions in the region. The suit filed at the Ibadan division of the Federal High Court is marked: FHC/IB/CS/189/22. The processes were obtained in Abuja by…

    The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu, said he has approved a training programme for NIWA staff retiring from service to enable them face life after retirement. Moghalu stated this on Wednesday during the end of the year get-together held at the headquarters of the agency in Lokoja. He…

  The Federal Government through the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP-AF), has commenced the distribution of inputs to Kogi farmers affected by flood disaster to enhance maximum yield in the dry season farming. The program which was supported by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD/VCDP), was meant to compensate farmers whose farmlands were submerged by…

  Civil servants and pensioners all over Kwara state are in high spirits with the prompt payment of their December salaries, gratuities and pensions, it was learnt. This was also as they trooped into their banks with songs of praises for Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and in preparation for the Yuletide season. A statement by the…

The Kogi State House of Assembly adhoc committee on transport has asked the kogi State Ministry of Transportation and the office of the Kogi State Security Adviser to arrest the ugly trend of harassment, abitrary arrest and outrageous fines been perpetrated by officials of the Kogi state transport management agency, KOTRAMA and the Taskforce on…

  In the spirit of the festive season, The Pioneer Vice Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria and Former Secretary To Kogi State Government, Professor Olugbemiro Jegede has donated wheelchairs to some Persons who are leaving with Disabilities in the bid to make moving around easy for them.   According to the philanthropist, the…

  “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.” This is a familiar line from the Holy Book which, if you have been following my releases, I find very easy to relate with. It encourages those who have been saved or separated from a certain negative situation to speak out about it, hoping that with…

  Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council for the reelection of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has stated that two governorship candidates and some other leading candidates from the opposition parties in the state would soon rejoin the APC ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Campaign Council, however, said that defections…

No  fewer than 100 widows across the three Senatorial districts of Kogi, have been empowered with relief items and cash by the Treasures Bakery & Confectionery in Lokoja. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Treasures Bakery, Dr Femi Akande and his wife, Mrs Kikelomo Akande, distributed the items on Tuesday, as part of activities to…

  A renowned Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Chief Sebastine Hon, has clarified that the Federal Government lacks Constitutional powers to restrict withdrawals from the bank accounts of the State and Local Governments as proposed by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit )(NFIU). The senior lawyer explained that Nigeria with a Federal System…