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  As electioneering campaigns kick off today, the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara State, has enjoined politicians to shun violence and embrace issue-based campaigns. The league, in a statement by its Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Akanbi and Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Olesin, urged candidates of various political parties and other stakeholders to play…

  The Founder, Bayo and Bunmi Babalola Foundation, Engineer Sunday Adebayo Babalola, has decried the continued disruption of academic activities of students in Nigeria’s public universities as a result of the ongoing face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria. The ASUU commenced strike on February 14, 2022,…

  The Attah Igala, His Royal Majesty, Dr Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa, has urged all Igala people irrespective of their location to unite and shun discrimination to ensure rapid growth and development in the land. Attah, who doubles as Chairman Igala Traditional Council, gave the advice when the Movement for the Sustainable Development of Igala…

  Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fixed December 12 to deliver ruling in the admissibility of six different statements which implicated a former Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke in the alleged $1.1B Malabu Oil fraud. The Judge fixed the date after taking arguments…

Hon Bode Ogunmola has flagged off his Campaign in his bid to represent Ogori-Magongo Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly come 2023. He visited all the graded Chiefs in Ogoriland which included Otaro Eni, Chief S K Obajulu,Uboro, Chief Professor , Olugbemiro Akerejola,Otaro Igoludeji Cheif S A Mosugu,SAN,Otaro Okibo, Chief Alao, Otaro Adubane,…

The Traditional ruler of Lokoja in Kogi State, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammad Kabir Maikarfi 111 has died at the aged of 80. The Secretary, Lokoja Local Government Traditional Council, Muhammed Nalado Usman confirmed his death in a statement issued late Wednesday night, stressing that the traditional ruler died in a private hospital in Abuja after a…

  The Acting Executive Chairman, Management and Staff of Kogi State Internal Revenue Service commiserate the demise of His Royal Highness, the Maigairi of Lokoja, and the Chairman, Lokoja Traditional Council, Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammadu Kabir Maikarfi III, OON, who has peacefully left to join with his ancestors at a well-lived year of 80. The Acting…

  VCDP Rice farmers who are beneficiaries of the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) under the FGN/IFAD assisted project in Kogi have lamented over the colossal loss of their rice farms to flooding. These beneficiaries are vulnerable farmers under the IFAD-VCDP Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF), aimed at cushioning the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on…

  In a bid to bring back life to out of School Children especially girls in Kogi State, a Non-Governmental organization, Challenged Parenthood Initiative, (CPI) has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring that, all the girl child have sense of belonging in Nigeria. The Executive Director, Challenged Parenthood Initiative, (CPI), Ms Eunice Abimbola Agbogun disclosed this…

As campaign for the 2023 general elections kicked off on Wednesday, the Kwara State Police Command has said that it would ensure a level playing field for all political tendencies in the state, irrespective of party affiliation, region or tribe. Addressing his maiden press conference in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday, new Commissioner of…