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NIMC-JAMB Registration: Kogi Govt Warns Against Extortion of Students Under Any Guise By Stephen Adeleye The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, IION, has warned against any form of extortions of prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME-JAMB) registration under any form of disguise in the…

  The money laundering and procurement fraud trial of Olajide Omokore, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Ltd, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Limited, Victor Briggs ( former managing director, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, and Abiye Membere resumed on Tuesday March 1, 2022 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the defendants opening…

Kogi: Motorists, Commuters hails FG for rehabilitating Ganaja road Motorists and computers plying the ever busy Ganaja, Ganaja village road has commended the Federal Government for rehabilitating the road after which was earlier abandoned by contractors handling the project. They gave the commendation recently while speaking on the rehabilitation of Ganaja, Ganaja village road in…

  Four persons have been burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident that occurred between Ohono and Akpanya along Lokoja-Abuja road under Lokoja Local Government Area in Kogi State. It was gathered that the accident happened at about 7am when an 18 seater bus lost control while returning from Lagos to Kano State. Three…

  At last, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA on Thursday in Abuja slammed 8-count hard drug trafficking charges against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Abba Kyari. Abba Kyari was charged with the criminal offences alongside four other senior police officers and two civilians. The charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/57/2022 is filed at the…

  A High Court of Kogi State in Anyigba has restrained the State Government from proceeding with the planned coronation of Abubakar Ahmed Yakubu as the Ejeh of Ankpa in the state. Justice Funso Ajayi gave the order on March 2, 2022 while ruling on an interlocutory application filed by Musa Alhassan Akor (suing for…

Kwara awards Ile Ire road, upgrade of AbdulAzeez Attah Road By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has awarded the construction of the Ile-Ire District Road in Ifelodun local government area of the state, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying the step underlines his administration’s commitment to bringing all the agrarian belts closer to the…

The Vice Chancellor, Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Engr. Prof. Salawu Sadiku, has assured the Kogi State office of Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission (PDCRC) of partnership to sensitise the university community on activities of the Commission, particularly in the area of promotion and protection of human rights. The vice chancellor…

Ogori-Magongo Community loses Former Acting Council Chairman Magongo community in Ogori-Magongo local government area of Kogi state has lost one of its illustrious sons and former acting chairman of the council Hon. Gbenga Amos Alabi is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State Alabi who was also former councillor Representing Obinoye …

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI SHOULD SUPPORT MY 2023 PRESIDENTIAL BID AS I SUPPORTED HIS PRESIDENTIAL BIDS IN THE PAST, INCLUDING HIS FIRST IN 2003. My best bet to clinch 2023 Presidency is on APC platform. No question about that. The permutations I did in 2015 pointed at that and informed my founding of South-East APC Integrity…