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KOGI FARMERS CELEBRATE DRY SEASON RICE HARVEST.   Sequel to the introduction of dry season rice farming by IFAD/VCDP in Kogi State, many communities adopted the new innovation and began the practice the dry season rice farming, which was hitherto an alien practice to farmers. Amid joy and jubilations, the dry season rice harvest was…

KOGI POLY EXPELS 42 STUDENTS OVER EXAMINATION MISCONDUCT, THEFT, FORGING OF RESULTS – Names Hostel Blocks after Identified distinguished personalities The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, at her emergency meeting held on Thursday 20th May, 2021, considered reports of various committees and consequently approved the expulsion of 42 students for offenses bordering on…

GOVERNOR BELLO SAYS DEATH OF COAS SHOCKING …commiserates with family, President Buhari, NA Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has described as shocking the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru who was killed this Friday evening in an ill-fated plane crash while on an official assignment to Kaduna. The Governor’s…

Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Yahaya Bello on Sunday inaugurates the Jama’atu Nasril Islam Secretariat Mosque/Hall along Barracks Road, Lokoja, Kogi State. The chairman of the JNI, Kogi State Chapter, Ambassador Usman Bello commended governor Yahaya Bello for his immense contribution to the building of the mosque. Ambassador Bello noted that the governor has been…

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IS FOR HUMAN BEINGS, NOT CATTLE AND SHEEP. By: Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The Northern elites, including the Hon Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, miss the point sorely when they compare Igbo peaceful spare-parts dealers who go about their normal spare parts business…

LATE PILOT, ALFRED OLUFADE WAS MY ONLY SON, I NEED PRAYERS – GRIEVING DAD George Olufade, the father of Flt Lt Alfred Olufade, the pilot of the ill-fated aircraft that killed 11 military officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, said only prayers could sustain him as George was his only…

2023: NIGERIANS DISCOVER ADOZAMINE AS BEST SOLUTION FOR THE COUNTRY The greatest threat and diseases infesting our National Unity today are insecurity, Religion and Ethnicity intolerance. Various research have being carried out to find a way of addressing these hydra-headed monsters of insecurity, lack of religious tolerance and ethnic profiling which is leading to national…

Ahead of Kogi Governorship race in 2023, Senator Nicholas Yahaya Ugbane has proposed three governorship aspirants each from any political party in Kogi east to run for the  gubernatorial election. Senator Ugbane raised this opinion in the parley organised by Igala-Bassa Relief Developement initiative held at Grand Ibro Hotel Abuja. ‘These  three candidates each according…

*GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO’S EBIGO ACCEPTABILITY; A PRECIDENTIAL LITMUS FOR THE UNIFIER PROJECT* . *By Phanisy GCFR.* The Word “Unity” has taken a center stage in comtempory politics of Nigeria. Reason are not far fetched from internal grumblings and suspicion amongst the various ethnic groups of Nigeria. In the midst of all the national concerns about…

Anomalies Being Perpetrated At Kabba College of Education By Provost, Victoria Jagboro ….. A Call To Rescue The Institution From Decadence Kabba, May 24, 2021 By Ajayi Enitan The concerned staff, students and stakeholders of Kogi State College of Education (Technical) Kabba, have called on His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello, to beam his searchlight on…