News Update
7 University Professors, 65 others elevated to SAN Rank Seven University Professors were among 72 lawyers elevated to the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria SANS on Thursday by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee LPPC. Their elevations were officially announced in Supreme Court by the acting Chief Registrar of the court who…
The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has considered the report of the Central Examination Misconduct Committee and approved the exoneration of three students accused of examination misconduct. This was part of the far-reaching decisions at the 8th Emergency Board meeting held on Thursday, 14th July, 2022 at the Hall ‘A’ of the…
The Cross Appeal instituted against the judgment of Osun State Election Petition Tribunal by former governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress APC has been dismissed. The cross appeal which centred on the education qualification of governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke was threw away on the ground that it lacked merit. The Appeal Court…
Executive Director, Commercial, NASCON Allied Industries, Fatima Aliko Dangote, has revealed that women play a pivotal role in the success story of the Dangote Group. Speaking while opening the International Women’s Day at the Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana Plant, Kogi State, she said the company provides equal opportunities for men and women,…
US imposes visa ban on election riggers in Kogi, three others The United States Government says it has imposed a visa restriction on some individuals for their actions during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa state elections and in the run -up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo state elections . Although…
Kogi State Ministry of Environment to partner with LAWMA.* Kogi State ministry of environment has assured of its readiness to partner with the Lagos Waste Management Agency. The state Commissioner of Environment, Chief Victor Adewale Omofaiye stated this when he visited the agency with his team in Lagos. The commissioner explained that the visit was…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has disowned reports credited to it in the social media that it was not aware or did not receive nomination list for Supreme Court vacancies from the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC). Its Director of Information Barrister Soji Oye clarified on Sunday that he never had discussion with anybody…
A stakeholder of All Progressive Congress, APC and former Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in kogi state, Chief Dr. Tims Nda Diche, Maaji Of Bassange kingdom has commended the incumbent Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on his efforts at raising the bar of governance in the state through his remarkable achievements within one year…
The trial of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over alleged stealing and mismanagement of public funds to the tune of N5.78bn got underway on Wednesday before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High siting in Ilorin. The former Governor and his finance…
Five bills have been passed into law by the Kogi State House of Assembly. The bills where passed into law by members of the house on Thursday in Lokoja when it was considered clause by clause. The bill passed into law by the lawmakers are a bill for a law to provide for retirement…
