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By Tunde Olusunle For those who know a thing or two about the history and evolution of the Okun homeland, never has the area been as weaponized and as violent as the experience of the 2019 general elections. The Okun country, by the way, is the Okun-Yoruba speaking stretch of Kogi State. To refresh our…
South-South leaders vow to resist antics of opposition · Commend Godswill Akpabio · Urge him to contest in 2023 Notable South-South leaders on Wednesday lauded the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, for making an effort to provide greater autonomy to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). They also praised President Muhammadu Buhari…
Kogi Speaker Mourns Mrs Roseline Olayemi, Commiserate with Publisher of Exposure Newspaper, Gabriel Olayemi Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Prince) Matthew Kolawole has extended his condolences to the family of late Mrs Roseline Olayemi, the mother of the publisher of the Exposure Newspaper based in Lokoja, Gabriel Olayemi whose…
Senate Confirms Justice Baba Yusuf from Kogi state As FCT Chief Judge. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf as Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. Baba’s confirmation was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal…
Abuja Court joins fresh party in Abia’s $238.8M Paris Club Refund legal battle. A Federal High Court in Abuja has formally joined Mauritz Walton Nig. Ltd, as a fresh defendant in the disputed $238.8M Paris Club Refund legal battle with the federal government of Nigeria. The company was joined as the 5th defendant along…
Ex-President Yar’Adua’s daughter, Zainab forged documents to own Abuja land, FCT Minister tells court. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello on Tuesday told an Abuja high court that the daughter of former President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua, Zainab allegedly forged several documents to lay claim to ownership of a…
PDP: Shema, Ibro, Dankwanbo emerge top contenders for chairmanship JOSTLING for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national chairmanship and other slots zoned to the North got keener, weekend, with party leaders from the region scheduling a meeting for Wednesday to harmonise positions. Currently, no fewer than nine aspirants from the three zones of the North…
KABBA- BUNU / IJUMU FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY 2023; KOLAWOLE ON THE MARCH AGAIN! Politics, like the game of football is not won or lost, until the final whistle. Just as it is in a match where you can’t bet on the outcome with certainty, the intrinsic game of politics can spring unfathomable result with bewilderment. As…
The NAKOSS National President, Comrade Rachael M’rola Balogun was this evening a guest on the Grace FM. 95.5fm programme “Campus Gist”. During the weekly radio programme aimed at bringing tertiary institution students closer to the society, the first female President of the National Association of Kogi State Students, Comrade Rachael Mojirola Balogun spoke on several…
ABÉNECHÈ EJEH OLAMABORO: You are a worthy son of Igala Kingdom – Chief Edward Onoja. The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Chief Dr. Edward Onoja applaud the Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly and member representing Ankpa 1 constituency, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed as a worthy son of Igala Kingdom, describes…
