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Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi has been named Secretary of the Sport Sector Mobilisation Directorate in the proposed 2027 All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council. According to a 22-page membership list of the proposed council currently in circulation, Dr. Abdullahi appears as number 109 and will serve under the directorate saddled with the responsibility of…
Philanthropist Mr Tersoo David Ukechir has awarded scholarships worth N45 million to 300 students of the Federal University of Technology, Babura (FUTB), Jigawa State. Mr. Tersoo David Ukechir (Convener) The scholarship, implemented through the Back to School Project under the Grassroot Support for Tinubu 2027 – The 1019 Initiative, provided N150,000 to each beneficiary…
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Emere Chinedu has admitted that some commercial banks in the country were partly responsible for the scarcity of the new naira notes through hoarding when printed and circulated between 2022 and 2023. He said that the affected banks were found to have committed…
The Oodua Progressive Care Initiative (OPCI) has called on the Federal Government to take immediate action to ensure the integrity of local government elections in the country by banning State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) and tasking the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) with the conduct of these elections. According to a statement by the President…
I Hon Aderonke Aro member representing Yagba West at the Kogi State House of Assembly on behalf of my self and the great people of Yagba West Local government area, warmly felicitate with you, our dear brother friend, a renowned and well respected community leader Ambassador Pastor Kingsley Ikusagba Oluwagbemiga on the occasion of…
A former Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, Ambassador Isaac Onuh, on Thursday joined family, friends, and political associates at the third-day Fidau prayers for the late Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, father of the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo. Ambassador Onuh, while speaking briefly with journalists, described the late…
Lokoja – A political support group, The Nigeria Unite For Tinubu/Shettima North (NUFTS) says it is set to deliver over 500,000 votes to each of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) contesting the presidential and national assembly elections in Kogi State on February 25. Comrade Kunle Ola, the Coordinator of the NUFTS…
PRESS CONFERENCE PRESENTED BY COALITION OF POLITICAL PARTIES. The coalition of political parties today staged a press conference to address political parties and the stakeholders in the management of Electoral process for 2023 general elections. The Coalition is calling all political parties to play the game by the rules and regulations guiding the process. All…
National Broadcasting Station (NBC) has sanctioned three major broadcast stations over their alleged roles in escalation of violence across the nation . The regulators fined Arise TV, African Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television between N2million and N3million. The stations were accused of airing unverified images of the alleged shooting. The protest, which began on…
The political landscape of Kogi State continues to gather momentum as the race for the forthcoming State Assembly election intensifies. Amid this growing anticipation, the people of Yagba East have received a fresh wave of optimism following the official declaration of ambition by Alhaji Maruf Salimonu, a respected businessman, philanthropist, and community advocate. Alhaji…
