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Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and the Central Senatorial District was agog and literally stood still on Tuesday as residents of the district throng out in their numbers to welcome the former governor of Kogi State Alhaji Yahaya Bello in company of the current governor of the State Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo as they entered…
The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Thursday begins a four days warning strike over alleged increase of deaths of patients due to shambolic state of hospital. This is contained in a Press Statement signed by Dr Anaduaka Obinna, General Secretary of ARD-UITH, and made available to Our correspondent…
Ramadan: Kogi NUT greets Gov Bello, others Kogi State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, has felicitated with Governor Yahaya Bello on the successful begining of Ramadan. In a statement, the State Chairman, Comrade Thomas Ayodele, wish the Governor a blessed Ramadan, praying that God should grant him all that his heart desires….
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded the Ora community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one person and abducting two females. It was gathered that the assailants, who stormed the area wielding AK-47 rifles, shot sporadically to scare the residents. An eyewitness, Ahmed Akande, described how a group of gunmen…
On behalf of the Kogi Central Person’s with Disabilities Association, the President of KCPWDA like to extend his heartfelt appreciation to the Accountant General of Kogi State, Chief Dr. Habibat Oyiza Tijjani nee Onumoko FCNA, for her generous donation of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (#500,000:00) to the Kogi Central Person’s with Disabilities Association which…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole today paid a condolence visit to Governor Yahaya Bello over the demised of his sister, Hajiya Rabiatu Bello,who passed away on December 23/2019 after a brief illness. Comrade Oshiomole who met with Gov Bello at the Government House, Lokoja was accompanied by…
A Lokoja Based Orphanage Home, Rehoboth Children’s Home has congratulated former Kogi State Auditor General for Local Government, Alh. Usman Ododo on his resounding victory at the Governorship Primary Election of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. Founder of the Home, Chief Modupe Olaitan Awoniyi in a statement made available to Newsmen in Lokoja…
Gov Bello spends hours clearing gridlock on Lokoja-Abuja road Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Sunday evening, joined officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other security agencies in controlling the traffic on Abuja-Lokoja road which has held commuters on standstill for two days running. Governor Bello who arrived Jamata area of the…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ENGINEER ADAMS ODODO AN ICONIC EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEUR Every man born to this planet is born to a stage; but only a few receive the ovation, mention and reckoning of recognition of achievers. This may be so because only the few are ready to make and pay the prize for greatness. Some are born…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a former senatorial aspirant, Dr. Muyi Aina, has charged various political parties and their loyalists to avoid all forms of electoral violence as they go about their voting this weekend. “As we approach the elections, It is my sincere prayer that God blesses Nigerians with wisdom to choose…
