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A former House of Assembly Member in Kogi State, Hon. Zakari Osewu Mohammed has congratulated Barrister Shaba Ibrahim over the conferment of Sodangi of Lokoja title bestowed on him by Lokoja traditional council. Hon. Mohammed who stated this while interacting with newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday , said Hon. Shaba Ibrahim who is representing Lokoja/Kogi-Koton…
The lawmaker representing Yagba West State Constituency in Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Ibikunle Idowu has decried the spate of insecurity in his Constituency. In his motion of urgent public importance on the floor of the House on Tuesday, the lawmaker lamented that Ogbe community in Yagba West Local Government of Kogi State…
Labour unions in Kwara state on Tuesday complied with the nationwide strike declared by their national leadership in reaction to the assault on the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero in Imo state. Some of the offices, visited by our correspondent in Ilorin, the state capital, including the Main Secretariat…
The Kwara state chapter of the Association of Retired Principals of Secondary Schools (ARVPSS), has hailed the resuscitation of the hitherto comatose education sector in the state by the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The association in a communique issued at the end of its meeting in Ilorin, the state capital, noted with satisfaction the…
Customs strike force impounds contraband worth N854m By Steve Oni, Ilorin Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service Strike Force Zone B has intercepted contraband Worth N854m in past three months. Leader of the Strike Force Team, Deputy Comptroller Oseni Olokoba, said this while displaying the confiscated items in Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Service Deputy…
Kwara State Government has opened the second service lane of the Tunde Idiagbon Flyover in Tanke to ease the traffic along that axis. The government had earlier opened one of the service lanes, but the second one was opened on Wednesday afternoon along with the tributary roads emptying into it as construction work ramps…
…..10 Females on Defensive Driving Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School, weekend, graduated 50 Special Truck Drivers. Ten of the drivers were women and trained on Defensive Driving for three months, a statement signed by the spokesman of the Dangote Group, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, said. Speaking at the Graduation Ceremony, Divisional Director of…
By Sunday Yakubu. The Olu Bunu of Bunu land, HRM Oba Joseph Adebayo Ikusemoro has called for unity of purpose among his kinsmen at home and in diaspora as he believes and pray that the next governor of Kogi State will spring up from Bunu land. The first class traditional ruler made this know in…
Kwara NUJ partners Foundation on empowerment of adolescent girls Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin As part of measures to prioritise the rights, health, and empowerment of adolescent girls in Nigeria, Chidimma and Havilah Foundation, a women-led, youth-focused community-based organisation, in partnership with the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is hosting a…
Until his emergence as APC candidate for house of representatives for Yagba Federal constituency many people do not really know much about the person of Engineer Folorunsho Olafemi the son of a political icon in okun land, chief Clearance Olafrmi. A former Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly and Ag Governor of Kogi…
