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The embattled Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Kogi state, Moses Peter Oricha has declared that those behind the purported last Wednesday kangaroo Congress of SDP in the state are unknown to the party or the Independent National Electoral Commission, describing them as impostors. Speaking with our correspondent in Lokoja on Friday, the…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has paid glowing tribute to Chief Patrick Adaba, the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, and Dr Tom Adaba the pioneer Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), who both passed on few weeks ago. During separate condolence visits to their families in Abuja, Governor Ododo acknowledged their…
Over one million Nigerians nationwide will receive a 10kg bag of rice each as the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) Thursday commenced the distribution of the staple food as part of the 2025 Annual National Food Intervention Project estimated at a whooping cost of N16billion. Speaking…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has granted permission to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its two additional witnesses to give evidence virtually in the charges against former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele. The two witnesses said to be in the…
On behalf of the Management, Academic Board, staff, and students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, I warmly felicitate with an astute administrator, Dr. Elijah Adeiza Evinemi, Head of Civil Service, Kogi State, on the joyous occasion of his birthday anniversary. My dear brother, your steadfast dedication to public service, exemplary leadership, and unwavering commitment…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has applauded the student loan policy of the federal government for boosting the hope of children of low-income earners to access quality higher education in the country. The Governor spoke in Ilorin, the State capital, during a sensitisation programme for students of tertiary institutions in the State. The programme,…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intensified its Safe School Initiative Programme. According to the State Commandant, Umar J. G. Mohammed, this was in line with the directive of the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, to strengthen the security architecture of educational…
At the resumed hearing of alleged diversion of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board’s (KWSUBEB’s) funds by ex- Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Mr. Demola Banu, the witness of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Dr. Musa Dasuki, has told a State High Court sitting in Ilorin that, the duo…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in the Kwara Central Senatorial District have pledged their unflinching support to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his giant strides at improving the socio-economic livelihoods of citizens in the State. The State Commissioner for Youths Development, Ambassador Ndanusa Usman Shehu, while receiving the youths in his office, reiterated the…
No fewer than 72 indigent patients have benefitted from the free hydrocelectomy surgeries by the Kwara State Government, as part of efforts to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, disclosed this in Ilorin, the State capital, during the 2024 State Review Meeting on Neglected…
