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Yadah 2025: Obasanjo, Kwara Dep Gov, others to grace event in Ilorin Stephen Olufemi Oni Ilorin Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Kayode Alabi, are among the special dignitaries expected to grace the 2025 Yadah programme of the House of Prayer Assembly, Basilica, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The…
A socio-political group under the aegis of Concerned Omala Sons and Daughters (COSAD) has called on Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo, and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to ensure that the next House of Representatives slot for the Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro Federal Constituency is given to Omala Local Government…
The Chairman, Barr. Zacchaeus Dare Michael has assured that the second term bid of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Gov Usman Ahmed Ododo is a done deal. This is as the Chairman called on Abuja base Politicians to connect with happening at home, pointing out that any agenda outside President Tinubu and Gov Ododo…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, is set to commission 80 revitalized Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the state in the first phase of the PHCs modernization project which began in April, 2024. The Governor will perform the flag-off at the Primary Healthcare Centre, Old Market, Lokoja on Friday, signaling the beginning of…
Why do politicians seem to think they’re exempt from empowering persons with disabilities, despite national and state laws mandating a minimum of 5% representation? It’s baffling that our people fail to grasp the law. Disability isn’t something that can be bought or sold; empowering persons with disabilities is a right, not a privilege or…
The Kogi State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Sightsavers and the Federal Ministry of Health, has launched a two-day planning meeting to strategize the Mass Administration of Medicines (MAM) for Schistosomiasis in Ibaji, Kogi, and Lokoja Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Permanent Secretary, Kogi State Ministry of Health, Mr Steven Momoh, who declared…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has given the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu till November 5 to defend the terrorism charges against him or waive his right to do so. The Judge pleaded with him to consult with legal practitioners conversant with criminal laws to aid his defense or opt for…
Self-Styled Footballer, Two Others Convicted For Cybercrime In Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a self-styled footballer, Musa Ayomide Olasunkanmi, for offences bordering on personation and retention of proceeds of crime. Justice Haleema Saleeman of the Kwara State High…
The attention of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army has been drawn to a misleading post circulating on social media alleging that the photographs released alongside our recent press statement titled “Troops of 12 Brigade Rescue Two Kidnapped Victims and Recover Ransom in Kogi State” were old images purportedly taken nine months ago. The Brigade wishes…
Sen. Ohere, Kogi Central People’s quest, 2027 another time to right institutional wrong. By Abu Micheal. There is no need crying over split milk. The victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere, truncated by the Court was no doubt a set back when juxtaposed with the mileage he covered in his brief stay in the 10th Senate….
