The Attah Igala and President of Kogi State Council of Chiefs, His Royal Majesty ,Alaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche Akpa11, has Inaugurated a 15-man Committee to organise Igala Annual Festival,Italo,after eleven years of being put on hold. The Igala national festival initiated over a century ago for revival of the tribe’s cultural values,was put…
The Rivers State Governor, His Excellency (Barr) Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has conferred the Rivers State Honour ( GRAND SERVICE STAR OF RIVERS STATE (GSSRS) on the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Yahaya Bello. In a letter dated 13 September 2022 and referenced RVSG/GH/SHA/Vol. 1/021 and signed by the Governor of Rivers State,…
…..makes calls for self-employment for constituents Member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency and PDP Candidate in the forthcoming 2023 Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency election, Hon. Shaba Ibrahim (MHR); has set yet another record of development and empowerment in the Constituency. Hon. Shaba Ibrahim who is popularly known as Mr Projects, as of the last week…
Nine oil-producing states received a total of N625.43 billion 13 percent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds from the Federation Account in the last two years, 2021-2022. The states that received the refunds dating from 1999 to 2021 are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. Data obtained…
Yahaya Zakka Minna. The Nigeria Union Of Teachers NUT, Niger State Wing wishes to rejoice with the Emir of Kagara,Alhaji Ahmed Attahiru Garba 11 on his Coronation and Presentation of staff of Office on 3/12/2022. In a press release made available to Journalist’s in Minna,reads that the Chairman,Comrade Adamu Mohammed Akayago and Comrade Labaran…
Mr Abubakar Ohere, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate, Kogi Central District, has expressed gladness with the spate of defection from opposition political parties into the APC in Kogi. Prof. Solomon Avidime, Chairman, Ohere Political Vanguard (OPV), made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday. The OPV chairman said that…
There seems to be more trouble for the NEXIM Bank Director, Stella Oketete as Nigerian lawyer and founder, Incorporated Trustees Of Ilaje Global Think Thank Initiative, dragged the President Muhammadu Buhari, Central Bank of Nigeria, and Attorney General of the Federation for failing to implement the 2019 senate resolution that recommended the sack of…
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives Flagbearer for Idah Federal Constituency, Hon Uchola Ojogbane Omale have been asked to keep hope alive, as very soon the victory bell will ring. A staunch Supporter of the PDP Flagbearer, Ucheni Usman Ogbo gave the assurances shortly after the Supreme Court in Abuja adjourned…
No fewer than 90 youths in Kogi, have been empowered on Skills acquisition by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). Speaking at closing ceremony of the one-week empowerment on Friday in Lokoja, the Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Olawale Fasanya, said the programme was under the National Business Skills…
State and Non State actors living in the flood prune areas of Lokoja and Kogi LGAs of Kogi State have been asked to work together to reduce the impact of future flooding on communities in the future. The Executive Director, Challenged Parenthood Initiative, Eunice Abimbola Agbogun, made the call at a stakeholders Dialogue…
