Former Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA), Prof Seidu Onailo Mohammed has tackled his predecessor and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Senator Ajayi Borroface over his comments on past employment methods by his successors. Speaking during the 2020 Space Dialogue Conference recently in Abuja, Senator…
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Chief Superintendent of Police, Carol Afegbai, (rtd), has dragged the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses before a Benin High Court, challenging its right of compelling her to appear before it. Recall that, the panel, on December 1, ordered for the immediate…
The Nigerian Youth Congress, Kogi State chapter has commended the Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola for maintaining and sustaining the recruitment template that gave a smooth process to the ongoing recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and Civil Defense. At a press conference held in Lokoja on Tuesday , the State Chairman …
By Douglas Ahiaba. The officer in charge of immunization programme in Ofu local government area of Kogi state, Comrade Danjuma Edicha has disclosed that Corona virus pandemic is real and urged people to keep to the positioning of protocol by Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Comrade Danjuma Edicha disclosed this to the correspondent…
A 400L Computer Science Student with the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL), Thomas Kehinde has decried the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), insisting that both the academic body and the government are playing games with the lives and future of Nigerian youths. Kehinde in an exclusive interview…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Special Area Command, Abuja has uncovered two new methods of trafficking drugs adopted by traffickers to evade the prying eyes of law enforcement personnel. In a press statement signed by the Agency’s Public Relations Officer Deputy Commander of Narcotics DCN Jonah Achema and…
*PRESS RELEASE* The Member Representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency Hon Lawal Idirisu enjoined all Nigerians to support GYB for a new Nigeria in 2023. The Member in a discussion with the Newsmen in Lokoja described the Governor as the best for the country if we are ready and sincere to tackle the current situation facing…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has withdrawn from the state Assembly by-election rerun for the Bakura constituency rescheduled for Wednesday in Zamfara State. The withdrawal was announced by the Chairman Publicity Committee the party in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Muhammad Birnin Magaji while addressing journalists at the APC state secretariat in Gusau shortly…
The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology Hon Wemi Jones, FCIB, yesterday flagged-off year 2020 Marking Exercise of Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE). The Commissioner did the flag off at the Lokoja Area Evaluators of Education’s office, with a call on the markers not to compromise on standard. Hon. Wemi Jones said despite…
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate for Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Agagwu Samuel Sule has promised to reverse the trend of poverty and underdevelopment that have pervaded the local government over time if elected at the polls come Saturday this week. The chairmanship candidate made promise…
