By Tunde Olusunle Arriving in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2010 to join in the excitement of the first-ever FIFA World Cup hosted by an African country, I got my first ever baptism of entrapment in an elevator. I was on the trip with two very good friends, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo and Femi Olatunde who…
_By Fanisi Babatunde PhD. The Kabba-Aiyetoro-Isanlu-Egbe-Ilorin Federal road, which connects Kogi State with Kwara State, has been in a poor state for many years. Despite being included in every Federal Government budget since 1999, the road remains virtually impassable. This is a matter of great concern and disappointment for the people who rely…
The circus of stealth, sleaze and stealing is continuing unabated. It is however refreshing that the masses seem to have seen through this charade. We were fleeced and exploited by the Buhari Government through phantom Tradermoni, money that was actually shared among their cronies and also phony cash payments to themselves using the vulnerable…
*Urges Obasanjo, public to disregard it Ayo Ola Convener of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has said that he had no hand in a recent publication that cast aspersions on a former President of Nigeria, Chief Matthew Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo. He that he did author or authorise for publication…
By Fancy Media Team (FMT) Barely four months to the off season Kogi State governorship election, the prevailing political aura in the state is already tilted to the favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates, Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman (OAU) and Joel Oyibo Salifu (JOS). This clear positive indication towards the…
By Yabagi Mohammed Meet the 13th Speaker in the history of Kogi State House of Assembly who is leading the 8th legislature since Kogi’s creation in 1991 with guile and brilliance. Rt. Hon Aliyu Umar Yusuf, an accounting and administrative honcho is a man of consummate legislative agility under whose headship lawmakers are…
By Stephen Adeleye Lokoja, June. 12, 2023 Agriculture being the backbone of Nigeria’s economy, is regarded as one of the most significant contributors to the nation’s GDP as it provides millions of job employment opportunities. Successful agricultural sector comes with greater maximum security by increasing national income and improved standard of living,…
*Says Nigeria should regain its top African crude producer status Ayo Ola A retired deputy Director of the now-defunct Department of Petroleum Resources, (DPR), Engineer Sunday Adebayo Babalola, has called on the federal government and other stakeholders to encourage more usage of gas by Nigerians. In an interview with journalists, he said…
Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood…
By Abu Michael. The Kogi state governorship election , has kick-started with the final display of legible standard bearers. The candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Hon. Ahmed Usman Ododo has duely complied with the provisions of law and have been granted certificate by INEC to fly the flag of…
