By Dr. Anthony Danladi Ali Department of History and International Studies Federal University Lokoja P.M.B. 1154, Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria TEL: (234)07080296488 E-Mail: nthnyali@yahoo.com Paper Presented at the Annual Lecture of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Kogi State Chapter, Date: 5th November, 2020, Venue: NUJ Press Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria, Time: 10 am…
Nigeria’s Governors Forum have rejected the new salary package approved by the federal government, saying it is not achievable. The governors expressed shock that the federal government did not consult them before unilaterally unfolding the package during the 2020 World Teachers Day on October 5. Going by the conditions given by the governors, only teachers…
A male patient, 27, Bernard Coker, currently on sick bed at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Oke Oyi has cried out for assistance fro good spirited members of the public to facilitate a surgery on him. Bernard, who has been suffering from Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is said to be on blood…
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City A socio-political group,Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) worldwide, has advocated for lawmaking business in the country to be on part time basis so that the lawmakers can go into lines of business that will fetch them streams of income to supplement whatever that is made available to them by the…
The Former Senior Special Assistant 3, Igalamela Odolu LGA, Hon. Mary Peters has Congratulated Comr. Ali Atabor on his appointment as member of the governing council of Prince Abuabkar Audu University Anyigba. A statement by the former SSA 3 issued to Newsmen, said the appointment is well deserved in view of the Sterling…
Thursday 5th of November, 2020. Members of the Kogi State Sports Council today 5th of November 2020, at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja, received members of the Marasata Soccer Academy who have concluded plans to collaborate with Kogi State Government in a bid to scout for talented soccer players from Kogi State. The Chairman of…
The continued stay in office of the current Head of Service in Kogi State has been described as a fraud, illegality and unconstitutional. The Executive Director, Conscience for Human Right and Conflict Resolution, Comr Idris Miliki stated this in a statement, says it is immoral, an abuse of office and unjustifiable. Accoding to the…
By Stephen Adeleye Lokoja, Nov. 5, 2020 The Kogi State Government has restated its commitment to enhance adequate security of lives and property in various campuses of tertiary institutions across the state. The State’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, gave the assurance at a sensitisation meeting with heads…
5th November, 2020 Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole has emerged the National Treasurer of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria. This was confirmed this evening shortly after their annual conference held in Abuja. According to the information made available to Newsmen, the Speaker…
Attention of His Excellency, the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Elder Simon Achuba has been drawn to some reports by section of the media, stating that “Achuba was impeached in October 2019 by members of the Kogi State House of Assembly. That “the impeachment followed the submission of the report of the Pannel…
