IDRIS AHMED, Lokoja As the World Tourism Day scheduled for September 27 gets closer, Kogi State Hotels and Tourism Board is partnering with the Ministry of Education to prepare for the activities to commemorate the day. To this end, a quiz competition is to be organised on the day, with the preliminary expected to commence…
By Idris Ahmed, Lokoja Following the expiration of the World Bank program (NG CARES), the Kogi State Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA) declared that the 26 adhoc staff of the agency have been paid their backlog of salaries and officially disengaged. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KEDA, Muhammed Kadiri Okeji, who disclosed this…
By Kingsley Ohens The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to firmly resist the plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to smuggle in unaccredited Polling and Collation Agents after the APC failed to meet the deadline stipulated by the Electoral Act, 2022 and INEC Guidelines for the September…
There is also the matter of ethnic bigotry and nepotism unwittingly infused into Senator Monday Okpebholo’s profile by himself and on the other hand, his handlers. Unarguably, those pushing the ‘homeboy’ narrative and benchmarking his suitability for office with his competence in his native Esan language are not doing him any favours. The question is:…
By Kingsley Ohens The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to firmly resist the plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to smuggle in unaccredited Polling and Collation Agents after the APC failed to meet the deadline stipulated by the Electoral Act, 2022 and INEC Guidelines for the September…
By Darlington Okpebholo Ray Jaret Tenebe, the Chairman of the Edo APC, demonstrated conspicuous incompetence on national television, exposing the intellectual void that has been closely associated with his party’s leadership in Edo State. Making an appearance on Arise TV, Tenebe delivered an incoherent rant that was only matched by the questionable qualifications of…
…..Says Gov Ododo has made life more easy for Kogites …Grace Boys Brigade Retreat in Lokoja The Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Kogi State chapter, Comrade Benjamin Jeremiah Ojodale has extend his heartfelt commendation to the Boys Brigade of the Anglican Church Diocese Lokoja for their outstanding contributions to the community. The Kogi…
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has called for the institutionalization of debate in public schools across the Federal Capital Territory, so as to foster healthy conversations on topical issues among the young ones. In a statement issued Austine Elemue, SA Media To FCT Minister of State, 30, August, 2024., said Minister Mahmoud made…
IDRIS AHMED, Lokoja. Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has appealed to the people irrespective of political, l or religious affiliations to join him in the task to move the state to an enviable height Governor Ododo made the appeal on Wednesday at the reception organized In Lokoja to celebrate his victory at the…
By Free Mffo & Iortyom Now! Joint Statement by Defenders of Democracy (DoD), Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ), and Benue Coalition for Democracy (BCD) We, the undersigned pro-democracy groups—Defenders of Democracy (DoD), Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ), and Benue Coalition for Democracy (BCD) unanimously express our displeasure with the surreptitious moves being former…