Edo 2020: Kwankwaso Mobilises Arewa Community, Others For Obaseki’s Re-election

Former Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, has hailed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Godwin Obaseki, for his people-oriented projects and programmes across the state, urging Edo voters to reelect the governor who has shown competency in delivering the dividends of democracy in the first term. Kwankwaso made the call…

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Constitution review: State police, power devolution dominate requests

As constitution review committees from both chambers of the National Assembly are getting set for harmonisation of requests from various interest groups across the federation, power devolution in various forms are dominating the requests. Specifically, out of about 100 memoranda already submitted to the Senate Committee as at Friday last week, state police creation featured in most…

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Failed state’: APC, PDP bicker over Obasanjo’s comment

The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have differed over the recent statement credited to Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo. At a recent public appearance, the former president said the nation was becoming a failed state under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former president spoke in Abuja at a consultative…

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Insecurity; Armed robbers again strike commuters in Kogi, kill brothers

Daredevil armed robbers again struck on Saturday along the Okene–Lokoja highway in Kogi State killing two brothers and injuring a policeman on roadblock duties. The incident which occurred at about 6pm in between Itakpe and Kabba Junction end of the Okene -Lokoja – Abuja expressway forced commuters and travellers to scamper for safety while abandoning…

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Obasanjo, Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndigbo, discuss Nigeria as ”a failed state”

Social-cultural organizations like the Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, and Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo have discussed why Nigeria is becoming a failed state. The organizations recently organised a consultative dialogue held at the Shehu Yar’Adua Center, Abuja. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who spoke at the event, declared that Nigeria…

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Communiqué of the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ) Kogi state Council held on 12th September, 2020 at the Press Centre, Lokoja under the Chairmanship of Comrade MomohJimoh Adeiza, the Council Chairman.

After exhaustive deliberation the following decisions were reached.Congress felicitates with the kogi state government and the governor Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello on his well deserved election victory at the Supreme.Court. The Congress also acknowledge the government immense contributions to the upgrade and facelift of two major state owned media Houses- the Graphic and Radio Kogi…

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