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Sumaina Kasim writes on the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to take a decisive action on Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) and National Iron Ore Mining Company Limited by engaging the 100-man Nigeria audit team and engineers since the Russians are far from sight or in fact, declare a state of emergency on the project…
Cigari of Lokoja ,Alhaji Ahmed Sanusi,On Saturday led a delegation of friends,Islamic clerics and well wishers on a thank you visit to His Royal Highness ,the Maigari of Lokoja,Dr Muhammad Kabir Maikarfi 111 OON at his palace in Lokoja. It could recalled that the Monarch recently conferred the traditional title of CIGARI OF LOKOJA on…
Months after what some political observations tagged “Local Goverment selection” in Kogi state, the State Independent Electoral commission (KOSIEC) ,is presently facing Serious crisis following a petitioned from a Concern Citizens of Kabba/Bunu local government area over an alleged involvement of a Commissioner of the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, Hon. Emmanuel Folorunsho Olorunfemi in…
•Seeks adherence to APC’s pre-2015 North-South rotation pact Politicians in the north with ambition to contest for President in 2023 were told yesterday to consider All Progressives Congress’ agreement to rotate power between the North and the South. Former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, who made the call in his closing remarks as…
Emeoyiri Uzorma Benjamin, 28, alias Onye Army, arrested for being a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has alleged that he and other members of the organisation launched attacks on security agents following a radio instruction from their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Benjamin, a commander of the Eastern Security Network, the armed wing of…
The Kenyan Government has denied involvement in the arrest and extortion to Nigeria of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Wilfred Machage, made the denial when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The family of Kanu had accused the Kenyan Government of…
The Oworo Foundation, a group of professionals, academics, bureaucratics, business owners and other meaningful persons from all works of life of Oworo ethnic group has scheduled to hold her colloquium with the overall theme, “Reawakening Oworoland:The imparatives for Socio-Cultural, Political and Economic empowerment in Lokoja, Kogi State on 30th through 31st July, 2021 as scheduled….
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, on Wednesday criticised the purported Presidential ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Professor Sagay has stated that he does not know what Governor Bello will use as his achievements during the forthcoming presidential campaign if he is truly serious about contesting…
The Federal Government has accused Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of orchestrating the killing of 60 persons and the destruction of property in 55 violent attacks across the South East and South-South Zones within four months. The Federal Government stated this in a letter dated April 26, 2021 to western…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has issued an early warning alert on likely flood in several local government areas in Nigeria. The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja at the presentation of disaster risk management implications of the 2021 seasonal climate prediction and annual flood outlook. The prediction, according to…
