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Kogi state Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello,has felicitated with Muslim Ummah as they join the rest of the Islamic World in marking the commencement of the Islamic New Year, 1443 AH. The Governor’s message was contained in a remarks delivered by Alhaji Abdulmumin Okara at this years commeration of 1443 Hijirah in Lokoja on Saturday. He said…
By Festus Adedayo In 1964, the Nigerian Tribune’s editorial comment, entitled “Where do we go from here?”, a scurrilous attack on the Premier, Ladoke Akintola’s government of the Western Region, published on April 16 of that year, landed its editor, Ilobu, now Osun State-born Ayo Ojewumi, alias Pen Atalanta, in a hot soup of sedition charges. The comment contained…
The Federal Government has said total lockdown will be the last resort in its strategy to contain spread of Delta variant of COVID-19. It cited the extreme effects of lockdowns on the economy and everyday life. ADVERTISEMENT Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire, during the weekly ministerial briefing by the Presidential Communication Team in Abuja,…
By Ahmad Mubarak dada’u Muslim ummah have been advised to emulate the virtues of prophet muhammad SAW by refraining from all forms of vices and turning to good deeds . The called was made by Imam Sheikh Tijjani mosque zuba , Sheikh Abubakar Raji in a lecture he delivered to mark year 1443 Hijirah celebration…
The fact that more women are willing to run for office is a positive step. From suffragettes to modern day feminists, women and men have fought long and hard for women’s right to vote and hold office. Progress is clear. As of 2015, women in every country in the world have the right to vote;…
In a bid to reduce the high rate of unemployment in Lokoja Local Government,Kogi Union of Tailors (KUT) old market Zone Lokoja, has empowered 20 Youths through it apprenticeship programme. Comrade Danjuma Sulaiman,state Chairman of the union said this at the induction ceremony of the beneficiaries in Lokoja on Wednesday. He said the high rate…
Ali Inname, the Sokoto commissioner for health, says 24 family members have died in the state after eating some poisonous food. The commissioner said he incident occurred on Monday in Danzanke village of Bargaja ward, Isa LGA of the state. The 24 victims are said to be members of an extended family living together in a compound….
Prince Uche Secondus will remain the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until the national convention of the party is conducted in October. The convention was initially scheduled to be conducted in December. The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed this on Tuesday, at the end of a closed-door meeting of party stakeholders…
– Troops-patrolling-Damboa-after-clearing-the-town-of-insurgents Again, Nigerian Troops Storm Sububu Forest in Zamfara, Eliminate 45 Bandits Coordinated strikes by air platforms and assault by ground forces under Operation Hadarin Dajiof the Defence Headquarters has led to the eliminations of bandits gathered for a meeting in Sububu Forest in Zamfara State. PRNigeria gathered that local and foreign high profile bandit…
Interior Minister Unveils Immigration Electronic Data Management Systems (EDMS) The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has demanded that all Officers and Men of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) acquaint themselves with their expected roles and responsibilities and be guided by the expected principles and standards of behaviours in the discharge of their duties. The…
