Latest News Update
By Musa Tanimu Nasidi The Dan Darma of Lokoja,Barr. Naseer Ahmad has donated Cash to support Flood Victims In Lokoja,Kogi state. Ahmed, who was represented by the Secretary to Lokoja Emirate Council, Alhaji Muhammad Usman Nalado, explained that the donations was made to cushion the effects of flood that ravaged the area.. Ahmed who expressed…
By Aliyu Abdulwahid Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated his call for the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Wike explained that he has accepted Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of PDP and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Rivers State as the party’s running mate, but…
By Our Reporter Four Southsouth Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been assigned to plead with their Rivers counterpart Nyesom Wike to support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election. The Governors saddled with the responsibility are: Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Douye Diri(Bayelsa); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Godwin Obaseki (Edo)….
By news desk The Kogi State Government, on Thursday, responded to Dangote Industries Limited’s insistence on 100 per cent ownership of Obajana Cement Company, saying that DIL’s efforts at making Kogi State’s demand appear unreasonable had only justified the state’s protest against what it described as “callous and deliberate asset grabbing.” The state government maintained…
By Shatima Nasidi The clash between the Kogi state government and Dangote Group of Companies, owners of the Obajana Cement Factory, on Thursday took a new turn as Governor Yahaya Bello gave the supposed owners an ultimatum to shut down the factory within the next 48 hours. The two parties have for days been having…
By Aliyu Abdulwahid Spokesperson for Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has the capacity to address the challenges facing Nigeria. Ologbondiyan stated this when he interacted with some PDP youths in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, PDP and its presidential candidate, were very concerned about the challenges confronting Nigerians. “The…
By News Desk Ninety-five million voters are expected to determine President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in office in the 2023 poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, said this at a function organised by the National Endowment for Democracy, NED, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES,…
By Jibrin Samuel Okutepa,SAN It is no longer news that Kogi State Government is currently having a face-off with Dangote Industries Ltd over ownership of Obajana Cement Company Plc, owner of Obajana Cement. There is no dispute that the Government of Kogi State incorporated Obajana Cement Company Plc and entered into agreement with Dangote Industries…
–Orders Release of impounded Dangote Trunk … CEMENT FACTORY TO REMAIN SHUT The Executive Governor of Kogi State wishes to thank the people of the state for their resoluteness in the ownership impasse between the Dangote Group and the State Government. While the State Government recognises the right of the citizens to peaceful protest as…
By Musa Tanimu Nasidi The Sadauna of Kakanda , Alhaji Tijjani Aliyu has donated the sum of N1.2 million naira and other reliefs items to victims of flood in Budon District of Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State. Aliyu ,who was represented by Dr Aminu Isah and APC Ward Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Chatta, made…
