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Following the dwadling economic world wide occasioned by the rampaging Covid -19 pandemic,the Olosegun Obasajo Presidential Library,Abeokuta,Ogun state has disengaged many of it’s staff. The disengagement letter sighted by journalists was signed by Mr Olanika Ogunleye,Head of Human Resources, Administration and Procurement,stated that sacked was due to the overwhelming adverse impacts of coronavirus on the…
!DAS FINE His name was Umar Ibrahim Dasuki-Das-Dodi. He was my friend and tragically, we lost him today, Tuesday , 26 May, 2020. Dasuki, also popularly known as Das, was a jolly good fellow, a practicing muslim, a devoted family man, an astute politician, a hardworking businessman and a fellow Kogite who loved the state…
By: Farouq N Musa. Greetings. It is with great enthusiasm and unbridled love for Lokoja as a Bonafied Lokoja Indigene that I decide to write on the above subject matter that is of uttermost importance and too substantial to be ignored, and as a figure willing to use every resources at his disposal to drive…
… Challenges Bello to show evidence that Kogi is free of coronavirus *We stand by our results, announcement thereof — NCDC boss The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to call Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to order over his claims that there were no cases of COVID-19 in the…
There has been serious synergy between the SSA on Security to the Executive Governor of Kogi State in Kabba/Bunu and his counterpart in ijumu local governments which has yielded some positive results as the joint forces of the vigilante groups ( VG) from the two local government arrested some notorious armed robbers and kidnappers terrorising…
The index case of COVID-19 in Kogi did not contract the disease from another state as he has not travelled recently, according to his family members. In a statement on Friday, Tai Ejibunu, obatebise of Oweland, said the patient identified as Ahmad Ejibunu, chief imam of Kabba, may have been infected in Kogi. TheCable had reported how…
The death has been announced of the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Engineer Maikanti Baru This was disclosed by the GMD of NNPC Engineer Male Kyari in a statement made available to no journalists. According to the statement the deceased who have only two months away from his 61st…
A non governmental organization, Nigeria Integrity Movement, has called for transparency in the constitution of membership of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Appeal Panel. The group made the appealed in a letter to the Acting President of Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Monica B. Dongban-Mensem, asked for transparency and sense of justice in constituting…
The Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Pharm. Abdulkareem Mohammed Jamiu Asuku has condoled the family of Alhaji Sani Umar, an APC starwalt from Dekina who died this week,describing his demised as a great lost not to only to the people of Dekina local government,but the entire state. Asuku made this…
Former Governor of Osun state and Minister of interior,Rauf Ogbeni Aregbesolahas appealed to governors in the country to embrace the innovative Tablet of Knowledge called Opon Imo, to develop the education sector of their various states. He described the gadget as a tool that universalises education in the contemporary world. The minister made the appeal during a virtual…
