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By Abdulmalik Suleiman Many people of impeccable character have shuned public office, because they are afraid their integrity will be corrupted,while some dare the consequence of taking up such appointment and allow themselves to be guided by principle,which makes them to excel in the assignment they are saddle with.Though, many people of integrity ended up…
“It should be clear to the National Assembly that their incestuous relationship with the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on which they have oversight responsibilities cannot continue. It is an open secret that many of our lawmakers are the leading contractors in some of these MDAs where they deploy their oversight powers as a weapon…
By Sulaiman Kenami You have always been a remarkable leader, one that I can show off to people and say, I am related to that man.’ So I want to use this occasion to thank you for being such an outstanding influence on my life. A special leader is one whose birthday you actually look…
By Tom Ohikhere Following the recent political tussle in the National Assembly which started with the controversial retirement age, a calculated plan by some power hungered gang to dislodge Sani-Omolori as the Clerk of the National Assembly despite the resolution of the 8th Assembly. A two time commissioner of Information of Kogi and a proud…
Benin – Obajana – Okene – Lokoja – Abaji highway is now unsafe. On that road, Capt Abubakar and 2 other Capts were ambushed on 6th July and he was killed. His young wife (now a widow) was kidnapped along with his mother. They are still with kidnappers as at today 10 July 2020. On…
By Tom Ohikhere The Nigerian businessman, founder and chairman of an industrial conglomerate in Africa ” Dangote Group” who is also the richest man in Africa, Alh. Aliko Dangote owns the biggest cement factory in sub-Saharan Africa ” the Obajana plant” in the Western Kogi State expected to produce about 10 million tonnes of cement…
By Samson Atek’ojo, That thugs are an element and organ of the present administration in Kogi State is no new story. There are highly sponsored and patronised to a large extent, that they are ready to strike at the command of their paymaster. There is no gainsaying discussing about their heinous activities in the last…
Many have written about the political prowess of the Abubakar Audu dynasty and its organisational astuteness as ably now represented by the son of the late politician, Prince Shuaib Abubakar Audu. One may be tempted to join the hordes of commentators but I will rather concentrate on this aspect of his life which fascinates me…
Five days before Justice Nasir Ajanah, the late Chief Judge of Kogi state passed on, I had a chat with someone who hinted to his (Ajanah) state of health when our discussion veered into COVID-19 and security on Lokoja-Okene road. The man told me he knew of two highly-placed Kogi people, convalescing in Gwagwalada isolation…
On June 2, 2020, the Federal High Court in Lokoja, under incorrigible JusticeDonatus Okorowa, delivered a landmark judgement on the ancestral andhistorical ownership of Lokoja, Ajaokuta and Koton Karfe. The judgment, based on documentary and historical evidence, affirmed that the area is part of IgalaKingdom. The Court further demanded that the Federal Government should payIgala…
