Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commended the distribution of relief materials in communities affected by recent communal crisis in Omala Local Government area of the state. This was contained in the state issued by Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor and made available to Journalists in Lokoja on Thursday. The…
By Toby Prince The darker it becomes, the brighter the shining of the star. That’s the case with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo S.A.N. Honesty is a virtue, so they say. But you will never know how important honesty has become until something joins you with the Nigerian public service where…
The Nigerian Institution of Metallurgical Mining and Materials Engineers (NIMMME), a division of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has inaugurated the Vice Chancellor of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Engr. Prof. Abdulrahaman Asipita Salawu, MNSE FNIMMME as the 12th Chairman of the institute. According to Balogun Omeiza David, Head, Public Relations Unit,…
The Management of Crown Resources Development Co.Ltd, (CREDCO), has described as false the assertion that the Katsina Wind Farm project is a failed project. Addressing Journalists in Lokoja the managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CREDCO, HRH (Dr.) Barny Adeku Ojiah, Said despite the challenges faced by the company, it has so far commissioned…
A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from infringing on the fundamental human rights of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, former Kogi State Governor. In a two hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, at the High Court 4 and presided over by Hon. Justice I.A Jamil, in suit no…
Worried by the current situation of unconfirmed allegations of corruption against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has called on the anti graft agency, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to thread with caution. The forum averred that the fact that the case is already in court…
Governor of Cross River State, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, has presented his administration’s reform strategies, actions, economic indices to a gathering of diplomats, policy makers and investments drivers with the aim to attract and create more development opportunities in the state. This was revealed in a statement by Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to…
As an indigene of Kogi State from Ijumu Local Government, I am always concerned about any issue that has to do with Kogi State’s affairs and I do my best to be involved, even if modestly, in her development. I love my state and I love my people, without necessarily compromising my patriotism to Nigeria,…
By Williams Ochonu “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” —Henry Kissinger. The above quote is instructive on the realization that leadership is needed to transform our great country. But the question is thus: are those saddled with leadership positions aware of…
In an unprecedented move, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from 1200 to 1,000 naira per litre. While rolling out the products, the refinery supplied at a substantially reduced price of N1,200 per litre three weeks ago, representing over 30 per cent reduction from the previous market price of about N1,600…
