Category: News

NUJ Condemns Attack on Journalist by Kogi Governor’s Security Men

The attack on a journalist in Akure, the Ondo State capital by security agents attached to Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has attracted strong condemnation...

Yoruba Groups Commiserate With Family of First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot

Yoruba groups struggling for the independence of  Oduduwa, Egbe Gbogbo Omo Yoruba Ajijan Gbara Orilede Odua nation, have commiserated with the family of Nigeria’s...

Lokoja: Dangote Truck Accident Survivor in Critical Condition

Son of the man crushed to death by Dangote Cement truck in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, on Tuesday has been resuscitated but still in critical condition. It was confirmed...

Ankpa: Bad Road Cuts Off 9 Ikah Communities From Outside World

Nine communities in Ikah axis of Enjema district in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State are inaccessible as the wet season nears its peak, residents cried out. The...

Pivotal Role of Youths in the Development of Nigeria’s Democracy

A country that dreams about sustainable development can never achieve much without proper consideration of the youths, putting their activities at the front burner; be...

Why I Didn’t Lead Nigeria to 1988 Olympics as NOC President – Jemibewon

A former president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Major General David Jemibewon (rtd) has said he didn’t lead the Nigerian contingent to the 1988 Olympics Games in...

Kogi Indigene Bags 2yrs Imprisonment for Threatening to Bomb National Assets

A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced one Godwin Adeoye, a 35 year old indigene of Kogi State, to two years Imprisonment on a two count charge of attempted...

Opeyemi Duke Congratulates Hon Abenemi @60

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ijumu local government area, Opeyemi Duke has congratulated the deputy chairman of the PDP in Kogi state, Honourable...

NDDC and The Ill Fate of Niger Deltans

The euphoria that greeted the evening of 15th January 1956, was unprecedented in Nigerian history, when the British government announced the discovery of crude oil in...

Oba Ikusemoro @95: Kogi Speaker Felicitates With Oldest Monarch in Northern Nigeria

Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Matthew Kolawole has congratulated the oldest monarch in Northern Nigeria, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adebayo Ikusemoro,...