Sarkin Sudan Kotangora dies at 84 Yahaya zakka Minna The Sarkin Sudan, Kontagora in Niger State, Alhaji Saidu Namaska, has passed on . He died today, Thursday, 9th September, 2021 at the age of 84. The monarch who until his death was the Vice-Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers spent 47 years on the…
2023 presidency; North Central group insists its their Turn. * Says it is for equity, fairness and justice. A group under the aegis of North Central Coalition for Leadership NCCL has insisted that the 2023 presidency belong to the zone for the sake of equity, fairness and justice. The Director General of the…
Deforestation; Niger auctions 500 bags of seized Charcoal. Yahaya zakka Minna. The Niger State Task Force on Forest Exploitation has auctioned about 500 bags of charcoal confiscated from dealers of the commodity in the state. Speaking at the occasion, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane warned that Government would not hesitate…
Niger State House of Assembly has kicked against the exploitation of Senior School Certificate Examination candidates by some private schools in the state. Member of the State Assembly representing Agwara, Hon Bello Ahmad Agwara, in a motion at plenary yesterday alleged that some private schools in the state charge as high as N250,000 to N300,000…
INSECURITY : Kogi registers 10, 000 Commercial motorcycles, Trycycles. In its commitment to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, Kogi State Government has begun the biometric registration of all the operators of Motorcycles popularly known as Okada and Trycycles (Keke NAPEP) across the state. Speaking with Journalists at the Internal…
#20bn Frozen Account; Kogi begs for CTC of the Judgement. Despite its denial of culpability of the #20bn saga, and a threat to sue EFCC the Kogi state government has applied to the Federal High Court to avail her of the Certified True Copy of the Judgement.CTC. EFCC had dragged Kogi state and sterling Bank…
Breaking: Gunmen kill Okajide Sowore. The immediate junior brother to the publisher of Sahara reporters, Okajide Sowore was on Saturday killed by unknown gunmen along Benin -Ore expressway. According to a source close to the activist, he was killed along Benin-Ore Expressway, just after Okada. Sowore himself broke the news this morning through a statement….
IThe former Kogi Governor,Ibrahim Idris has described as shocking the death of PDP leader in Omala local government,Jubrin Yusuf who died yesterday,Friday 3rd September,2021. A statement personally signed by the former Govenor Idris said he was disturbed by the sudden sad developement of a man he met while on a visit to his country home…
*Berates NASS for voting against electronic transmission.* The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has demanded for a credible electoral act that will conform to the yearnings and aspirations of the Nigeria people . This is just as the Union berated the members of the 9th National Assembly , describing their voting against electronic transmission of…
Man Who Stole Journalist’s Car In Kogi, Bags 3 Months Imprisonment Treasure Ochemeje A man, Ismaila Bababgida, 37, from Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been convicted and sentenced to three (3) months imprisonment with hard labour for stolen a Toyota Camry car belonging to a Journalist in the state. It would be…