By Tunde Olusunle Many of his kinsmen and friends had a good laugh the day he was inaugurated into the eighth assembly of the House of Representatives, June 2015. Most probably unsure how to pronounce his surname, the Clerk of the “green chambers” as the lower deck of the national parliament is described, opted for a spontaneous improvisation. Rather than set his tongue against his teeth, the Clerk after correctly pronouncing his first names settled for a simpler *Takiri!* By some coincidence, Tivlumun Nyitse my brother from our university days and cousin to *Takiri* and I watched the live telecast…
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**follow up exercise continues on Sunday in Katcha, Gbako LGAs Member Representing Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal Constituency, in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Saidu Musa Abdullahi, SMA (Gwarzon Nupe) has given succor of Rice palliatives to two thousand women in Bida Niger State. The support which was flagged off at Gowon’s Lodge is an initiative targeted at the poor women, beneficiaries who were drawn from widows and other vulnerable groups in the society.i⁸ A statement by the Senior Legislative Aide (SLA) to the Reps member Dodo Mustapha quoted the chairman of the distribution Committee Alhaji Baba Suleiman to have indicated that…
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has expressed deep shock and sympathy over the recent killings as a result of communal clashes in Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of the state. Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Ismaila Isah in a statement on Saturday said the Governor regrets the ugly dimension that the communal clashes between people in the area have assumed over time. He promised immediate intervention by his administration to forestall reoccurrence of the unfortunate situation. Ododo promised to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act in the community to justice, adding that security…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the November Governorship election in Kogi State, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has condemned in strong terms the reoccurring maiming and killing of innocent Kogi citizens. Some unidentified gunmen had invaded Agojeju Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing nineteen (19) people and setting many houses on fire. As at the time of filling this report the death toll had risen to 35. Ajaka therefore called for a state of emergency to be declared by the Federal Government to tame the attacks in Bagana, Otutubatu, Iyade, Agbenema, Agojeju-Odo and other…
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has promised to improve the welfare of civil servants in the state. The Governor gave the indication while briefing newsmen after an interactive session with leaders of the organized labour in the state on Friday. Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Ismaila Isah in a statement on Saturday quoted the Governor to spoken in the company of leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour unions in the state. He noted that the meeting with the labour leaders was to review critical steps so far…
**Admits he is a polygamist A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, Olusola Oke has put to rest the misinformation about his marital status and the politics of the first Lady of the State disclosing he is a polygamist The Social media had been awashed with tweets from his opponents in Ondo State telling people not to vote for him as his Ibo wife will visit tyranny on the State like the immediate past first Lady, Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu. Reacting to a poser on the issue with reference…
The Senator representing Kogi East in the National Assembly Isah Jibrin (Echocho), has condemned the killing of 19 persons and the burning of over 50 houses in Agojeju Odo in Omala Local Government Area of the state, A statement issued by his special adviser on media, Mikail Ibrahim, on Friday described the development as worrisome and intolerable saying that he had directed the relevant authority to visit the area and get to the root of the killings, insisting that the situation must be brought under control immediately to prevent further degeneration. Echocho in the statment charged the relevant authority to…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. GENERAL Manager, Corporate Affairs unit of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Alhaji Jibril Dardau died in the early hours of Friday at the age of 54. Dardau died in the in the holy month Ramadan on Friday 26th Ramadan 1445, equivalent to 5th April 2024 after leading early morning Subhi Prayers in his mosque. He was said to have slumped on return to his parlour shortly after the prayer and was immediately rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja where he eventually died. According to a family source, Dardau who had been managing High Blood…
By: Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Jigawa State governor, Malam Umar A Namadi, has suspended the commissoner for commerce, Alhaji Aminu Kanta over alleged financial scandal from Ramadan free Feeding bankrollrd by the state government. The suspension was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government Malam Bala Ibrahim. The statement indicated that a member of the state executive council Alhaji Aminu Kanta has been suspended following his alleged mishandling of iftar feeding programme fund for his home local government. According to the statement “Alhaji Aminu Kanta who is the Commissoner, Ministry of Commerce and member of the…
***Says hard times Will Soon Be Over The Senator representing Niger East Senatorial district, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa on Friday in Minna, distributed over 20,000 bags of assorted grains and other food items to his Constituents to cushion the effect of the current hardship in the country. The food items which included rice, beans, maize among others were distributed to the people of in the 2,053 polling units in the nine local government areas of the senatorial district. This gesture is coming barely one month after the senator doled out cash and food items to his Constituents over the same…