***Facilitates Voters Registration Exercise, JAMB Tutors for Students House of Representatives aspirant for Yagba Federal Constituency, Oladokun Jeremiah continues to impact on the community and educate not just theoretically but in practice as well. Starting this month of March, Mr Jeremiah partnered with Special Adviser to Kogi state Governor on Youth and Student Affairs, Comrade Ahmadu Jibril to engage a number of tutors for students preparing for the JAMB examinations coming up across Yagba.The sponsored lessons are also in collaboration with members of the state chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) who provided the centers and facilities…
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The imminent threat to down tool on Friday this week, as a result of high cost of Aviation fuel (Jet – A1) may have been averted with an intervention from the Senate Committee on Aviation, following an emergency interface with Airline Operators in Nigeria. The Airline Operators had on Monday at an interface with members of the Aviation Committee in the House of Representatives , threatened to stop operations within 72 hours if the cost of Aviation fuel is not urgently brought down to N400 per litre as against N670. Alternatively they also requested for bailout from the Federal Government…
By Friday Idachaba Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has treated more than 5,000 persons with different ailments during its four-Day Free Medical Outreach in four Local Government areas of Kogi. The outreach which began on Saturday, March 12 in four Local Government Areas of Bassa, Ibaji, Koton-Karfe and Ajaokuta of Kogi, ended Tuesday, March 15. Managing Director (MD) of HYPPADEC Dr Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, disclosed this in Adogo, Ajaokuta Local Government of Kogi as the first phase of the medical intervention to the flood devasted riverine communities came to a close on Thursday. Yelwa who was represented by…
The Federal Government has expressed commitment to ensuring that land is provided for building N-Youth Sports Academy with a focus on helping young teenage athletes actualize their dreams in sporting activities. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, disclosed this in his office in Abuja while receiving the management team of N-Youth Sports Academy and Nigeria Tulip International College. Director Press and Public relations in the ministry Mohammed Manga in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday quoted the minister to have indicated that the move will ensure that their academic progress and fulfillment are also well…
Masev, Ihyarev and Nongov Development Association, (MINDA) has declared support for Governor Samuel Ortom’s senatorial aspiration to represent Benue North WestThis was as the governor’s consultations with critical stakeholders for the realization of his senatorial aspiration continued Monday The governor solicited the support of the association to contest the election at the event which took place at Community Secondary School Makurdi The Governor intimated the stakeholders that he had separately sought and obtained the blessings of his immediate kinsmen of Nzorov, Nongov and Guma, hence the need to do same from MINDA. In their separate responses, Hon Clement Tse-Tse for…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director on charge of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) Alhaji Wadata BodingaThe minister of the Federal Capital Territory Malam Muhammed Musa mead the disclosure on Tuesday. According to him, Dr Abdulateef the acting Director , Depatment of Security Services has been appointed as the new substantive director of the Directorate of Road Traffic services (DRTS) He noted that the development is to strengthen the activities of the directorate.
With less than a year to the 2023 general elections the race for the presidential ticket of political parties is getting more intense. As political parties strategize towards holding their party primaries, the issue of which of the 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria will their presidential candidate emerge has been a subject of national discourse. Equitable zoning of the presidency in the 2023 general elections by the two major political parties, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is currently one of the most contentious issues in Nigeria today. Although the concept of zoning electoral positions…
Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has felicitated with the Management and staff of Radio Nigeria Kaduna for the attainment of 60 years of responsible broadcasting.Special Adviser Media and Public Relations to the Governor Habibu Nuhu Kila quoted the Governor to have described Radio Kaduna as a major Hausa radio broadcast station which is an authority and dependable medium with millions of listeners that maintains professionalism in its news and Programmes.According to him it is a powerful radio station that publicize policies and programmes of the government, promote peaceful and harmonious co-existence among the people, it also enlightens and…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has flagged off the much awaited NEXIT/CBN Agri-Business Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme for exited N-Power beneficiaries Batches A and B.The special adviser on media to the minister Nneka Ikem nubeze in a statement quoted the minister to have indicated that out of the 467,183 trainees who indicated interest, 75,600 will participate in the first phase of the orientation programme expected to lead up to collection of loans of up to three million Naira from the Central Bank of Nigeria if they qualify. At the flag…
***Asks President Buhari to take a bow Apparently piqued by incessant attacks and killings of innocent citizens of the state by militia herdsmen, Governor Samuel Ortom has declared that henceforth, decisive actions will be taken against the invaders. Governor Ortom who spoke on Monday, at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi during a press conference on the state of the nation hinted that Benue will no longer talk about the number of people killed by the invading militia herdsmen but confront them through community efforts in collaboration with conventional security agents. “In the last two weeks, more than 20 people have…