By Correspondent. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has commended the United States for the repatriation to Nigeria of 23 Benin Bronzes, part of the thousands of artifacts that were looted by the British during their invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897. The Minister gave the commendation at the Benin Bronzes’ repatriation…
Miss Mariam Yakubu. Photo credit: Nigerian Post. By Correspondent in Lokoja. Unless Kogi State Government and Spirited Corporate Organisations and individuals come to the aid of 22-year- old Miss Mariam Yakubu, an MBBS graduate may miss her induction into the Medical Profession owing to her inability to pay the mandatory induction fee of Four Hundred…
By Celsus Ohain (A Nigerian veteran journalist) From remote antiquity, man has always striven to expand his influence territorially for a variety of reasons ranging from the filial to personal survival. Self Preservation, it is said is the first law of nature! Animals too are not left out in this syndrome hence cat-animals like the…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Movement of vehicles on Lokoja-Abuja road eased on Sunday as flood which took over vehicular and human movement at kotonkarfe axis of the road commenced receding. Our Correspondent who visited the road on Monday reports that, some personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC, kogi state Command, were seen…
By Correspondent in Abeokuta. Men of Ogun state Police Command have arrested three men for allegedly attempting to kidnap their former employer in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun state. According to SP.ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI, POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND,in a statement available to The Reporters on Tuesday, the three suspects are: Peter Nse…
By Correspondent in Lokoja Amina Musa,the 28-year-old house wife in Lokoja, who suffered double tragedy; flood and gas explosion in Lokoja in the ravaging flood in kogi State, is dead. A reliable source close to the family of the deceased disclosed this to the Correspondent of The Reporters in Lokoja on Tuesday. Our Correspondent gathered…
