Late former Pope Benedict XVl. Photo credit:DW. Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415….
By Correspondent in Lokoja. Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Friday signed into law, the 2023 appropriation bill of N172b passed by the State Assembly. At the event, which took place at the EXCO Hall, Lugard House, Lokoja, Bello thanked members and staff of the Assembly for their patriotism and service to their fatherland. The…
By Correspondent in Lokoja. The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed the 2023 appropriation bill of N172,090,789,292. Our Correspondent report passage followed a report presented by the Chairman House Committee on Finance, Appropriation, Budget, Monitoring and Economic Planning Aderonke Aro on Friday in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. Accordung to him, out of budget of…
The late Pele. By Dada Ahmed. President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in expressing grief over the death of Brazilian soccer legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele who died on Thursday. The world’s greatest ever football player succumbed to death after suffering a debilitating bout of cancer. This is contained in a…
The heartwarming remarks of the President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on the heels of his visit and commissioning of legacy projects of His Excellency Alhaji Yahaya Bello evokes a strong sense of hope and pride. It puts paid to every doubt nursed by naysayers. It is therefore my joy to congratulate my governor, boss and mentor…
Photo credit:DW. SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday,aged 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. He had been hospitalized for the…
(R-L) President Muhammadu Buhari,Governor Yahaya Bello during the inauguration of legacy projects in Okene on Thursday. By Correspondent in Okene. President Muhammadu Buhari has says that the $400 million dollars, spent to rescue Ajaokuta Iron and Steel, is money well spent as he commissioned legacy projects executed by Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Speaking…
By Dada Ahmed. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, inaugurated Reference hospital, Okene and other sundry projects executed by Governor Yahaya Bello-led administration with a promise to make Ajaokuta Steel complex “work again”. Reference hospital,Okene, one of the legacy projects inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo credit: Kogipedia. Speaking during the occasion, the president said his…
Uneasy calm set in set in the early hours of Thursday in Okene, headquarters of Okene Local Governnent Area of kogi state, following an explosion which local sources said emanated from a stationary car within the vicinity of the Palace of the Ohiniyi of Ebiraland,Dr.Ado Ibrahim. Details soon.
Viewer’s discretion advised. Photo credit:The NewsZenith (Ogun) No fewer than seven members of the Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing Women) Muslim Organisation, lost them lives in a ghastly road accident that happened in Odogbolu,Ogun State on Wednesday. Our Correspondent gathered that seven others are in critical conditions and initially rushed to the General Hospital in Ijebu-Ode while…
