From Abuja. The Federal Government and Google are collaborating to curb the excesses of subversive YouTube channels which are used to spread hate and disinformation against the country. Mr Segun Adeyemi,Special Assistant to the President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture Abuja, made the disclosure in a statement he signed and a…
A UK court orders former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to be remanded in prison till October 31. The court told Ekweremadun this when appeared before it on Thursday during it adjourned the case,again, till the end of October for hearing. The Reporters recalls that Ekewwremadu first appeared before the Uxbridge magistrates’ court in London,…
By Correspondent in Enugu. Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell,two veteran actors, Kidnapped on Friday on their way from a movie in Enugu state, have regained their freedom. The spokesman of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN),Monalisa Chinda, who disclosed this on Wednesday night, said they were released unhurt. Chinda said the cheering news was revealed by…
By Dada Ahmed. Adegoke Adeyemi (17), a student of Offa grammar school in Kwara state, has allegedly hanged himself as a result of his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS 2. Photo credit: Daily Post Nigeria. The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the Police Command in the state,SP Okasanmi…
By Dada Ahmed. The Police Command in Kwara state says it has arrested an alleged notorious cultist,Ojoagbu, acting on an actionable intelligence by a team of its Anti-cultism Unit. SP Okasanmi Ajayi,the Police Public Relations Officer,PPRO, disposed this in a statement in Ilorin and a copy made available to The Reporters on Wednesday. According to…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Mr Steve Salau fielding questions from participants at the end of his lecture. A media consultant, Mr Steve Salau,has advised Journalists to develop inquisitive mind in tracking and reporting budget to ensure that the end result of such an exercise benefit the people maximally and boost good governance in…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Participants at the workshop. Mal. Isiaku Ahmed addressing participants at the workshop. Stallion Times,a kano-based media organisation and MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday, began a two-day work shop for Kogi State Journalists on budget tracking and reporting. Some participants at the workshop. Speaking at the occasion…
By Goodluck Ikiebe. As Nigeria continues in its quest to win more medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the last batch of Team Nigeria athletes yesterday arrived in Birmingham with a view to participating in more sporting activities before the end of the games on August 8, 2022. The last batch of wrestling athletes were…
By Correspondent in Lokoja. All brothels in kogi state harbouring criminals have been ordered to be closed while shanties in Lokoja, Osara, Zango, Itobe, Obajana and all other areas in the state must be removed and demolished to check insecurity in the state. In similar vein, the state government has also banned the wearing of…
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Photo credit:Ope.news. The joy of 30 children in Kogi state was cut short on Monday when a hit and run tipper driver rammed his his vehicle into their 60-year-old father,Abdulsalam Ibrahim and his passenger and killed them instantly. The Reporters gathered that Ibrahim,a commercial motorcyclist, met his tragic death…
