Kogi state Government signed MoU

The Kogi State Government has signed a memoranda of understanding to authorize for subscription of N5billion bond for fixed rate infrastructures development in the State .

The MoU was signed today at the completion meeting of Kogi State Government N5billion 15% series first  bonds due December 2020 under the N20billion bond issuance programme held in Abuja.
The MoU was signed by the State Government in conjunction with AFRINVEST,the Lead Issuing House and the four joint issuing houses,made up of BGL, Greenwich Trust Limited,Sterling Capital Markets Limited and REDIX Capital partners Limited.

Traditional Political Institution in Kogi and Governor Wada's Reformation

Traditional Political Institution is no doubt one of the oldest organized institutions in Africa. The long-cherished and established pattern of behaviour of the people found expression politically in it. This political system has transited many generations and it is held in high reverence by the people. By every standard, traditional political institution is a strong measure of societal conservatism.

Kelechi Iheanacho leaves camp for Manchester City contract talks

Under-17 star Kelechi Iheanacho has been given leave from the Super Eagles B camp to travel to England for contract talks with Premier League team Manchester City.

South Sudan 'quashes coup attempt'

President Salva Kiir: "The government is doing all it can to make sure that citizens are secure and safe"

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his sacked former deputy Riek Machar has been put down.

It comes after heavy gunfire overnight in the capital, Juba. At a news conference, Mr Kiir said the government was in full control of the capital, and announced a night-time curfew for civilians.

10 moments from Mandela mourning

BBC News Magazine

After eight days of tears, cheers and queues, Nelson Mandela's send-off culminated in his burial, following a final journey to a village in the Eastern Cape. So what were the key moments?

The grief

When Mandela's widow Graca stood at his open coffin as it lay in state in Pretoria, it was a reminder that for his family, this was not a day to honour a towering political figure or reflect on the end of an era. It was about personal loss. 

Tottenham sack manager Villas-Boas after 5-0 defeat

Tottenham have sacked manager Andre Villas-Boas in the wake of Sunday's 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool.

The defeat was the club's worst at White Hart Lane in 16 years and left Spurs seventh in the Premier League - eight points behind leaders Arsenal.

Villas-Boas, 36, took over at Tottenham in July 2012.

I will give equal opportunity to all citizens----Captain Wada

The Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada has further reiterated his determination to give equal opportunity to all citizens of the state and create enabling condition that would boost human development.

The governor gave the assurance while speaking at the Grand Finale and Prize presentation to winners of his Academic Excellence Competition organized for both Secondary and Undergraduate categories in the state.

Pregnant women warned against alcohol intake

A lecturer in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, Dr. Marilyn Miller, has advised pregnant women to limit the use of drugs that could cause abnormal and malformation of the foetus during pregnancy.

Dr. Miller, who gave the advise while delivering a public lecture on the topic, “Environmental Agents (Teratogens) and Ophthalmology: What's Old and What's New,”  at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), identified such drugs 

to include alcohol, cigarette, and illicit drugs.

China puts Jade Rabbit rover on Moon

China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in its programme of space exploration.

On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module underwent a powered descent, using thrusters to perform the first soft landing on the Moon in 37 years.

Several hours later, the lander will deploy a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as "Jade Rabbit".

Rwanda politician's jail term raised

Victoire Ingabire was arrested months after returning from exile

Rwanda's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire and increased her jail term from eight to 15 years.

She was found guilty of threatening state security and "belittling" the 1994 genocide.

The Supreme Court also found her guilty of spreading rumours intended to incite people to revolt - charges on which she had earlier been cleared.

US man held in 'suicide bomb plot'

A man has been arrested in the US state of Kansas and accused of planning to detonate a suicide car bomb at an airport, authorities have said.

Obasanjo’s Letter Exposes Nigerian Newspapers Ethical Flaws -

As PREMIUM TIMES exposes Obasanjo’s letter to Jonathan, Nigerian Newspapers fail flatly at the true test of ethics.

The story of a bruising letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, which PREMIUM TIMES broke Wednesday, dominated all major Nigerian newspapers Thursday.

Re: Obasanjo 18-page letter - Whining a loser

 

                                                                                                          3 AGUIYI STREET ONITSHA, ANAMBRA STATE

13 December 2013

PRESS RELEASE

Dear Sir,

Re: Obasanjo 18-page letter - Whining a loser

It is unfortunate that a former president of Nigeria that we have so much respect and hold in high regards has disappointed the entire nation of Nigeria by displaying symptoms of a political loser,who whines, complains, boils and does nothing to change the situation.

What is wrong if President Goodluck Jonathan chooses to exercise his constitutional and God’s given right by running for a second term in office in the purview of a former president that attempted a failed unconstitutional third term bid?

After Bombshell, Obasanjo Eats Breakfast with Jonathan in Kenya

Less than 24 hours after he released to the media a controversial letter which has gone viral on the internet, Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo paid a 

surprise visit to President Goodluck Jonathan in Kenya where both leaders met 

and had breakfast together.

SA probes Mandela interpreter checks

South Africa's deputy disability minister says the government is investigating how a man who faked sign language at the Mandela memorial was given security clearance.

Thamsanqa Jantjie, who stood alongside world leaders at the event, has denied being a fraud, and said he panicked when he began hallucinating.

N Korea: Leader's uncle executed

The once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been executed after being purged for "acts of treachery", state media say.

Chang Song-thaek was dramatically removed from a Communist Party session by armed guards earlier this week.

Full Text of Obasanjo’s Letter To President Jonathan Before It Is Too Late

I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that I should, before the door closes on reason and promotion of national interest, alert you to the danger that may be lurking in the corner. Two, none of the four or more letters that I have written to you in the past two years or so has elicited an acknowledgement nor any response. 

CAPTAIN IDRIS WADA INCREASE MONTHLY ALLOCATION OF PENSIONERS BY 50 PERCENT

Kogi state governor , Captain Idris Wada has said that the monthly allocation for the payment of pension will be increase from 50 million naira by 50 per cent for the month of December 2013

The Governor made this known on Wednesday during the celebration of 2013 Pensioner's Day which took place at Lokoja Township Stadium. 

Benefits of fixing Ilorin – Omuaran – Kabba road in Kwara and Kogi state

Mike Abu

It is common practice,that all over the world, provision of infrastructure is cardinal to good governance. This perhaps explains why governments all over the world and at all levels, places it on their topmost agenda.

Infrastructure like; Roads, Portable Water supply, Electricity, among several others remain key issues of development. Apart from being evidences of development, they also enhance both economic and social lives of the people.

Obama-Castro handshake 'unplanned'

President Barack Obama (right) was only the second US president to shake hands with a Cuban leader since 2000

President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro's handshake at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was unplanned, the White House has said.

White House aide Ben Rhodes told reporters the two exchanged nothing more substantive than a greeting.

The Cuban government said the gesture may show the "beginning of the end of the US aggressions".

The Mistake Of Rotimi Amaechi And Nigeria’s Contemporary Writing

 By Paul T. Liam

Speaking at the third Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu Literary Colloquium in Minna Niger State, the Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, before an audience of academics, writers, politicians and students alleged that Nigeria’s contemporary writers have paid little attention to the current social, cultural and political issues that have seized the polity. For a Governor who has done so much for literature and the creative industry, careless comment such as this open and uncalculated assertion speaks in volume of what his purported interest in books and the writing industry is. Or could it just be a Freudian slip?

South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies

South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95.

US teacher' shot dead in Libya

A teacher, believed to be an American national, has been shot dead in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, local officials say.

Nigeria Korean Friendship Institution to be establish in Lokoja

The Kogi state government has gone into partnership with the Korea International Corporation Agency to establish the Nigeria Korean Friendship Institution in Lokoja.

This is in line to boost skill Acquisition and Vocational Training for the teeming youths in the state.

Kogi Deputy Gov charges stakeholders on quality education.

Stakeholders in the education sector have been told to redouble their efforts to enable the institutions of learning regain their pride of place as worthy breeding grounds for tomorrow’s leaders.
Kogi State Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi, stated this at the reunion dinner of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association, Abuja branch.

Boko Haram: Security forces not doing enough – Abatemi-Usman

The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has stressed the need for security agencies in the country to step up their fight against terrorism.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Michael Jegede, reacting to the recent onslaught launched by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Nigerian Military in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, which reportedly left scores of people dead, the lawmaker said Nigeria is in trouble.

Opinion: Oshiomole: Demystifying Governors' Olympian Image

By Tope Adaramola

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomole has not ceased to attract the fancy of many people since his hey days as an iconoclastic labour leader. As an activist, Oshiomole projected the picture of a gadfly, especially to the ruling class, but that of a savior of some sort to suppressed masses or the downtrodden. Expectations were that the erstwhile labour leader will turn coat 360 degrees on becoming a state governor, with all the enthralling pecks and allure of office, like many of his ilks. Surprisingly, this has been proved wrong as the Comrade Governor still carries on as his normal self, despite the surrounding protocol of statecraft.

COURT JAILS EX- FMC REVENUE CLERK FOR STEALING N8.3 MILLION

A Koton Karfe High Court has sentenced Mrs Modupe Adeyemi, a former Revenue clerk of Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja to 30 months imprisonment on 10 count charge.

Adeyemi has been standing trial since 27th October 2010 on 29 count Charge offences of using her position as public officer to confer corrupt advantage herself contrary to section 19 of the corrupt practices and other related offences Act 2000.