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The Kogi State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Council of Elders, Stakeholders and 21 LG Forum of Coordinators has formally endorsed Babangida Onimisi Isah to contest for the position of National President of the NYCN in the forthcoming national Congress scheduled for August/September 2025. In a communique dated June 16, 2025, and addressed to the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, the NYCN elders, Stakeholders and 21 LG forum of Coordinators expressed their gratitude for the governor’s youth-friendly leadership and called for his moral, financial, and logistical support to ensure victory for the…

The Nigerian Army has continued to record notable operational successes in its fight against terrorism in Nigeria, banditry, and other criminal activities across the country, with the recovery of arms, ammunition, and arrest of several suspects between 25 and 26 June 2025. In the North East Theatre, troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion a perimeter patrol in Ngoshe, Gwoza LGA of Borno state in a recovered 408 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, 1,200 rounds of 7.62mm, and two 40mm RPG bombs in known ISWAP/JAS withdrawal route. Similarly, troops of 21 Special Armoured Brigade neutralized three terrorists during a raid…

A frontline youth mobiliser and current Senior Special Assistant to the Kogi State Governor on Youth and Students Affairs, Comrade Babangida Isah, has formally declared his intention to contest for the position of National President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), vowing to reposition the Council as a more dynamic and responsive vehicle for youth development across the country. The declaration, which took place in Lokoja, Kogi State, drew youth leaders, stakeholders, and supporters from various parts of the federation. Addressing the gathering, Comrade Isah described his ambition as a “patriotic call to service” borne out of…

By Sani Ismaila Andrew All of us at Icheke and Omala LGA are full of appreciation to our dear leader, Hon. Abdullahi Ibrahim Ali Halims, the Deputy Majority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives, for his handsome contribution/ donation of five hundred thousand naira ( N500,000) towards the purchase of artificial limbs for our brother, Mr Amos Sule who lost his two arms to amputation due to attack by Fulani herders at Icheke in Omala LGA in the year 2024. Hon. Simeon Omale (JP) who has been doing everything possible to rally support for the treatment of Mr…

Now that Wike and Fubara have settled their differences, Iran and Israel should get ready for armistice. In case you ask of the nexus, it is deeper for a lame mind to understand: These two guys really disturbed the peace and political stability of Nigeria before the proclamation of Tinubu’s State of Emergency in Rivers. The same way Israel and Iran are disturbing the world with bombardments at the moment. I pray the Sole Administrator – Ibas – will be able to sleep tonight because for him, this is not a good development. Sadly, the empowerment scheme he was gifted…

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, narrated before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how a staggering ₦1,096,830,000 (One Billion, Ninety-Six Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) was withdrawn in just three days from the Kogi State Government House’s Administration Account. The witness, Mashelia Arhyel Dada, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank, Maitama Branch, testified as Prosecution Witness Four (PW4) under subpoena. He gave a detailed account of massive cash withdrawals allegedly carried out between 2016 and 2023,…

In an effort to enhance their knowledge of Professional Military Education, Students of Senior Course 47 from the Department of Land Warfare, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, undertook an operational visit to the Headquarters of 1 Division/Joint Task Force North-West Operation FANSAN YAMMA in Kaduna state. The visit of the student delegation was led by the Director Department of Land Warfare, Brigadier General Nnaemeka Ogili. It aimed at exposing the students to real-time operational framework and contemporary security challenges within the North-west Geo-political region of Nigeria. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division and Commander, Sector 1 Joint…

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a mama boko haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years jail term each. The defendants were arraigned on September 14, 2020 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two -count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N11,000,000.00 (Eleven Million Naira only). Count two of the charge reads: “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru…

Politics, in its rawest form, is not merely a contest of ideas—it is a crucible of contradictions, a theatre where loyalty is often met with betrayal, and sacrifice with silence. It has increasingly become a game of sepulchral irony—a procession of coffins built by men who are denied the honour of burial rights. Indeed, the political arena often celebrates the despot and forgets the democrat; it venerates the tyrant while ridiculing the freedom fighter. As George Orwell aptly noted, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” Democracy, for all its philosophical grandeur, remains an…

A giant, standing still in one position for over four decades — that’s Ajaokuta’s true but unfortunate situation. So many stories and developments have surrounded it, yet the giant exudes such hope at first sight that it’s difficult to give up on it. However, something strategic happened under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration that many are yet to figure out: the approach to the Steel Sector, and Ajaokuta in particular, further confirms him as a master strategist. His appointment of Prince Shuaib Abubakar Audu may seem normal or ordinary to many. But a deep, critical analysis of the choice of…