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By Itodo Daniel Sule The Kogi State Government yesterday presented appointment letters to 100 traditional chiefs recently appointed, graded and upgraded. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Local Government and Chietaincy Affairs, Mr Dan Victor Usman, while presenting the letters, said the appointments were made after due consultations in accordance with the Kogi State Chieftaincy Law No. 23 of 2006. He noted that issuance of letters of appointment, grading and upgrading to royal the fathers “was born out of sincere desire of the government under Alhaji Yahaya Bello to meet and yield to age long request from communities about injustice meted to them”. Usman charged the chiefs to maintain peace in their various domain to add value to campaign for peaceful and harmonious coexistence which he noted, Governor Yahaya Bello stands for. Those presented the letters were 17 first class chiefs, 23 second class chiefs and 60 third class chiefs.

As each day breaks, comes revelations about shocking philanthropic activities of Khalifa Abdulrahaman Okene, mostly behind public eyes. This time, a facebook user, Isah Habib has decided to share an 8-year old experience with the distinguished philanthropist as sent in to our inbox by King Chatta. Isah Habib writes: Have been searching, yet to find word(s) to qualify or quantify the person of Distinguished Khalifa Okene. I could still remember sometime around May 2011, I paid him a visit in his office at Utako - Abuja, I visited him on a ground to secure a place for me where I could do my one year industrial attachment. On getting to his office, I met about 20 to 25 people waiting for him, after few minutes He asked his Secretary to call me in. He gave me a letter addressed to the then Minister of FCT and as God would have it, I was able to have my industrial attachment done successfully in the Ministry of Urban and Regional Planning.  Let me not forget the most amazing philanthr...

Natasha Akpoti, candidate of the Social Democratic Party for Kogi Central Senatorial election has dared her opponents to jostle it out in a public debate.  While an election debate has never taken place in the district before, Akpoti on Thursday posted the challenge on facebook, seeking reputable bodies to organize the debate.  The major contenders for the seat include the incumbent Senator, Ahmed Ogembe of the People's Democratic Party; and the flagbearer of the ruling party, Oseni Yakubu.  Whether or not they will throw their hats into the ring would be determined by the responses of these contenders to the challenge. 

Senator Ahmed Ogembe, representing Kogi Central senatorial district has said it will only take a President with political will to fix the Ajaokuta Steel Company. Ogembe stated this in Okene while addressing the mammoth crowd which had gathered to receive him at the venue of PDP stakeholders meeting. Narrating his effort towards ensuring the revival of the Steel company, Ogembe said, he sponsored a Bill, several motions and even went on to set up a committee of critical stakeholders from the area which was headed by Hon A. K Salihu. He stated that the committee’s report was promptly submitted but neither the then Minister for Steel nor the Presidency was able to even summon the courage to implement a bit or give a deserved consideration to that report. He urged the people to rise up in unison in deciding who becomes the next President; saying the people of the area will be first beneficiary for being lucky to have the project sited in Kogi Central. Ogembe said Atiku, with his ante...

The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Yahaya Bello on New Media, Odaudu Joel Minister has on Wednesday resigned his position.  Minister said his resignation was on personal grounds, and the need to attend to pressing family issues. In the resignation letter addressed to the Governor through the Secretary to the State Government, Folashade Ayoade Arike, the erstwhile image maker of the government said he was elated quitting the job with a fair record.  He said: "I am one of the very few that worked with this administration from infancy with a very stable mien, utmost sense of sincerity, commitment and consistency, and have always carried out my job description with professional efficiency and tact, with no attempt at compromising or derailing the manifesto of your government to bring it to public ignominy and opprobrium." He thanked the Governor, and his Chief of Staff, Edward Onoja through whom he got the opportunity to be part of the new direction; wishing the peopl...

The area manager of Abuja Electricity and Distribution Company (AEDC), Okene office, Mr Suleiman Joseph has assured residents in Ebira land of improved power supply. Suleiman gave the assurance during a stakeholders meeting convened by the Administrator of Okene local government council, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad meeting to discussed some grey areas on adequate power supply and address some challenges facing constant power supply in Ebiraland. He promised that faulty electric equipments in the area will be repaired and be put to use within the next two months. The area manager commended the local government helmsman and community leaders for their support so far. He informed the stakeholders that electricity supply have improved over time and revenue collection from consumers has also increased. He highlighted some challenges facing continue and enhanced power supply in Ebiraland which include non payment of electricity bills by majority of consumers, illegal connections and some fa...