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NTA Okene at construction phase By Ismail M. Kabir My recent visit to the abandoned site of Okene station of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) was very disappointing. For over six years since the idea of establishing a local TV station in the central senatorial district of Kogi state, the people have waited in vain for a media station that continue to exist only in their imagination. Similar facility in the two other senatorial districts in the sate (Western and Eastern senatorial districts) have since commenced operation. Several failed promises by successive governments in the state including an official visit by the former governor Ibrahim Idris led by the then honourable commissioner of of information, Dr. Tom Ohikere have left the NTA substation to a mere hope. In October last year, chairmen from the 5 local government council of Kogi central viz Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori-Magongo, Okehi and Okene Local government areas, visited the abandoned station with renewed

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson has thrown her critics into ‘dustbin, saying that she will continue to move on in life ahead of them.  Mercy Johnson The (Ebira) Kogi State-born star in an interview with City People said ‘People will keep criticising when they want exactly what you have. They hate and they talk, but they want what you have. They crave to have what you have. So when they talk, the only way to shut them up is to even do better and up your game.’ She went on to add: ‘We are in an environment where people who have boils all over their faces will look at me that has just 1 pimple on my cheek and try to tell me what cream to use. People hide in the shadow and say stuff.’ She made it clear that nobody can make her to go back now, adding: “So it’s like hate all you want, I am moving. So you are just going to stay there and keep talking and I am ahead of you.” Read more...