Images of Ebiraland

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has named 19 new committees to oversee relevant structures of its activities for its forthcoming National Convention. From its Central Planning Committee made of the party’s 12 interim executives down to the 20th committee, a total of 710 persons have been appointed to serve in various committees. In the document shared to journalists on Sunday, Dr. Abdullahi Sanni Ozomata was appointed as a member, Sub-Committee on Medical, which has its chairman as the Cross Rivers State governor, Ben Ayade.  Other committees are Media/Publicity with Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as chairman, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State heads the Security/Protocol Committee while Entertainment/Welfare Committee has Deputy Speaker Idris Wase as chairman. Digital Committee has Kashifu Inuwa as chairman and Convention Legacy and Rapporteur Committee has Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, as chairman.  Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya...

At 38, Dr. Abdullahi Sanni Ozomata is an astute administrator cum project manager and politician who has distinguished himself in selfless humanitarian services.  Born to the family of Mall. & Hajiya (Mrs.)  Sanni Sadiq Ozomata (Sansad) in Okene, Dr. Abdullahi hails from Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. Dr Abdullahi obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine [DVM] from the prestigious Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto where he graduated among the top 10 per cent of his class in 2008. He later proceeded to obtain Masters in Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, as well as Masters in Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Abdullahi is also an alumnus of Lagos Business School, where he obtained a certificate in Agribusiness Management. As a seasoned Veterinary Epidemiologist and Agropreneur with outstanding performance in International Funded Agricul...

Educational Task Force Coordinator, Muhammed Yusuf urged leaders to follow the example of Adomu Muhammad Etudaiye by coming forward to assist the children of less privilege to pay this year waec or compliment the efforts of the parents. Etudaiye has made an indelible marks during this year waec registration for children selected from 28 secondary schools across kogi central.  The coordinator was speaking at the meeting of students Representative Assembly held in Okene Library. Muhammed Yusuf enjoined wealthy Ebiras to emulate the Mr. Adomu Muhammad Etudaiye and few others to better the lot of the poor through philanthropy and make the Ebiraland a better place for all by coming out to assist those children about to drop out of school after spending 12 years in school.    He said the challenge before leaders should be to ensure that they leave legacies so that people will always have good things to say about them when alive and when they eventually depart the...

Sequel to the publications from the duo of Ebira Youth Congress (EYC) and National Association of Ebira Students (NAES) about the low turnout in WAEC registration this year, the Honourable Member representing Okene1 State Constituency in Kogi State House of Assembly Distinguished Honourable Lawi AT Ahmed has waded in to register some students in his constituency. The Education friendly Honourable intervened by paying the WAEC and Mock Examinations fee for some students identified to be intelligent but less privileged. Students were picked from: - College of Arabic and Islamic Studies Okene  - Government Secondary School Ohiana - Family Support Program School (FSP) Inike  - UBE Sec Sch Etahi - Demonstration Standard College Onyukoko and  - Government Day Sec Sch Uruvucheba. The principals of the above listed schools who were visibly very happy and pleased with the kindness and show of concern by the pragmatic Honourable, prays that God continue to uplift him i...

A bill seeking for the establishment of Federal University of Education, Okene has passed first reading at the red chamber of the National Assembly. The bill sponsored by the Senator representing Kogi Central seeks to upgrade the Federal college of education Okene into a full fledged University of Education. Speaking with Newsmen, Senator Oseni said the College has been in existence for a long time and has produced quite a number of NCE graduates over time, noting that it is long overdue to award Bachelors in Education. Senator Oseni who lamented that presently, the country is backward educationally and the effect of it is obvious in the nature of graduates, noted that, in addressing this, it has to begin with the quality of teachers produced thereby producing sound graduates. The Lawmaker maintained that, to encourage sound education, it has to start with the quality of the teachers produced to encourage quality education. He noted that the conversion and upgrade of the in...

By: Farouk Ozigi Onimisi (For: Commissioner Ohere) Research shows that when right hands are elected and appointed as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care. It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.  As GYB continues to advance in infrastructural development of Kogi State, here is to critically evaluate the aesthetic values of three of her recent achievements, Ganaja Flyover, Buhari Civic Centre and Road Networks in Lokoja, the state's capital. Flyover is an important road structure mostly built on intersections to carry away the uninterrupted traffic, mostly in urban ...

Adomu Muhammed Etudaiye, a renown philanthropist from Okene, Kogi State, has paid the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) fees for over 100 indigent Senior Secondary School in kogi Central Senatorial District. Etudaiye said, in Okene on Wednesday 23rd February that the gesture was aimed at complementing the Ebira Youth Congress’s educational development efforts. He said the beneficiaries were carefully selected from some public secondary schools in Ebiraland. According to his representative, Hon. Habib Ikunaiye, the beneficiaries are the children of less privileged individuals within Kogi Central who are designated to sit for the examination but could not afford the fees. He described education as the bedrock of development whose value must not be subordinated under any reason.  Ikunaiye therefore called on other public-spirited people in Ebiraland to emulate the gesture by investing in education to guarantee bright futur...

By Ismail M. Kabir The reappointed Executive Director of Rural Electrification Fund, Dr. Sanusi Ohiare has paid for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) registration fees for final year Secondary School students in Kogi Central senatorial district. Twenty five students selected from various secondary schools are among the numerous graduating students whose parents could not afford their registration for their final examination, a development that informed the recent call by the Ebira Youth Congress (EYC) for concerned stakeholders to respond to the low enrolment record among secondary schools across Kogi central. Recall that Dr. Sanusi Ohiare was recently reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve another term of 5-years as the Executive Director of Rural Electrification Fund at the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The reappointment is perceived by many as a confirmation of the numerous achievements of Dr. Sanusi Ohiare since assumption of office as the ED...

By: Joshua Adinoyi  The Great Ohindase of Okengwe, Chief Stephen Bamidele Eneika Bello, has been described as a peace maker and a true father to all.  Chairman, Kogi State Chapter of the National Sesame Seed Association of Nigeria (NSSAN), Alhaji Damisa Suleiman, made the assertion while felicitating with the paramount ruler of Okengwe Ehi on the celebration of his 45th year anniversary on the throne.  Alhaji Damisa noted that the Great Ohindase of Okengwe has remain committed to ensuring peaceful coexistence among the people of the Area and beyond.  He explained that the people of the Area have been seeing themselves as one, stressing that the role of the traditional institution at instilling peace in the society cannot be overemphasized. “There is a saying that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, so to spend 45 years on the throne is not an easy task therefore we just must celebrate His Royal Highness, Chief Stephen Bello, the Great Ohindase...

As little kids, during Maulud celebrations in the 1970s at Okene in Kogi State, we used to march around all the nooks and crannies of Okene, visiting dignitaries like the late Ohinoyi, Alhaji Sani Omolori (at his palace), late Shaykh Ahmad Rufai (at Idoji), the late Attah's family,  late Chief Imam Musa Galadimah my Uncle (at Iruvuchegba) and now late Alhaji Badamasiyyu populary called (Badams) because of his popularity and very delicious bread (Badams Special Bread) in that order on the 1st day of Maulud activities. His compound too is at Iruvuchegba close to the Chief Imam's compound.  Alhaji Badamasiyyu used to receive the Maulud children with special joy, especially children from Okene Islamiyya Central Mosque, not because all his kids attend the school, but due to his special love for our beloved Nabbiy SAW.  I could still recall that one of his little son that we call "Champion" then (I can't recall his real name now) used to be our flag bearer f...