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Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu is a neurosurgeon at National Hospital, Abuja. She is the first indigenous trained female neurosurgeon in Nigeria is also the first female to be certified a neurosurgeon in West Africa. Dr. Aliu is an indigene of Okenne Local Government Area of Kogi State but was born in Ilorin, Kwara State, where she had most of her education up to the university level. She found the area of neurosurgery interesting and intriguing, and then decided to specialize in the discipline. When an opportunity opened up for her at the Neurosurgery Centre in Sokoto state, she went ahead to train in spite of discouragements and difficulties. The training, which takes about six years to get certified, if there no unforeseen circumstances during the training period, tested both her capacity to handle the pressures of the job as well as managing her job with other family responsibilities. Since she got certified, she has mentored other four women who are also training as neurosurgeons- tw

A woman has claimed major honours as the most outstanding student in the just concluded call to Nigerian Bar Ceremony. The brainy woman made history with her exceptional academic performance. A rare genius of a kind, Fatima Bombom Sani has made history as the first Law student to collect nine separate awards at the Call to Bar of Nigerian Law School held on Wednesday. The bookworm was honoured with standing ovation by Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, other members of the Body of Benchers (BOB) and the Council of Legal Education (CLE), other dignitaries and the new wigs (her colleagues just called to Bar) for the outstanding feat. Fatima broke existing record in the Nigeria Law School by bagging nine separate awards compared to existing record of seven awards ever received at the Call to Bar of Nigerian Law School. The awards include the “Best Student of the Year (1st Prize)’’ donated by Sir Adetokunbo Ademola , Dr. Taslim Elias and Justice Atanda Fat

Reporting reaching EbiraView indicates that thick smoke can be sighted from Inike community of Okene where soldier invaded since the early hours of the morning. As more gunshot is heard from the area, residents are reported to have remained indoor with little or no movement across the entire Inike and Idoji areas of Okene. A source who preferred anonymity told us that the incidence may not be unconnected to the recent attack on DSS hqtrs in Lokoja when some suspected Boko Haram inmates escaped. It is alleged that some of the escaped suspects are hiding in that area . In Idoji, residents are seen gathered in small numbers around their homes unsure of the unfolding incident as more gunshots are heard from the distant. More update soon.

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Monday 12.10.2015 at 3.40pm upheld the election of Senator (Dr.) Mohammed Salami Ohiare in the March 28 2015 Kogi Central Senatorial Elections. In a Unanimous Judgement read by the tribunal chairman Justice Akon Ikpeme, the tribunal dismissed Honorable Ahmed Ogembe’s petition challenging the return of Ohiare as the duly elected Senator for lack of merit. Reacting to the Judgement, Senator Ohiare said: ‘’Once again, the Judiciary has proved beyond any reasonable doubts that it is truly independent, and has remained the last hope of the common man in this country. The Judiciary has reaffirmed that the good people of Kogi Central freely and overwhelmingly voted for me and my great party APC, and no one can steal that mandate through the back door”. He went down memory lane to the days when as a young civil servant in the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), he was victimized and dismissed for being bold enough

By Ismail M. Kabir Honourable Abdulrahman Badamasuiy, a member of the House of Representatives who represented Adavi/Okehi federal constituency in the immediate past 7th National Assembly has released an illustrative evidence of his stewardship to his constituency barely two months after leaving office. Hon. Abdulrahman Badamasuiy In the magazine tagged Legislative Mandate of Hon. Abdulrahman Badamasuiy, the enigmatic lawmaker and astute politician described his tenure as a fulfillment of his desire to rescue the decaying infrastructure in his constituency. ( See pictures of Hon. Badamasuiy achievement here... ) In an appreciation message contained in the release, the lawmaker craved the understanding of groups, communities and individuals he could not touch directly in the course of his mandate at the green chambers of the national assembly, attributing his default to circumstances beyond his control, sayin that "we sincerely appeal to all individuals, groups and

By Ismail M. Kabir A commercial driver has lost his life to a bullet wound sustained this morning from high way robbers along Ajaokuta road, Kogi state The deceased driver was reportedly conveying traders to a local market when their vehicle, a mini Golf car was waved down by fierce looking men numbering over 20, wielding sophisticated weapons.

By Ismail M. Kabir An unidentified policeman from the Okene division has shot a young boy, in his way to his motor mechanics workshop this morning.  According to sources around the scene of the incidence, the boy, currently lying in a critical condition at the Okene general hospital is a roadside motor mechanic who normally takes a short route, an alley between GRA Okene and the St. Andrew's Primary school to his workshop. 

BY BANABAS ATTAH (Per Second News), ABUJA Nigeria police command in Kogi state have charged a 72-year-old man, Ahmed Adoke and John Sule, 41, Mechanic, for allegedly kidnapping High Court Judge, Justice Samuel Obayomi. The accused were arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court II  Wednesday, along with others now on the run,  to have criminally conspired and armed themselves with offensive weapons to commit the crime. According to the Police First Information Report (FIR) the accused, wielding AK-47 rifles and locally made pistols disguised themselves and blocked  the judge on Ebogogo road, close to the court premises and “forcefully stopped his car and dragged him away.”

List of governorship aspirants from Kogi Central Senatorial District and their profiles. 1. Dr. Adinoyi Ojo Onukaba is a renowned journalist, playwright, teacher and the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's Spokesman between 2003 and 2005. He was also the Managing Director of Daily Times between 1999 and 2003. He bagged his

KOGI CENTRAL AND KOGI WEST FORUM FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE COMMUNIQUE (July 8, 2015). 1. The Kogi Central and Kogi West Forum for Equity and Justice met again on Wednesday July 8, 2015 in Abuja. The meeting, which was attended by over 100 people from the two senatorial districts, including representatives of groups with similar objectives, was in furtherance of the Forum's pursuit of good governance, equity and justice in the state.

Natasha displays a rare work made from shredded cloth pieces By Ismail M. Kabir Founder of Builders Hub Impact Investment project, Barr. Natasha Akpoti has kicked off her much publicized Enterprise Hunt, an initiative that targets 1000 enterprises across 1000 communities in Nigeria.

…targets 1000 enterprises in 1000 communities in Nigeria. By Ismail M. Kabir It is a dawn of opportunities for Nigerian craftsmen and artisans as Builders Hub begins hunting for enterprises across Nigeria. The ‘Enterprise Hunt’ is expected to capture one thousand enterprises from one thousand under served communities across the country.

A 72-year-old Ahmed Adoke, an uncle to the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, was among the 45 kidnappers  and armed robbery suspects paraded by the police monday in Lokoja , the Kogi State capital. Also paraded  was the All Progressive Congress, (APC) candidate  for the Okehi constituency in the state  House of Assembly  in the last election, Idris Ozi Shuabu; and a cripple who were paraded for being an accessory to  the criminal gang terrorising the people of the state.

By Ismail M. Kabir In a bid to beat the registration deadline of the Bank Verification Number (BVN) recommended by the Central Bank of Nigeria, banks in Okene are besieged daily by desperate customers struggling to get the BVN, a development that now affect motorists in the area.   With barely one week to the close of the registration, customers are seen queued in hundreds around various bank branches in the town from as early as 6.30am in wait for banks' official resumption time of 8.00am.

By Ismail M. Kabir The management board of Ovidi communications (owners of Tao FM Radio station) have published list of donors to the public fund raising appeal circulated across the community following the terror attack on the radio station some months ago. Contrary to rumours making rounds that millions of naira have been raised by the radio station from concerned citizens especially politicians from the community, not a single Ebira politician has so far contributed a dime to the purse of the radio station as the list indicates. It could be recalled that shortly after the deadly attack by unknown gunmen that claimed four lives and caused major damage to the building housing the FM station in Kuroko Adavi LGA of Kogi State on Monday April 27th 2015,  an urgent appeal to raise funds for the revival of the darling station was raised by Ebira Youth Congress (EYC). The appeal prompted the release of a dedicated bank account by the management of the radio station. The account informa

By ADE ADE‎SOMOJU (Punch News). HRM Alh. Ado Ibrahim  The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Alhaji Ado Ibrahim as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland of Kogi State. Ibrahim was appointed the paramount ruler of Ebrialand by the then Military Administrator of Kogi State, Col. Bzigu Afakirya, on June 2, 1997, but a suit challenging his appointment was instituted before the Kogi State High Court on March 6, 1998. Ibrahim appealed to the Supreme Court after he was ordered to be deposed by the concurrent judgments of both the Kogi State High Court where the matter started and subsequently the Jos Division of the Court of Appeal. But the Justice Ibrahim Muhammad-led five man panel of the Supreme Court  on Friday struck out the suit on the grounds that the Kogi State High Court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit because it (the suit) was caught by “statute of limitation.” Justice John Okoro who delivered the lead judgment of the apex court held that the Kogi State High Court la

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Okene, Kogi State, on Tuesday to protest the killing of four staff of Tao FM radio in a terrorist bomb blast. The spontaneous protest march was followed by the closure of all markets, banks, offices and commercial ventures in Kogi Central Senatorial District in honour of those killed and injured in the deadly night attack on the popular community radio. Protesters called on the federal and state governments as well as the security agencies to fish out those behind the attack. "We will not allow this to be swept under the carpet again like other unsolved killings in the area in the past", said a female protester who did not give her name. "We must find and punish those behind this crime. Enough is enough. This land belongs to all of us. No one can terrorize us". The protesters later marched to the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebira, Alhaji Ado Ibrahim, in Okene. They pleaded with him to do something to end the terr

By Ismail M. Kabir Following the recent outburst on Tao FM radio station on the pitiable condition of the Okene general hospital, the long abandoned renovation work has commenced again. Workers were on site when our team visited the hospital on Tuesday, 28th April, 2015. Most of the roofs have been replaced on the admission wards while the staff car park was undergoing repair as at the time of our visit. It could be recalled that the hospital renovation contract was recently awarded by Kogi State government to a yet to be identified company which later abandoned the job after the removal of the old roofs over most parts of the hospital building. This led to the destruction of some of the hospital equipments and facilities including items donated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The hospital workers have been on strike since December 2004 following the failure of the state government to meet up with the some demands made by the Health workers union in the state. The i

See photos of the damaged done to the building housing Tao FM Radio Station following a terrorist attack on Monday 27th April, 2015. The general manager, Dr. Halima Salihu (Big Mama) at the scene of the attack The general manager, Dr. Halima Salihu (Big Mama) speaking with newsmen EYC-led protest arrives the Ohinoyi palace Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. MJ Lawal at the scene of the attack

By Ismail M. Kabir The Radio station after the attack Followinng the terror attack yesterday (Monday, April 27th 2015) by unknown gunment on Tao FM, Ebira sole electronic media house located on Ogidi lane, Kuroko in Adavi LGA of Kogi state, four people including two security guards, an in-house engineer and a carpenter were killed. The assaialant then detonated an explosive devide that shook the buiilding housing the radio station to its foundation. The impact of the bomblast which occured around the hour of 8:00PM was felt across Kuroko community and beyond. ( Click here to see photos of the aftermath of the attack ) Residents in the area fled in various direction as the attackers were said to be shooting sporadically even in the midst of the loud blast. Speaking with newsmen at the scene of the attack this morning, the general manager of the radio station, Dr. Halima Salihu berated the unprovoked attack on the station. Dr. Halima told reporters that neither the content of