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By RMD This is the story of the lion of the North, otherwise known as the Kabba Provincial Secondary School Okene, in Kogi State Of Nigeria. The school that drives students to deed of Valour, the seat of Excellence, where boys from all over the country learn early, in their formative years to survive. Ours is a school, where the dignity of labour, hard work, honesty and diligence are ways of life. For one can easily distinguish, a ''Lion'' (for that is how a product of P.S.S Okene is fondly called) from the rest wherever they are to be found. Their sense of direction and commitment to success make them the envy of lesser schools in the country. Ever before MAMSER, Mass Mobilisation for Self-sufficiency Social Justice and Self-reliance was launched, it is on record that the students were mobilized to build Lawn Tennis Courts and games pitches through direct labour. The students build swimming pool (built in 1956-1958) which makes the school the only school in Nigeria ...

So Far So Fair The management and entire members of FairWin Group salutes Governor Yahaya Bello. In just two weeks of clinching the divine seat, Our God sent Governor His Excellency Alh. Yahaya Bello has been viewed by the entirety of the people of Kogi and beyond as a working Governor. 👉🏽For the first time in the history of Kogi politics Governor Yahaya Bello has indicated his strong  desire to see a Kogi that is devoid of the politics of sentiment by making appointments fairly & squarely across the three senatorial districts in the state. 👉🏾Upon assumption of office the new government in its resolve to keep the environment safe and clean for the people recorded a special sanitation day to keep Lokoja, one of the known filthiest capitals clean again. 👉🏻To define a new path for meaningful governance in Kogi, his dissolution of commissions, boards and parasratals received commendation from all quarters. ...

By: Buhari Omolori Sani Buhari Omolori Sani If anything took the Ebiras by surprise more than anything else, it is the claim of the Igalas that Ajaokuta belongs to them, and the inclusion of the area as part of the Okura State they are currently agitating for. Whatever the challenges that the Ajaokuta issues has posed to our communities, it is very essential for us to go down memory lane for the purpose of awareness, posterity and most importantly for the preservation of a peaceful co-existence in Kogi state. History has it that the first settlers saw the bird (Aja) perching (oku) on their newly braided cottages (uta) and therefore coined the word “Aja-oku-uta (Aja perched on cottage) as the name of the land.   These are all Ebira words.

Below are pictures extracted from the legislative madate magazine of Hon. Abdulrahman Badamasuiy who represented Adavi/Okehi federal constituency at the lower chamber of the recently concluded 7th National Assembly. All projects as presented in the pictures below have been independently verified by EbiraView Media. Members of the public are are equally urged to conduct their own investigations into the claims for prosterity sake. See images:

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As the nation matches towards the 2015 general elections, political actors across the country have been busy jostling to get the nod of their respective parties to stand as the standard bearers at the various elections. The race to secure the tickets has no doubt come with unique intrigues and exposed the political class as grossly selfish, self centred and overtly only concerned about their personal ambitions and not the good of the people they supposedly want to represent in governance. The media is daily inundated with news of defections, crisis and law suits arising from the failure of aspirants to secure tickets of their political parties to contest at the general election. This has no doubt reduced the way Nigerians and indeed the world see our politicians and their motive for engaging in political contest. If nothing has come to the fore in the mad rush for party tickets, the desperation of self serving political office seekers has become much more glaring without exception, ...

AN ADDRESS BY THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF EBIRA PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION, DR ADEIZA MUSA ABDULRAHMAN ON THE OCASSION OF THE TURBANNING CEREMONY OF PRINCE  (ALH) ATABA MOHAMMED SANNI OMOLORI AS THE CIROMA OF EBIRALAND BY THE OHINOYI OF EBIRALAND, HIS MAJESTY, ALH (DR) ADO IBRAHIM, CON, ON THE 7TH FEBRUARY, 2013. PROTOCOLS………. Let me begin this address by welcoming home all our sons and daughters, and most importantly, our non-native friends who are here to felicitate with us on our happiness of the moment. Many may have heard the name of this land but visiting here for their very first time. Ebira people welcome you today and assure you of our uncommon hospitality that would linger in memory for many years to treasure. Let me assure you that this land of hills and valleys whose name, Ebira, literally translates to virtue, is a land of hospitality, hard-working and strong-willed people.  This hospitality I guess will be evident from the more than lavish entertainment that will ensue ...

By Ismail M. Kabir The Ekuku cave, located about 200 meters from Ekuku Dam in Okene is an amazing site. Historically, it was a hideout for Ebira warriors but now provides shelter for farmers in the present day Ebira land. The entirely natural landscape is an awesome vista covers about 15 hectares, stretching through the Upogoro forests. The beautiful valley of Uruku-Are, as the landscape is locally called is covered with tall palm trees and ever-green shrubs that reminds one of the spectacular view from the popular movie, Journey to the Mysterious Island. When EbiraView team visited the cave some years back, three farmers were taking shelter after the long day of their usual non-mechanised tilling and cultivation. One of the farmers, an elder in his early 70s said that he has farmed in the area for about three decades. "In the early 80s, I was returning from the farm with a heavy bunch of Banana. A white tourist suddenly appeared from the bushes with a camer...

As Year 2010 ends, if I was asked: how did Anebira mark the period, I'll say that I witnessed: - Influx of people into Ebiraland, like never before - Unbearable traffic on highways and feeder roads across the community, like never before - Social functions with huge turnouts everyday, every hour, everywhere..like never before - Hotels and guests houses filled up; guests squatting or vacating rooms for friends and visitors - Long queues that stretched beyond bank premises to the roads - Exhausted ATMs; visitors resorting to tight budget or borrowing from friends to keep up with expenses - Colourful outings of people irrespective of occasion headed or religious affiliation - Round the clock traffic control by men of the FRSC, Civil Defense corps and the police force, like never before - Joy, merry making and prayers for a more peaceful and eventful season's celebration in years to come as Anebira marked one of the most memorable festive celebration ever. Plus, I took...

By: ABDULMALIK AHMAD BADAMASUIY Esq. Nottingham Law School Nottingham Trent University United Kingdom e-mail: N0355655@ntu.ac.uk , aabadamasy@yahoo.com +2348059250052; +447908232015                                                                                              INTRODUCTION The Paper, presented at Harvard University Divinity School, Cambridge, USA The vision of law sometime is a myth, though extraordinarily powerful, but a myth nonetheless. The work of a lawyer and Judicial authorities is commonly understood to ...