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A civil society organization, Procurement Observation And Advocacy Initiative, PRADIN has kicked against “announcements (on Channels TV to be specific) by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), and involving the Attorney General and Minister of Justice as well as the Minister of Works wherein it is stated that “the President has approved that all contractors and consultants in Nigeria are to register with BPP for purpose of classification and categorization based on their technical and financial strength”, and which purpose is to reduce corruption.” PRADIN in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said “As a procurement group under the leadership of a certified professional, we have observed that the announcement byBPP is an attempt to misguide the public by using the name and office of the President as being the one that approved the process for BPP to begin the conduct of classification and categorization, whereas, this ...

Dr Isah Mohammed has been confirmed as the new rector of the Kogi Polytechnics, Lokoja. The newly appointed rector is a younger brother of Dr Isah, the celebrated rector of Kwara college of technology, Ilorin. He is the second Anebira (Kogi central) to assume the apex position in the institution after a former Ebira rector, Dr. Adamu Obajimoh from Obangede in Okehi LGA who majored in physics held the position some years back. It is noteworthy that Kogi East and Kogi West have respectively had their share of the position before another turn of Kogi central was due, recently. May God guide Dr. Isah as he leads the Polytechnic to a new height, Ameen. We should not forget the role of our resilient EPA in ensuring that Ebiras are not short-changed in producing the next successor to the immediate past Rector, Prof. Idowu Mathew Ajibero who hailed from Kogi west. To Ebira Peoples Association (EPA) and the entire Anebira, anayri iresu oyiza ooo. May the EPA umbrella continue to shelter ...

Dr Isah Mohammed the acting rector of Kogi Poly has been confirm as the incumbent rector of the Polytechnic. He is the first Anebira (Kogi central) to assume the apex position in the institution after Kogi East and Kogi West have respectively had their share of the position since the creation of the school. May God guide him as he leads the Polytechnic to a new height, Ameen. We should not forget the role of our resilient EPA in ensuring that Ebiras are not short-changed in producing the next successor to the immediate past Rector, Prof. Ajibero who hailed from Kogi west. To EPA and the entire Anebira, anayri iresu oyiza ooo. May the EPA umbrella continue to shelter Anebira from humiliating storms.

By Sam Egwu (Leadership News) The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Kogi State claimed that it uses 90 per cent of its resources on diesel and payment of electricity bills monthly, the chief medical director(CMD) Dr Gbadebo Eleshin, has revealed. The CMD who disclosed this while interacting with journalists, yesterday at the boardroom of the hospital, disclosed that the hospital spends N5 million monthly on diesel and pays N1. 7 million on electricity bills. Dr Eleshin who said power is germane to the day- to- day activities of the institution, explained that the frequent power outage from the general power supply to the state is affecting the purse of the hospital. He said the federal government should charge the power suppliers to put in more effort to ensure that power was enough for all, especially the hospital, since most of the activities of the hospital largely depends on power. He revealed that since he became the CMD of the hospital lots of efforts have been made to imp...

By Boluwaji Obahopo (Vanguard) All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on the legislative arm of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State to immediately impeach the embattled council chairman, Funsho Emmanuel. State Chairman of the party, Hardy Ametuo, in a statement said the council chairman, currently on suspension over alleged mal-administration and financial recklessness, is better impeached than return to office. According to Ametuo, "it is the only way to save the local government councils in the state from the hands of their chairmen who have refused to pay salaries despite public outcry and protest from the workers." Ametuo commended the patriotic zeal of the councillors who refused to give in to intimidation and threats from the cabals that have held the Kabba/Bunu chairman hostage. The APC chairman, who alleged under performance by the PDP administration in the state, said his party was working to ensure the ruling party was routed out of the state in 2015...

Orphan Triplets with the foster mother These triplets lost their mother to death on the day they were born. The mother had a normal birth but died eventually. Their father, a very poor man has been begging from people to cater for them. However, he was lucky to have found a kind woman who now breast feeds the triplet. This kind woman, coincidentally, is very poor and hardly find food to eat. She equally has few clothing and thus can't afford  adequate care for the triplets. Their father recently said on TAO FM that he did not want to die leaving the innocent children behind to suffer. The highly emanciated looking man  is soliciting for help from the members of the public. This request is being championed by Tao FM  with the hope of securing decent means of survival for the triplets' father to empower him towards sustainable upkeep of the beautiful children. Meanwhile, as the upkeep of the triplets become more of a herculean task for the poor man, adopti...

  The political class in Ebiraland has been called upon to evolve a development agenda that will address the deplorable socio-economic situation of the Central Senatorial District of the State. This call is contained in a statement by Hajia Ladi Ibrahim who was speaker at an interactive meeting of the Ebira Renaissance Group (ERG) with political leaders of Ebiraland held at the Civic Centre, Obangede over the weekend. Hajia Ladi Ibrahim who represented the Central Senatorial District at the recently concluded National Conference also called on the people of the district to evolve a political programme that will address the right of representation of the minorities in order for peace to reign in the Senatorial District. Earlier in a welcome address, the Coordinator of the ERG, organizers of the political meeting, Pastor Suleiman Joseph called on the Kogi State Government to convoke a state conference to discuss how the various ethnic nationalities in Kogi State can work tog...