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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.

Dr. Abdulrahman Adeiza A SPEECH BY DR ADEIZA MUSA ABDULRAHMAN, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, EBIRA PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE EBIRA NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY EBIRA PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION AND EBIRA YOUTH CONGRESS AT FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OKENE AUDITORIUM ON THE 20Th JUNE, 2015. Protocols............. The huge assault of honour and privilege bestowed on me to speak to you today is an issue that I will have to reconcile myself with in a long time. The protocol list of the personalities gathering here sounds the names of who is who in Ebiraland which underscores the importance of this conference. This dialogue like those before it which are all attempts at addressing our multi-faceted issues,  could not have been more auspicious in timing.

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 inf...

An aspirant for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Kogi State, on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman has called on Muslim faithful to use the Holy Month of Ramadan to pray for the continuous peaceful co-existence and unity of the country. Abatemi-Usman who represented Kogi Central Senatorial District in the Red Chamber of the seventh National Assembly made the call in a Ramadan message signed by his media adviser, Michael Jegede. According to the former Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, peace is an essential ingredient in a country seeking for rapid growth and development. He stated further that Nigeria needed prayers more than ever before, to seek God's guidance and direction for the recently inaugurated government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, who had promised to make a difference in governance and positively impact on the lives of the Nigerian people. The Kogi governor...