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The Director of Local Government (DLG) , Adavi Local Government Council in Kogi state, Alhaji Abdullazeez Ohere was on Saturday evening kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in his house at Agassa in Okene local government area of the state. According to report by Per Second News, the kidnappers numbering about ten jumped over the fortified fence of the DLG house at Agassa, a community in  Okene local government at about 11 : 00 pm on Saturday. The hoodlums was said to have used a dynamite to break the main door of the house before they gained access to  Ohere's residence. According to source, the kidnappers  on  entering   the house collected all the phones  of occupants in the residence and told the DLG that they were hired to assassinate him , but if he  co-operate they will not kill him. The DLG was said to have surrendered  to the abductors  in order to safe his life and that of his family members that were reseeding with him at the time of the incident.  He surrendered  some

President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to properly repackage the Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mills in Kogi State if reelected the president of Nigeria for a second term. The president was speaking at a meeting with traditional rulers in Kogi State just before he headed to the stadium to address a rally. The President described Kogi as home for the PDP saying that its role as the first capital city of Nigeria must be recognised. The President also promised that his administration will tap into the solid minerals in the state and provide jobs for the people. The Meeting with Kogi State traditional rulers was presided over by The Attah of Igala and chairman of Kogi State Council of Traditional Rulers, Dr Micheal Ameh Oboni. The President has been campaigning round the country seeking for votes ahead of the presidential elections scheduled to hold on February 14.

By Usman A. Bello Lokoja — A youth group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Youth Vanguard, has threatened to take legal action against the police over "indiscriminate arrest" of its members in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state. President of PDP Youth Vanguard, Ajaokuta chapter, Comrade Irikiti James Irikiti, said yesterday in Lokoja that the arrests were politically-motivated. "We are using this medium to draw the attention of the Inspector General, Mr. Suleiman Abba and the state commissioner of police to the indiscriminate arrests of some PDP members in Ajaokuta, based on a petition said to have been written by a lawmaker, alleging the kidnap of his mother", he said. Responding, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Elvis Aguebor, said they are not involved in the political or indiscriminate arrest of anyone. He said the commissioner of police has warned his officer to steer clear of politics. Source: Daily Trust.

By Ismail M. Kabir Muhammed Adoke (SAN) The Attorney General of the federation, Hon. Muhammed Adoke (SAN) has promised to pay the WAEC fees of Secondary school students   in Kogi central currently preparing for their final exams. He made the declaration at the PDP stakeholders meeting recently held at the FCE Okene. Adoke made the promise in response to the plea from parents who besieged the venue of the programme to solicit the support of the Justice Minister following the announcement by the Kogi state governor, Capt. Idris Wada that the state government would not be able to pay for the students this year. The state government has been responsible for the payment of the WAEC fees for the students across the state. Governor Wada has earlier stated that the state government could no longer bear the huge cost of the examination fee which according to the governor has been inflated by the officials from the state ministry of education from its former sum of abou

By Ismail M. Kabir Idris Jimoh As the effect of unemployment bites harder on Nigerians, the hope of the common man is to subscribe to self-employment and shun the over-dependence on government jobs. While some Nigerian youths pray hard daily for ‘a good job’ others are looking inward to discover their in-born talents. Such is the case of Idris Jimoh. In 1981, Idris Jimoh was just a teenager who would ordinarily depend on his parents for his upkeep but he decided otherwise. Having supported his late   mother in her trade, young Idris inherited the Fried Chicken business. With a start up capital of less than five hundred naira (N500) only, Idris Jimoh began frying chicken for sale in Okene. For over thirty years, Idris has criss-crossed the entire nook and corners of Okene town, covering the entire distance on foot while hawking his fried chicken to shop owners, market women and passers-by. Idris buys live chicken from traders, slaughter them, cut them into sizeable p

Senator Nurudeen Abatemi The Kogi Central Senatorial candidate of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman has described the call for the postponement of the general elections billed to hold on February 14 and 28, 2015 as completely unnecessary, warning that such action should not be contemplated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on media and publicity, Michael Jegede, the Senator who recently defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to PPA, said the consequence of any delay beyond the already stipulated dates for the polls will be too grave to imagine. The statement reads in part: “I wish to condemn in very strong term the call by some people for a postponement of the general election scheduled to hold on February 14 and 28, 2015. Rather than call for a postponement at this stage of our preparation for the election, on the ground that some electorate are yet to get thei

A consortium of Chinese and Nigerian firms was to revamp the Ajaokuta Steel Plant in central Nigeria with projected annual production of 2 million tons of steel within the first two years of takeover. The Chairman of Henan Taihang Quanli Heavy Industry Group, Huang Quanli, revealed this in Abuja on Monday at the public presentation of the consortium. He said a consortium, made up of Total Steel Ltd of Nigeria and Henan Taihang Quanli Heavy Industry Group, was formed to take over and deliver quick results in steel production in the long suspended plant. "We have visited the Ajaokuta Plant and we are impressed with the condition of equipment, which has been well preserved over the 30 years of non-productivity," said Huang, adding Ajaokuta Steel Plant has met all the required standards of a steel plant but "regrettably the plant is wasting due to non-completion." "If given the chance to invest in the plant, we promise that within a few years, Nigeria will beco