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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

Alhaji Yahaya Bello Chairman Kogi Youth Arise group and stalwart of All Progressive Congress (APC) assisted 25 APC Assembly Candidates with N25m Campaign Support. Each of the 25 party candidates jostling for the April 11 House of Assembly seats in Kogi State with N1m. Alhaji Bello, owner of Fair-plus International Ltd, also gave N.5m to each of the 21 local government coordinators of the Group, in addition to N5m and a 15-seater bus for the party secretariat. He gave the financial assistance over the weekend in Lokoja where the candidates, coordinators and other party stakeholders converged at the instance of the Chairman to brainstorm on challenges during the March 28 elections and how to chart a new course for April 11. He cautioned party supporters not to be carried away by what he described as the "’Buhari tsunami’’ which swept the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections in favour of the party, but replicate the feat or “even record 99 percent success in the

2015 Senatorial candidates for Kogi Central District   Click Here to vote With just few days to the general elections in Nigeria, we are conducting a web poll to test the popularity of Ebira senatorial candidates for the March 28 elections.  Please follow the link below to cast a vote for your favourite candidate. You can also share the webpoll with your contacts and across your networks. Thank you. CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR CANDIDTATE

By Amina-Ann Onozasi Salami Late Abdulazeez Omeiza Aliyu On the 14th of March 2015, the clock of change stopped ticking, a huge dark cloud loomed and the embers of sorrow struck light. The evil whispers of the evening wind sang the funeral dirge " Abdulazeez Omeiza Aliyu the gallant unwavering freedom fighter have taken a bow, AOA has gone to the great beyond" Late Abdulazeez Omeiza Aliyu fondly called AOA died in a car accident alongside his brother Late have left many hearts thrown into grief and wailings, although most of us never met him personally, the shock and grief we felt were great-words cannot express. AOA was not just a distinguished citizen he was also a noble son of Ebiraland. A young man in his prime with a great commitment to his motherland on his shoulders when he was caught mangled in the accident. Those who rationalise sorrow in circumstance like this would offer comfort that "Only the good die young",but that is poor comfort for his

Per Second News has reported the release of the 80 year old kidnapped American missionary. Banabas Attah, Per Second News, Lokoja--- American missionary Phyllis Sortor, who was kidnapped last month by masked gunmen in Kogi State, Nigeria, has been freed. Security agents in Nigeria refused to provide details of her release, but said it involved some form of negotiations. Per Second News report last month reveal that five men abducted Sortor, a missionary from Seattle with the Free Methodist Church, from her workplace February 23 and demanded a ransom of 60 million Naira ($301,500), and confirmed by Kogi state police Commissioner Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said. In a week long operation led by members of the Kogi Police and a team of FBI officials who flew into Kogi last week, the 80 year old American was released Friday after a long negotiation with the kidnappers. Journalists in Kogi state had a spat with the American F.B.I agents  who refused Nigerian journalists from interviewing the