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By Ismail M. Kabir The Okene LGA Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria has commended the executive governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for appointing its Coordinator, Comrade Ismaila Abdulgafar as the Secretary to the newly elected Chairman of Okene Local Government Area. Cmr. Ismaila Abdulgafar In an appreciation message signed by its Public Relations Officer, Cmr. Ismail M. Kabir, the Okene chapter of the youth council described Governor Yahaya Bello as a "rare pacesetter in youth leadership building". The council extolled the numerous leadership styles of Gov. Bello geared towards building the youth and women for various leadership positions, describing them as complete paradigm shift from the traditional politics where youth are usually relegated or used as tools for political thuggery. "We have seen in Gov. Yahaya Bello the passion to invest in the youth. His flare for building young leaders is unprecedented in Nigerian political history. More you

By Ismail M. Kabir The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has described Dr. Sanusi Ohiare, the Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund as a worthy ambassador of Kogi State. This declaration was contained in the Keynote address delivered today by the Governor at the official commissioning of solar hybrid mini grid project at Ukpogo Community of Okene local government area. The governor who was represented at the event by his Special Adviser on Energy, Hon. Otayite commended the zeal of REA in ensuring that rural communities across Nigeria enjoy steady energy supply through solar power. However, the Governor urged the agency to extend the community light up project to other deserving rural based facilities across Kogi State. He emphasized the need to power up the famous Bariki market in Okene with uninterupted solar power for the benefit of the market women. The REA team has provided a 65kWP Solar Hybrid Mini Grid for the 250-Bed Cottage Hospital in Ukpogo Commu

The Special Adviser to Governor Yahaya Bello on Special Projects, Hon. Abdulkareem Suleiman Onyekehi has expressed deep shock on the death of Hon. Momoh Sadiq Omonori AKA Jamaica. Hon. Onyekehi described the sudden loss of Hon. Jamaica as a rude shock  to him and the entire people of Ajaokuta who are deeply grieved by the fall of a great personality and revereed son of Onoko clan. In his condolence message, Hon. Onyekehi said the demise of Hon. Momoh Sadiq has created a big vacuum that'll be difficult to fill. "I am shocked and grieved by this sad news because Hon. Momoh was not only a key stakeholder of Ajaokuta Community but also my brother and a respected son of the great Onoko clan. " He was a shining armor and a pillar to our community whose sudden demise has created a big vacuum that'll be difficult to fill. " I sympathize with his immediate family and entire Ajaokuta Community on this huge loss. I pray that Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomin

For the past 2 weeks in our dear country, Nigeria, we have witnessed with mixed emotions, the unfolding events that may mar or strengthen our country depending on how we manage it or what we make of it. I will simply tag it,the good, the bad,the ugly.  The Good The good is the best protest ever organised in Nigeria branded as:#ENDSARS which reverberated across the world to draw government attention to the excesses and the brutality of the police, particularly, the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS. I don’t need to bore you with a list of their excesses as their disbandment without a second thought by the president, shows that Nigerians are vindicated.Like  the president said, a vast majority of the men and women of the police force are good and had working, therefore they shouldn’t be demoralised but the bad eggs amongst them are indeed very very bad.I have a reason not to mention the organisers of this wonderful protest,#ENDSARS in my rider. It’s because

Being diligent in whatever you do has an inevitable reward, no matter how long it takes, the reward will always meet you. The lady in picture got her reward of diligence even in the face of wants and deprivation when the governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello became the messenger that was sent in delivery of this woman's reward. He was driving on the street of Abuja and had his eyes rested on this woman with a tray of Sugarcane on her head, with a baby strapped to her back and mercilessly drenched by heavy rain. The governor couldn't contain the sight as he ordered his driver to a stop, chatted with the toiling woman whose heart-wrenching story melted the governor's heart and in no time, he had taken the immediate responsibility of the woman. He personally had her driven to his house where he handed her to his wife and asked that she be rehabilitated and empowered and the empowerment came instantly. Mrs Theresa’s husband; a construction worker lost his job as a result of COV

By  Ismail M. Kabir The Kogi State Social Investment Programme has concluded a 2-Day training for its staffs on ethical conducts as part of capacity building for its personnel across the state. The training was organized by the Kogi State Office of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in Collaboration with the Center for Ethics And Self Value Orientation (CESVO) at the Glass House of the State government house, Lokoja between Monday and Tuesday (7th and 8th September), 2020. The chief facilitator of the programme and the Executive Director of the Organization, Ethicist (Prince) Musa Salih Yakubu said the training has equipped the participants with the wherewithal for optimum performance and would be expected to abide by standard ethics in the discharge of their duty to Kogi citizens.  In his closing remarks, the Special Adviser to the governor on Special Projects and the Focal Person, Kogi Social Investment Programme, Hon (Prince) Abdulkareem Onyekehi

The Kogi Central Excos of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Kogi State Chapter has commended Senator Yakubu Oseni for donating a laptop computer to the office of the Secretary General of the youth council. In an appreciation letter to the senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, the Excos described the gift from the senator as a sensitive gesture to the youth council. The Laptop computers were presented during the weekend by the DG Campaign to the Senator, Alhaji Tauheed Ozigi in Okene. The excos also thanked the senator for extending similar gesture to other youth groups including Football Fans Association and the National Association of Ebira Students (NAES). "Distinguished Senator, we are equally appreciative of the extension of similar gesture to other youth bodies in Kogi Central. This singular gesture further emboldened our confidence in your ability to deliver on the mandate collectively entrusted on you by the good people o