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Parents of Muslim students at the International School Ibadan under the banner of ISI Muslim Parents Forum on Friday disclosed that they had filed no fewer than eleven (11) fresh court cases against the school, its principal, Mrs. Phebean Olowe, University of Ibadan and UI Vice Chancellor (Academic) over the denial of female Muslim students in the school to use Hijab on top of their uniforms.

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has appointed Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, aged 39, as Children and Families Minister, as part of his government reshuffle. Badenoch is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden.

Despite pegging the fee for its governorship nomination form at N24 million, about nine out of over 15 aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kogi State have officially purchased forms for the forthcoming primary.

China’s leading energy and chemical company, Sinopec, on Monday, said that it had built the world’s largest atmospheric tower for Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery.

Ade Adesomoju The petitioners are challenging the victory of Buhari and his All Progressives Cogress at the February 23, 2019 presidential poll.

Kenya’s Government arrests and deports the Whiteman who has been going around, taking money from Kenyans to perform miracles, and secure seats for them in heaven.

An Army Lance Corporal, identified as Moses of 4 Brigade, who allegedly stabbed a driver, Ogbimi, to death at 11 am on Sunday, July 21, over an altercation in Okene, Kogi State, has been arrested.

Some APC stakeholders in Kogi State, yesterday, criticised President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party over what they described as “sorry affairs under Gov. Yahaya Bello.”

Adeyinka Akintunde   The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Kogi State at the weekend urged President Muhammadu Buhari to save the state by withdrawing support for the second term ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello.

John Akinfehinwa The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected in totality any form of screening of local government workers again in the state.

Justice Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, adjourned to August 5, ruling in the application for permission to travel to India for medical attention filed by Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife, Zinat.

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The SDP senatorial candidate for Kogi Central in the general election, Barr. Natasha Akpoti, has bagged award of excellence from University of Benin (UNIBEN) for the outstanding lecture she delivered at the university campus.

Okechukwu Nnodim The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Sunday announced that the Army Engineering Corps was set to demolish illegal structures erected along the Port Harcourt-Aba-Enugu-Makurdi oil pipeline corridor.

A tenant, Daniel Isaac, has been arrested by personnel of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his landlord, Willy Ebinate, at his house on Owodun Street in the Ikotun area of the state.

 Abubakar Abubakar Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has invited a 13-year-old Almajiri boy simply named Usman to his office.

Some residents of Sarkin-Noma community in Lokoja government area of Kogi State have cried out over stoppage of work on a kilometer road project awarded by the Nigeria Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out the possibility of transmitting the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections results electronically.

I do not subscribe to the school of thought that is hinged on bringing the government of the day to obloquy, but I am a firm believer of constructive critique, prudent management and accountability of limited resources by the government and making the government to be responsive to the citizenry.

The Presidency on Friday summoned the Kogi State Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, to the Presidential Villa, over the ongoing misunderstanding between him and the governor, Yahaya Bello.

Stephen Adeleye. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter, has said that it will make conscious efforts to include health issues as major campaign considerations for choosing the next governor of the state in the coming Nov. 16 governorship election in the state.

Barr. Nataaha Akpoti of SDP, on Friday, defeated Yakubu Oseni of APC at Appeal Court on the petition by the latter to upturn the ruling of the Tribunal which granted the request of Natasha Akpoti to use the evidence she  gathered from the inspection of electoral materials used for 2019 Kogi Central Senatorial Election.

Success Nwogu The Peoples Democratic Party has promised to conduct credible, transparent, free and fair primaries for the Bayelsa and Kogi states’ governorship elections.

MidSpecial Concepts, an entrepreneurial enterprise owned by Haruna Hamid, specialise on making both male and female outfits posed a challenge to its costumers on Friday to upload their picture on Polo 'Ita-Inochi' and be rewarded.

The Justice O.A. Chijioke-led Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday concluded the defence of the consolidated petition by Natasha Akpoti of SDP and Ahmed Ogembe of PDP against Yakubu Oseni of APC and fixed August 19 for adoption of final address.

The United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC), Kogi state council has warned Kogi state government against mis-managing the recently release N30.8 billion balance of bailout fund.

Pilgrims from Kogi state have successfully moved to the city of Makkah on Tuesday afternoon after the completion of their exercise in Madina.

Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja was thrown into a rowdy session, on Wednesday, when the Witness to Yakubu Oseni of APC admitted that the card reader reports he presented does not tally with the figures of accredited voters in the voters register used for the Kogi Central senatorial election.

The Kogi State Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba, has threatened to drag Gov. Yahaya Bello to court if after seven days his entitlements amounting to N819,709,980.00 since 2017 is not paid.

Kogi women group under the aegis of Women Supporting Women, Tuesday, purchased SDP governorship forms for Barr. Natasha Akpoti to contest for the November 16 governorship election in the state.

Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has confirmed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has paid the balance of N30.8 billion bailout fund earlier requested to the state government account.

Samson Folarin The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered that petitions from the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Abuja, Biodun Fatoyinbo, and the Dakolos, be merged and investigated at the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Nasir Ayitogo and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz A Shiite protest that turned violent on Monday was the major issue of discussion at a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

The SDP senatorial candidate for Kogi Central in the general election, Barr. Natasha Akpoti, on Monday, was awarded as an icon of transformation by Nigerian youth under the aegis of National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN).

Eniola Akinkuotu The General Officer Commanding, 7 Division, Maj. Gen Abdulmalik Biu, says repentant terrorists who lay down their arms stand the chance of becoming great in society and even emerging as the President of Nigeria.

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said the nation had spent about N2 trillion on constituency projects without commensurate development at the grassroots.

Dissatisfied with the inability of Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to pay salaries of  workers in the state, a group under the aegis of “Coalition For Good Governance” has warned the Federal Government against releasing the bailout fund to the Governor.

Former National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. John Odigie-Oyegun, has urged his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, to desist from interfering in the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.

Islam is a religion which is destined to dominate, It is the religion of Allah, The Owner of the world. Allah has promised it in Qur’an.

Nasir Ayitogo The N8.5 million monthly running cost that members of the House of Representatives receive is insufficient, a lawmaker has said.

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is said to be in disarray, as members are said to have split into different camps.

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Kola Ologbondiyan has assured party members in Kogi state that the National Working Committee of the party will ensure a free, fair and credible primary election to elect governorship candidate for November poll.

By George Ogbolu The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Saturday confirmed that its operatives served official invitation letters on Busola and Timi Dakolo.

The crisis rocking the Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has degenerated to another level even as a forum of party’s stakeholders in the state has taken legal action against the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) over the indirect mode of primaries adopted by the national leadership for the election of candidate for the November 16 Kogi State governorship poll.

The SDP senatorial candidate for Kogi Central in the general election, Barr. Natasha Akpoti, on Friday, paid condolence visit to the people of Ohionwa clan over the death of Obobanyi of Ohionwa, Chief Jeremiah Aka’ava JP.

Barely four months to the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States and with the controversy over the usage of a server or not hovering over the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the organisation may just remain in a fix on the possibility of using a server for the upcoming governorship elections.

Pilgrims from Kogi state to the 2019 Hajj exercise were, on Thursday, conducted round important sites in Madina Munawara.

A popular mobile app that allows users to edit their selfies to appear older (or even younger) has spurred security concerns and raised alarms over its Russian origins.

An audit conducted by Nigerian and Ukrainian experts showed that a total of $652m is required to reactivate and complete the Ajaokuta steel plant.

When uncommon valour and spirited gusto to stand and speak for the voiceless are being discussed in Nigeria, Natasha H Akpoti stands out and will surely go unnoticed. Barr. Natasha Akpoti