Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, Wednesday described himself as a miracle governor, following the affirmation of the earlier judgement by the Supreme Court. “Once again, I describe myself as a miracle governor. So, the Supreme Court just affirmed the judgement of the Almighty God, who made it possible for me to become the governor of Bayelsa State. “For me, there is no victor no vanquished as the victory is for all Bayelsans. It is not a winner takes all. “My message is that of reconciliation as I will run an all-inclusive government. Let everyone that is aggrieved sheathe their swords. Let us think about Bayelsa first and ourselves last. By this judgement, it is clear the final hurdle has been cleared,” he said. Diri, in a statement by his Acting Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, commended the courage and sagacity of the apex court justices in affirming their earlier judgement of February 13. He said his administration would bring in people that have what it takes ...

  Lamonte McIntyre spent 23 years behind bars for a double murder he didn't commit. On Monday, he was awarded $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit for his wrongful conviction, the Kansas State Attorney General's office announced. McIntyre was 17 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1994 murders of Donald Ewing and Doniel Quinn. He served 8,583 days behind bars before being released and exonerated in October 2017. "In this case, our office worked diligently to obtain and review all available evidence, including evidence identified but not provided in the earlier judicial proceedings," Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt  said in a statement Monday . "We were ultimately able to resolve all issues, satisfy all of the statute's requirements, and agree to this outcome so Mr. McIntyre can receive the benefits to which he is entitled by law because of his mistaken conviction." Last year, McIntyre filed a lawsuit against the s...

Nearly 80,000 cases have been confirmed so far. Image: REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo - RC2Z6F9QPLJS With the collaboration of Statista 25 Feb 2020 Martin Armstrong Data Journalist, As of 24 February, there are almost 80,000 confired cases of COVID-19. Johns Hopkins has tracked more than 2,600 deaths caused by the virus. Numbers spiked on 13 February after a change in the diagnosis methodology. The spread of the coronavirus from the Chinese city of Wuhan continues at a fast pace, with almost 80,000 confirmed cases globally as of 13:30 GMT on 24 February. The virus, officially named COVID-19, has been confirmed in over 25 countries/territories outside of mainland China, totaling 2,400 cases. So far, Johns Hopkins University has  tracked  more than 2,600 deaths caused by the virus. The spike in cases seen on 13 February was due to a change in diagnosis methodology in China which led to thousands of new cases being added to the total count.

Brief Profile of Pst Shehu Ocheni PST Shehu Ocheni was born over a decade at Ifiji , Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State. He is a man of God by birth and inclination. The journey did not began now. It started from a Campus where he served as the President Foursquare Student Fellowship (FSF).  As a young and ebullient youth Pst Shehu has by the grace from above served and distinguished himself the church in various capacity a. Teeen President  b. Youth President ( Local, Zonal and District Pst Shehu's love to serve in the  vineyard of the people of God  knows no bounds. Early Life and Education He had his primary education at Good Shepherd Nursery/Primary School Idah. He was one of the pioneers pupils of the School. He had his Secondary education at prestigious St Peters College Idah. Before proceeding to the Federal Polytechnic Idah where he bagged an honorary degree in Survey and Geoinfomatics with Upper Division. Following a mother with quintessent...

  Nuhu Anyegu lay bares the nitty-gritty of a healthy and sustainable environment in an interview Live and Direct on Nigeria Television International (NTAi). The interview is an eye opening type tagged : Issues of The Moment : Surveillance on Coronavirus and Containing Spread of Lassar Fever  Anyegu is the current Provost College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Deputy National President Nigeria Environmental Health Officers Association and President Kogi State Chapter Nuhu Anyegu has a plethora of achievements which is unmatchable among his contemporaries as an Health Officer of International repute, A friend of the Youth and Elder statesman.   Here is an excerpts from the mind blowing discussion ... “to measure the effectiveness of environmental health services in any nation or state is a drastic reduction in the incidence of common communicable disease and if possible a total elimination.” “Now with the outbreak of common diseases in our ...

Achimugu Samson Ojodale (born January 2nd, 1980) is a Nigerian born classical politician, thought leader, indefatigable grassroots advocate, and businessman. He is a man who fears God. The desire to strengthen his Christian belief made him to be part of the Kogi State contingent to Holy Land (Jerusalem) and to Mount Sanai in Egypt in  2010. Among his monumental achievement are influencing of valuable and tangible project in Oforachi  amongst whom are extension of  electricity to all nooks and crannies of Oforachi the community. This kind gesture is strengthened by payment of JAMB  and tuitions to  a good numbers of candidates during his tenure as a Local Govt Council Vice Chairman of Igalamela/Odolu LG.  Early Life and Education Achimugu Ojodale Samson was born on 2nd of February 1980 to the family of  Late Hon Achimugu Isah Emmanuel and Mrs Rabi Daikwo in Igalamela/Odolu LG of Kogi State.  Emmanuel was a two time Councillor in the, th...

By Idowu Akinlotan The latest in the controversial decisions of the Supreme Court is the judgment of the court in the pre-election case in Bayelsa State governorship election in which the governor-elect of the state, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo, were sacked on the eve of their inauguration. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment, reinstated the judgment of the Federal High Court that disqualified Mr Degi-Eremieoyo from participating in the governorship poll. The apex court held that since Mr Degi-Eremieoyo shared a joint ticket with the governor-elect, his disqualification afflicted their nomination by the All Progressive Congress (APC). The decision of the apex court in Bayelsa governorship poll is diametrically opposed to the decision of the same court in the Kogi State governorship election four years ago, where the same court approved and sustained Governor Yahaya Bello’s election even when he contested the supplementary election without any running mate....

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has rejected the judgement of the Supreme Court on the Bayelsa State governorship election. He faulted the judgement while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after the apex court sacked the candidate of the APC, David Lyon, as the governor-elect in Bayelsa. The APC national chairman stressed that the implication of the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court was that nobody was qualified to be sworn in as governor of Bayelsa State. “If as the Supreme Court has ruled, David Lyon cannot now be sworn in as governor and as the person who has the highest number of votes and the spread to be sworn in, it simply means from tomorrow (Friday) there will be no government in Bayelsa State,” he said. APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, addressing a press conference in Abuja on February 13, 2020. An Infected Ticket. Earlier, a five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mar...

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Chief Edward David Onoja has called on the people to disregard the rumour making the rounds that there was a crack in the robust relationship he enjoys with his boss, Governor Yahaya Bello.  “Let’s not always believe what we hear. You’re in the political circle, you know there can’t be an issue between me and my boss, because he is a loving boss and he has continued to show it, again and again.” : Edward Said  Chief Edward Onoja made this known on Thursday when he granted audience to members of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in his office in Lokoja, the state capital. “Except you’re the devil, you can’t fight someone who loves you. Believe nothing, he has set a foundation on how people should relate with one another in Kogi State and Nigeria should learn from Kogi State. That was the spirit of our founding fathers that was adulterated along the line.” : He added

  A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), AIDs Health Care Foundation (AHF), will distribute 250,000 condoms in six states of the federation along with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in commemoration of the 2020 International Condom Day (ICD). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Steve Aborisade, the marketing manager of AHF Nigeria, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He stated that the 2020 ICD, with “Safer is Fun” as its theme, will be celebrated on Feb. 13, to commemorate Saint Valentine’s Day which is celebrated on February 14 annually. He said that AHF would mark the day with a road walk, free distribution of condoms and HIV testing and counselling exercise across six AHF-Nigeria programme states of Kogi, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Nasarawa, Anambra and Abuja. Other activities include entertainment and educational “Safer is Fun” activities alongside advocacy messages. The marketing manager noted that Dr Echey Ijezie, the Country Programm...

Abubakar Ibrahim Richard Elesho/ Lokoja Nearly three months after the November 16th Kogi State Governorship election was conducted, a State High Court sitting in Lokoja has fixed March 6th to determine the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the election. This was announced on Tuesday by Justice Richard Olorunfemi after taking the final addresses of the parties to the case in Lokoja. Engr. Musa Wada was the candidate of the PDP for the Governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and which was won by Alhaji Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress, APC However, Alh. Abubakar Ibrahim had filed a suit against the declaration of Wada as the winner of the PDP primary. He claimed that he won the primary of the party and should have been the PDP candidate. Ibrahim alleged that the smuggling in of 600 ballot papers and the loss of another 241 after gunmen disrupted the exercise at the Confluence Stadium robbed ...

Ahmed Alfa ,36 popularly known as Senator across Idah and Igalamela was allegedly murdered on Sunday by midnight. Before his untimely death , the deceased was the Imam of the family and neighborhood mosque at Okpachala in Igalamela/Odolu LG in Kogi State. As an Islamic Scholar and respected leader,  Imam Alfa used to caution the youth against cultism, particularly his coursin whom he valued so much.  However, a reliable source told Koginfo reporter that Imam Alfa always called on his cousin to shun unholy association. The last advice did not go down well with the cousin who appeared from nowhere with questionable look.  The Cousin gave stern warning to late Imam Alfa that  this should be the last time he talked to him concerning issues about him and never advice or caution him again. Late Imam Alfa offered a Godly advice without knowing it will mark his last speech on earth.  It never occured to him that his beleaguered cousin  had a...

PDP candidate in the November 16 Kogi Governorship election,Engineer Musa Wada has warned commercial banks and the National Assembly to be wary of granting more loans or approvals to the government of Kogi state. According to Engineer Musa Wada,the timing is wrong and needless in view of the general impression by the handlers of the state to an improved revenue generation of over 1 billion naira monthly. Wada said the IGR and monthly federal allocations is enough to attend to the socio-economic and infrastructural developement of the state . Engineer Wada urged the state government to account for the 50.8 billion naira bailout funds and it’s repayment, Paris Club of over 20 billion, infrastructural refund of 20 billion,as well as the debt profile of over 120 billion in liability created by the current administration in the last four years. “If this funds are not properly utilised or accounted for,granting further laons will be counter productive and unwarranted”...

    Nairobi, KenyaFormer Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country for 24 years, has died, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday. Moi was 95. "It is with profound sadness that I announce the death of a great man of an African state," Kenyatta said in a statement. He ordered a period of national mourning and all flags to fly at half-staff until a state funeral is held at a later date. Moi died at a hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, Kenyatta said. He had been hospitalized in October for breathing problems but was discharged after a few weeks. An autocratic rule Moi was born September 2, 1924, in Baringo County. He became Kenya's second president after independence and went on to rule from 1978 to 2002. His wily grasp of power earned him the nickname "Professor of Politics" amongst Kenyans. His 24 years in power encompassed one-party rule through the Kenyan African National Union, the party he co...

. .. Continued from previous week ...the urine of patients contains micro-organisms, as the person sneezes the air from the upper respiratory part  contains micro-organisms. All these things are very prevalent in hospital settings. This accounts for why it is recommended that every hospital suppose to have a well organized waste management systems. One of such means of waste disposal is a standard incinerator. It is by means of this, the waste can be burnt , totally eliminated. However , where do we have it in Kogi State. Where do we have it in Nigeria ? It means , therefore, in the case of any outbreak now. Just like I will soon tell you about Lassa fever . Somebody  is vomiting , stooling etc. The vomitus contains the virus and by extension flies which are very ubiquitous everywhere will start carrying them on  their legs, and hairy body’s and start taking it far and wide . Before you know it has started here and there across the country causing ...

Kogi State House of Assembly member representing Igalamela-Odolu Constituency, Hon. (Barr.) Cosmas Ilemona Atabor has commended the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello for appointing the the former Administrator of Igalamela-Odolu local government area, Hon. Joseph Baron Okwoli as the state new commissioner for transport. In a statement issued shortly after the inauguration of the new commissioners at the Kogi State government house, Lokoja, the Legislator described the move as "a welcome development for the people of the state". "I am highly optimistic that the newly appointed Commissioner for Transport will justify the confidence reposed in him by the governor in his new responsibilities. " Hon. Joseph Baron Okwoli is a man with immense potentials, impeccable reputation and massive wealthy of experience". Attabo said He congratulated Hon. Okwoli on his new assignment and urged him to replicate his remarkable performance as A...

The grower of the world’s largest corn cob is farmer Jesús Nazario Elías Moctezuma, who won the annual corn cob competition in Jala, Nayarit, in December. The winning cob measured 39.5 centimeters long, beating out the next largest by only a half centimeter. In addition to the contest, the event hosted a gastronomical exhibition in which the star of the show was the grain that has been a staple of the Mexican diet since long before the arrival of the Spanish. The executive director of the Mexican Corn Tortilla Foundation, Rafael Mier, said the competition is an initiative for promoting production and distribution of the large species of corn, as lack of demand threatens its existence. “This [species] produces an excellent corn that can be used to make  atoles , tortillas,  sopes ,  tlacoyos  and even  pozole , among other suggestions,” he said, adding that local authorities are working to recuperate the species. “A number of organizations have united...