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Kogi Deputy Governor ENMESHED  IN Land Scandal, Fights Dirty                                           simon achuba; deputy governor kogi state Kogi State Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba reportedly aided the vandalization of a property located between his office and the popular Basil Palace along Salihu Ibrahim road, GRA, Lokoja The vandals, who stormed the area in the early hours of Friday, demolished the fence, smashed the apartment’s windows and threatened to harm the residents. The disputed property, a 4-bedroom apartment built on a choice plot that shares fence with Kogi State Deputy Governor’s office. It was gathered that the immediate past Deputy Governor of the state, Arc. Yomi Awoniyi made attempts to acquire the property but was unwilling to pay the asking price. The property was later sold to Alhaji Mohammed Danladi, the owner of Basil Palace. Few ...

Top 100 Universities in Nigeria – 2017 The Press News presents the top 100 universities in Nigeria 2017 based on the ranking released by 4 International Colleges & Universities (4ICU), an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited universities and colleges in the world. TOP 100 UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA 2017. Rank University Location 1 University of Ibadan Ibada n 2 University of Lagos Lagos 3 Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife 4 Ahmadu Bello University Zaria 5 University of Ilorin Ilorin 6 Covenant University Ota 7 University of Nigeria Nsukka … 8 University of Benin Ugbowo … 9 University of Abuja Abuja 10 University of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt 11 Federal University of Technology, Minna Minna 12 Federal University of Technology, Owerri Owerri 13 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Abeokuta … 14 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Oye … 15 ...

WAR AGAINST INSURGENCY:AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS Tijani Hassan A. Email:.talk2tijanihassan@gmail.com S ince the technical defeat of Boko Haram and the capture of the dreaded Sambisa forest by the Troops of the Military code named “Operation Lafiya Dole” in 2016, the war against insurgency has taken a new dimension in recent months occasioned by the spate of suicide Bomb attacks which we have witnessed within and outside Maiduguri the Borno state Capital. According to the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, the war against Boko Haram is now in its twilight stage as the third most dreaded terror group after ISIS and Al-Qaeda has been dismantled and degraded and as such what we have been seeing lately are cases or opportunity which the sect wants to use to create relevance in the minds of the Nigerians populace. The extent to which the group has been degraded can be seen in their inability to carry out coordinated attacks like the way we use to see in the past, but now result to the tradi...

  The Role of women in leadership Tijani Hassan A. Email:talk2tijanihassan@gmail.com Going with the adage; "behind every successful man, there is a woman", it is indisputable to note that women are a major stakeholder in the Development project of any society. Despite this, having access to leadership position in Nigeria is not easy for millions of women taking part in elective politics as they lacks the support and opportunity to compete with other male politicians. Without gainsaying, women have a significant role to Play in the socio-political and economic leadership of any country like the case of Nigeria. The leadership role played by both Mrs funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and Mrs Margaret Ekpo in the Nigeria pre-independence political struggle of the 1950s are incontrovertible. Mrs Kutti was a strong advocate and campaigner for women's right across the country. Mrs Margaret Ekpo on her part, was the only female member of the seven-man committee set up in 1951 to org...