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By: Prince Tijani Dauda Yesterday Sunday 24th June 2018, at the conference hall, Valencia Hotels Abuja FCT, the Honourable Member representing Ankpa I State Constituency and the Deputy majority leader of Kogi State House of Assembly, Honorable Ahmed Mohammed and Honorable members of the sixth assembly all gathered for a roundtable discussion on a Bill for a law to establish Kogi Youth Development Commission. Recall that, on Tuesday 6th March, 2018, Hon. Ahmed Mohammed sponsored a bill for an act to establish Kogi Youth Development Commission and other matters connected therewith 2018. This bill scaled through its first and second reading and has been referred to the committee for proper scrutiny. Due of the importance of this bill to the youths of Kogi State, Several Non-governmental organizations and Civil Society Organizations such as the Voice of Youth Initiative (VOYI), National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Kogi State Chapter, ActionAid Nigeria, the British Council, Youth ...

Overall winner take home five hundred thousand naira, Full Scholarship. Detail report The overall winner was turbaned during the closing ceremony at Ankpa Township Stadium by the Chief Imam of Ankpa LGA, Sheiqh Salman A'adam. While speaking at the historic event, the Deputy Majority Leader and member representing Ankpa I State Constituency, Honorable Ahmed Mohammed who is the convener described the recitation of the Holy Qur’an as a blessing from the Almighty God to the Muslims Ummah and a guide for his bounties to each and every reciter in particular and Muslims generally. He commended the participants in the competition and congratulated winners who emerged in various categories (Hizb) of the Qur’anic Recitation Competition which he said was conducted peacefully. Announcing winners of the recitation completion, secretary of the Judges sub-committee named Yusuf Ghulam Suleiman as the overall winner of male categories for 60 hizb of the Qur’an with Tafsir respect...

ADDRESS BY HONORABLE AHMED MOHAMMED, MEMBER REPRESENTING ANKPA I STATE CONSTITUENCY, AND DEPUTY MAJORITY LEADER, KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY LOKOJA  ON THE OCCASION OF THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF ANKPA I MAIDEN EDITION OF QURANIC RECITATION COMPETITION, HELD AT ANKPA TOWNSHIP STADIUM. ON SATURDAY, JUNE 16th, 2018. Courtesies, All praises be to Almighty Allah, the owner of today, the owner of yesterday and the designer of our tomorrow. May His blessing be on our Holy Prophet Muhammmed, his companions and members of his family. Assalam Alaekunm Waramotullah Wa Barakatuhu. I give glory to Allah for giving us the opportunity to witness the end of the 1st Edition of the Quranic Recitation Competition. I want to quickly commend the effort of the judges, the commuttee who invested their time, energy amd resources to the success of this program. I rejoice with all the Reciters at this competition for the successful completion of the event. No doubt, the memorization of the Holy Quran re...

Musa Idris, in a good will message to Muslims through his Media Aid, Ahmad Sani Saghir, said; "As we celebrate Eid-el-Fitr which mark the end of 30 days Ramadan fasting, I would like to extend my warmest wishes to Muslims brothers and Sisters in Kogi State and else where in the Country, may we celebrate many more of Eid-el-Fitr in good health and prosperity." "Let us not forget the reason for the season, we should share love, gifts and rejoice with the less fortunate and those who could not afford to celebrate Eid on their own". "As Muslims, it is quite incumbent on us to remain on the path of righteousness even after Ramadan, let us keep on doing the good deeds that we were doing with great efforts during the Ramadan period, acts of obedience to Allah do not have a specific time. Almighty Allah is always is always pleased with those who obey Him regardless of the Month the obedience takes place and is angry with those who disobey Him irrespective of the mo...

The Deputy Majority Leader and member representing Ankpa I State Constituency at the Kogi State House ofAssembly Lokoja, Hon. Ahmed Mohammed  has felicitated with Muslim Ummah in the State and in Nigeria, on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el Fitr celebration with a task on Muslim faithful to reflect on the lessons learnt during the Ramadan period and on the significance of fasting as a religious obligation. In his special Sallah message to mark the Eid-el-Fitr Sallah celebration made available to press, he said the ceremony connotes sacrifice, selflessness, love and total submission to the will of Allah (SWT). In his words; "We should allow the true meaning of Ramadan reflect deep in our lives and on the positive impact it will make on the lives of others. Without the virtues of brotherly love, accommodation and sacrificial giving, religion would make no meaning and peace would be elusive in the society. “I therefore admonish us to learn from the good lessons of the Eid-el-Fit...

Photo speak: On Friday 1st June, 2018, the Member representing Ankpa I State Constituency and Deputy majority leader of Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Ahmed paid a visit to Mr. Suleiman Usman Adejoh, at Gauraka, Suleja LGA of Niger State. Usman Adejoh who is an indigine of Ankpa LGA had a SPINAL CORD INJURY as a result of the heavy rainfall which brought down his house while he was asleep on Friday 18th May, 2018. He was rushed to the hospital and spend some days but the parents couldn't meet up the required amount to foot his medical bills. This was part of the reasons why the matter of urgent public importance was raised on the floor of the house calling on the state government to come to the aid of this young man who is dying of pains. The Honorable members on their part, raised some money for Mr. Usman Adejoh while we await the kind gesture of the Kogi State Government. We wish brother Adejoh Usman speedy recovery.

By Ahmed Sani Sagir "Men do less than they ought until they do all that they can" Thomas Caly. "Opinion can not survive if one has no chance to fight for them" Thomas Man. It is a clear fact that the human society is blessed with a large array of well trained, highly intelligent and resourceful individuals in all spheres of human endeavours who have blazed the trail and distinguished themselves as shining role models in their life. Indeed, throughout the ages, history furnishes us with thousands of inspiring example of great men who have blaved the turbulent storms of life, hacked down odds with their bare hands and have risen to become an icons and a doyens in their respective choosen career or business. At a time like this when our society and generation are in dire need  of men of unblemished integrity, men who are prepared to sacrifice their time, energy and deploy their God given resources, talent and wisdom for the common good of the society, it is intere...