Yagba
19 May 2024
A socio-political organisation, Yagba Action Group (YAG), has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu, to urgently intervene in the incessant attacks, killings and kidnappings that have become the order of the day in Yagba area of Okunland of Kogi State. The pressure group of professionals based in Kogi State, made the appeal on…
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