September 2024

By Thompson Yamput The Nigerian Army has pledged to collaborate with the Nigeria-Korea Friendship Institute (NKFI), Lokoja, on military innovations and national development. Brig.-Gen. Oluremi Fadairo, Commander, 12th Brigade, Nigerian Army, Lokoja, made the pledge while on an inspection visit to the institute on Monday in Lokoja. Fadairo described the facilities’ at the NKFI as…

By Chioma Ugboma The Founder and National Leader of the NNPP, Dr Boniface Aniebonam has debunked claims by Buba Galadima that the Federal Government is fighting the party in Kano. Aniebonam in a statement in Lagos on Sunday, said there was need for Nigerians to guard against reckless and unverifiable statements against the Federal Government,…

By Thompson Yamput Mr Bethrand Onuoha, Kogi Commissioner of Police, on Saturday said President Bola Tinubu needs more time to fix the economy of Nigeria. The commissioner made the remark during a meeting with the Executive of “TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT” Kogi State Chapter, at the Command Headquarters, Lokoja. The meeting was in view of…

By Opeyemi Gbemiro The FGN/IFAD Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP-AF) has facilitated a policy dialogue on the adoption and effective implementation of standard weights and measures in Kogi. Speaking at the event on Saturday in Lokoja, the State Programme Coordinator (SPC) of IFAD-VCDP, Dr Stella Adejoh, said the initiative would ensure consistency and accuracy in…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi has condoled with Akwa Ibom and his counterpart, Gov. Umo Eno over the passage of his wife, Patience, who died  on Thursday at age 57 after a brief illness. Ododo in a condolence message by his Media aide, Ismaila Isah, in Lokoja on Friday, expressed shock over…

By Thompson Yamput A coalition of anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday described a statement credited to the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), as a ” display of egregious ignorance”. HEDA had called for the arrest of former Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. This is contained In a statement, signed by Dr. Dapo…

By Blessing Odega The Rotary club of Naraguta, Jos, has planted 45 tree seedlings in St Paul’s Township Primary School Jos, to mitigate the adverse effects of Climate Change. The Club’s president, Mrs Obiageli Piserchia, on Thursday in Jos, said the essence of the exercise was to show the club’s dedication to curbing causes of…

EFCC VS GYB: What a Show Of Shame By An Anti gr By Jesutega Onokpasa I cannot believe what I heard from the spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, this morning on Arise TV. According to him, amongst other things, apparently including parking at the carpark of the commission’s headquarters (as if…

By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, fixed Oct. 25 for Ali Bello and his co-defendants to cross examine the EFCC’s 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3), Jamilu Abdullahi. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter after he overruled an oral application by counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, opposing the defence request…

By Folasade Akpan Abuja, Sept. 26, 2024 (NAN) The Federal Government has approved the increase of corps members’ monthly allowance to N77,000 with effect from July 2024. NYSC’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, revealed this in a statement late Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before the increase, the…