2024

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…

By Thompson Yamput The Media Office of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Kogi State’s immediate past governor, has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is driven by desperation and ulterior motives in its prosecution of Bello. In a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday, Director Ohiare Michael said: “The EFCC’s operational and procedural blunders…

By Ishaq Dan-Imam, Lokoja The disability Community in kogi State has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop the further harassment of the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. This follows the recent siege on Kogi State Governor’s lodge in Abuja by the operatives of the anti-graft agency in…

By Dorathy Aninge The newly inaugurated Benue Public Service Institute is building the capacities of 245 Benue government house staff on efficiency to implement Governor Hyacinth Alia’s vision. Prof. Terkura Tarnande, the Director-General of the institute, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi that the training was for all cadres of…