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By Zainab Oyekan Mrs Olivia Dazyam, Acting Chairperson, Plateau State Gender and Equal Opportunities Commission, has commiserated with the government and parents over the lives lost in the Saint Academy School building collapse on Friday. Dazyem, also the Special Adviser to the Governor on Gender, sympathised with students, management and staff of the school on…

By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Ali Bello and his co-defendant, Dauda Suleiman, until Tuesday for the continuation of the 7th prosecution witness (PW-7)’s evidence. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after the EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, led Aminu Rabiu, who is the PW-7, in evidence…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi NGOs Network (KONGONET) has lauded the recent landmark judgment by Supreme Court, affirming the direct payment of allocations to local governments and upholding their financial autonomy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that KONGONET represents the numerous civil society network groups in Kogi. KONGONET’s Chairperson, Amb. Idris Muraina, commended…

By Thompson Yamput and Stephen Adeleye Some concerned residents of Kogi have described the Supreme Court’s verdict on local governments’ financial autonomy as a relief and stimulus to growth and development. The residents expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. According to most of them, the verdict…

By Taiye Agbaje and Edith Nwapi The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, upheld the election of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Governor of Kogi. The three-member panel of justices, in a judgment, agreed with the state election tribunal that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship…

By Peter Amine Progressive Minds Club Jos has advised individuals to form socio-economic clubs or groups to assist themselves and vulnerable persons to cushion the biting economic hardship. The club’s President, Mr Owolabi Folaranmi, gave the advice  in his acceptance speech shortly after assumption of the leadership of the club. Folaranmi said that club members…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi has described as laudable initiative the Federal Government’s plan to covert one million vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by 2027. Ododo made the commendation in Lokoja on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ forum organised by the state government in collaboration with Automotive Gas Nigeria Services Limited, (AUTOGAS…

By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi on Tuesday issued Cheques worth N19.2 million as Group Life Assurance Scheme to families of six fallen heroes of the force in the State. The Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, who presented the cheques on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, expressed sadness that the…

By Thompson Yamput Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Federal University Lokoja (FUL), on Tuesday, staged a protest in demand for withheld four months salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protest staged by the two unions at FUL’d Felele New…

By Taiye Agbaje The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has directed that the request by former Governor Yahaya Bello, for the transfer of the alleged money laundering case instituted against him by the EFCC  to Kogi, be heard in open court. In a letter, addressed to Bello’s counsel, Abdulwahab Muhammed,…