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By Zainab Oyekan A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old businessman, Ezra Raymond, to three years in prison for stealing a car. The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Raymond after he pleaded guilty to a count charge of stealing. Bokkos, however, gave the convict an option to pay N100,000 fine…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Sule Enehe, Chairman, Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGSIRS) has solicited partnership with the media for tax awareness and ensuring adequate revenue collection in the state. Enehe said this while receiving the Kogi Executive Council of the Correspondent Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in his office on Thursday. The chairman…
By Admin Mr Baba Mohammed-Azare, Akwa Ibom State, Commissioner of Police, has tasked Fulanis and farmers to embrace peaceful coexistence for the growth and development of the State. The Commissioner gave the tasked on Thursday when he convened a crucial meeting with representatives of cattle dealers and the Farmers Association in the state. He emphasized…
By Admin The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two suspected burglars, Moses Godwill Ndiong and Abraham Udo, in connection with a recent burglary incident in Okpokpong, Eket LGA. The breakthrough came on January 20, 2025, at approximately 0400 hours, when operatives of the Command received credible information from a concerned citizen regarding the…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Miller Dantawaye, the new Commissioner of Police (CP), for Kogi, on Thursday, resumed office and warned criminal elements to leave the state or be dealt with appropriately. Dantawaye gave the warning in Lokoja, while addressing Heads of Departments of the command. He said that as an experienced operational and professional officer,…
By Martha Agas The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has charged its officers to adopt discipline and professional ethics in the discharge of their duties. The Comptroller-General (C-G) of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, gave the charge during the decoration of newly appointed and promoted officers at its headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Adeniyi urged the personnel…
By Opeyemi Gbemiro Kogi security operatives on Wednesday rescued three pastors and 13 other victims who had been kidnapped by hoodlums in the Ofu Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 16 victims, including the three pastors, were abducted after a crusade in Ejule, Ofu LGA. They…
By Dan Nandom The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has said that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria infusing figures from the underground economy into its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculation for the ongoing rebasing exercise. In a statement signed by its Chairman Emeka Nwankpa and Secretary Dapo Okubanjo, TMSG argued that the decision by…
By Admin Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has been making efforts to woo investors to develop the solid mineral resources in the State. Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Hon. Ismaila Isah made this known on Monday while speaking on a Radio Interview Programme on Classic FM 94.3 Abuja as part of…
By Opeyemi Gbemiro The National Examination Council (NECO), has urged wealthy individuals and political office holders to invest more on payment of school certificate examination fees for indigent secondary students across the country. Mr Thaddeus Ajabu, NECO Coordinator in charge of Kogi made the call on Tuesday, when he paid an advocacy/familiarisation visit to the…
