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By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Friday urged the Federal Government to channel funds towards improving health, education, agriculture and other critical infrastructure to help cushion effects of subsidy removal. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Onogwu Mohammed, made the appeal during a meeting…
By Rukayat Moisemhe BUA Cement Plc has reviewed down the price of the company’s cement to N3,500, effective from Oct. 2. The company’s management made the disclosure via a statement on Sunday in Lagos. It said the reduction in cement price was to spur development in the building materials and infrastructure sectors. According to the…
By Thompson Yamput Kogi Government on Sunday assured retirees that pensions and gratuities would be paid them devoid of a third party or connections. Mrs Mariam Abedo, Director-General of the Kogi State Pension Commission, disclosed this in an Exclusive Chat with the State Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah in Lokoja Abedo affirmed, “Pensions…
By Edith Nwapi Two Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witnesses told an Abuja High Court that none of the three defendants in the trial of a former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello paid money into their company account. This was the account of EFCC first witness, Fabian Nwora, who completed his evidence in an…
BY Dan Nandom The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF) has welcomed plans by American banking giant JP Morgan to upgrade its Nigeria representative office into a fully operational business branch. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo, the group described it as a clear global endorsement of 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 Admin An interest group, Arewa Revival Project (ARP), has rejected the 48-hour ultimatum issued to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, by Arewa Youth Assembly for Good Leadership (AYAGL) to reverse the suspension of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The ARP Project Coordinator, Mr Muttaka Ibrahim, stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. …
By Thompson Yamput The National Association of Okun Students (NAOS), on behalf of thousands of Okun Students, on Tuesday endorsed the candidature of Dino Melaye of the People’s Democratic Party PDP for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi. Addressing newsmen at the Lokoja Press Centre, Ajibade David, National President of the association, described Melaye…
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, declined a request by the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, seeking for the release of his international passport to travel abroad for medicare. Justuc Emeka Nwite, while delivering a ruling at the resumed hearing of the alleged money laundering case preferred against Bello…
By Admin President Bola Tinubu, on Friday approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the Managing Director, Ajaokuta Steel Company, Ajaokuta, Kogi State. Tinubu, in a statement issued by Segun Imohiosen, Director, Information & Public Relations in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said the appointment takes effect from…
