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By Thompson Yamput The Police command in Kogi on Sunday confirmed the killing of two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH),Osara. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, confirmed the killing in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lokoja. Onuoha described the killing by the…
By Edith Nwapi A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday, admitted the immediate past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, to bail in the sum of N500 million with three sureties in like sum. Justice Maryann Anenih had, on Dec. 10, refused the ex-governor’s bail application, saying it was filed prematurely. While delivering the initial…
By Thompson Yamput The Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Wednesday again called on President Bola Tinubu to help facilitate the transfer of Kogi DSS Director and the Commissioner of Police (CP) of the state. The party, in a statement issued in Lokoja by Mr Isaiah Ijele, the Director of New Media Muri/Sam Campaign Council, accused…
By Abdul Mohammed-Lawal. A major challenge for executive office holders in Nigeria, including Presidents and Governors, is the need to exercise control in publicly addressing internal sabotage or obstruction of their policies by trusted individuals. While business magnates like Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Group, can freely express concerns that threaten their investments,…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Olorundare Thomas, Ex-Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), says the Federal Government has not borrowed from the accumulated pension funds. Speaking on Monday in Lokoja in his lecture at a public lecture of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Thomas expressed concern about insinuations that the Federal Government tampered with the…
By Thompson Yamput Former Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has urged Christians to exercise true faith as they embrace spiritual essence of the Christmas season marked by the birth of Jesus Christ. In a goodwill message on Thursday, signed by Director of his Media Office, Ohiare Michael, Bello noted that Christmas carries a powerful message…
By Admin The Chadash Empowerment Foundation, an NGO dedicated to alleviating the plight of vulnerable widows and orphans, has trained and empowered 250 widows in Ogun State and Abuja with equipment and cash grants. This is contained in a statement signed by Oliseh Ossai, Press Officer to Chadash Empowerment Foundation, on Sunday in Abuja. According…
By Amodu Ojochogu Gloria Kogi State Commissioner for Works, Hon. Engr. Mohammed Ahovi Yusuf, alongside Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo, conducted an inspection of the ongoing 10-kilometer Mopa-Muro Township Road Project on Monday. Engr. Yusu explained that the initiative underscores the state government’s commitment to enhancing transportation and road quality for its…
By Martha Agas The Sea Empowerment and Research Centre (SEREC) has raised concern over policy misalignment and weak coordination in Nigeria’s maritime sector. It said the sector was at a critical crossroads, shaped not by limited capacity but by weak prioritisation discipline. SEREC made this known in a policy bulletin and presidential…
By Blessing Odega The National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities, Plateau chapter, has called for urgent measures to make public buildings more accessible and to promote greater inclusion of persons with disabilities in governance. Mr Gotau Munbapba, the association’s chairman, made the call on Saturday in Jos as the association commemorated the International Wheelchair…
