Yahaya Idris Ahmed, Makurdi. Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare armed Fulani herdsmen killing innocent people in Benue communities as terrorists. The Governor’s call follows incessant herdsmen attacks on different communities of the state in the last couple of months. The latest of such attacks took…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Saturday denied buying a N300 million house for his newly wedded son, Abdulazeez, in Abuja. Malami, in a statement issued by his media aide, Umar Gwandu, also dismissed as untrue claims in a social media report that COVID-19 guidelines were…
By Taimako Sunday Anyuabaga, Lafia. Industrial Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has reengaged the 402 Keana LGA workers disengaged since 2012. Justice Ubanjida in his ruling on Friday, July 10 declared that, “the disengagement of about four hundred and two (402) Keana LGA staff, by the Nasarawa state government was illegal, hence,…
Idris Ahmed, Ondo. Governor Nasiru El Rufai of Kaduna state, his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi and the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, have been accused of masterminding the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State. Chairman of the APC in Ondo State, Hon. Henry Olu Olatuja, accused the three prominent…
Yahaya Idris, Lafia. Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has given reasons why Barrister Ubandoma Aliyu, was appointed Secretary to the State Government, stressing that Ubandoma is a repository of knowledge, with a pedigree that will come to bear in the discharge of his responsibilities. Engineer Sule made this known while hosting prominent sons…
Yahaya Idris, Lokoja. The immediate Administrator of Kogi Local Government Area Hon. Barr. Muhammed Tanko Musa, has congratulated Barr. Abubakar Ibrahim Sadiq and Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Ohikwura on their reappointments as the Director Local Government and Treasurer Local Government for Kogi LGA respectively. Barr. Tanko speaking when he hosted the DLG on Friday at…
By Yahaya Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Barr. Muhammed Tanko Musa on Friday morning received a delegation from Gbagy community in Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area. The meeting held at his Lokoja resident, and the delegation has in attendance…
Yahaya Idris Ahmed, Lafia. The Director General, Nasarawa State Pension Bureau, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Oseze, disclosed on Thursday that the Bureau will pay the local government pensioners their April pension. According to the Director General, despite paucity of fund the Bureau has concluded all necessary arrangement to pay so as to improve on the…
Yahaya Idris, Lokoja. Following the recent victory at the court of appeal sitting in Abuja which delivered judgement in favour of incumbent governor of Kogi State, immediate past federal lawmaker who represented the good people of lokoja/koton-karfe federal constituency, Hon. Abdulkarim Usman Wambai has felicitated with Alhaji Yahaya Bello and his Deputy Chief David…
The senior Pastor of House of Mercy and Deliverance Ministry, Lokoja, in Kogi Kogi Gideon Isah has announced his decision of his foundation to establish free school for Kogi indigens. The philanthropic Pastor who is renowned for his kind-hearted gestures, assured the people of his readiness to always always help in his own possible ways…
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. Just few days ago a Nigeria Army Captain GSM Abubakar was killed, while his wife and mother were kidnapped by suspected bandits, another dare devil gunmen again on Thursday killed a Navy officer and a woman in camouflage along the Lokoja-Okene Expressway in Kogi State. It was gathered that the…
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. Following the approval of the memo by Governor Yahaya Bello seeking for the establishment of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, the state Executive Council finally settled for Osara in Adavi local government area of Kogi. Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo who disclosed this to Journalists at the…
By Remi Oyeyemi. “For the innocent, the past may hold a reward, but for the treacherous it’s only a matter of time before the past delivers what they truly deserve.” – Emily Thorne Ibrahim Magu is not an innocent soul. Proving his innocence is akin to the deployed efforts of the blind man in…
Hon. Reno Omokri, an Aide to the Immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan says It is an abuse of his office for the Vice President, and so called pastor, Yemi Osinbajo, to ask the Inspector General of Police to investigate Jackson Ude. Omokri who stated this via his verified Facebook page said If Osinbajo is…
A former vice president of the country’s apex labour union, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Isa Tijjani has expressed worry over the dizzying speed at which the immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was investigated and subsequently suspended over allegations of corruption. Comrade Tijjani, an alumnus…
Yahaya Idris, Lafia. Following high rate of rape case Nasarawa State Government has approved the establishment of a mobile court to handle cases involving rape across the state. State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Halima Ahmadu Jabiru, disclosed this while delivering a speech during a parley between the state Governor and APC women drawn…
Yahaya Idris, Lafia. With all the efforts put in place by the state government to stem the scourge the virus has continued to gain more ground and latest victim is the Honorable Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General Of Nasarawa State, Hon. Prof. Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana. The Attorney General who announced his status on…
COVID-19: There Is Not Particular Date For Schools Reopening In Nasarawa — Education Commissioner Following the ravaging novel Coronavirus the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hajiya Fatu Sabo, on Thursday says there is no date for school reopening for graduating classes in the state amidst scourge. Mrs. Sabo disclose when she led…
Hushpuppi Not Guilty Of All The Allegations Against Him, That He Was Running A Legitimate Business, Says Lawyer A lead Legal team to Ramon Abbass popularly known as Hushpuppi, Mr. Gal Pissetzky of Pissetzky and Berliner has said the popular Instagram celebrity is not guilty of any of the charges against him. Speaking during…
In the desperation of Ali Baba and the forty thieves to win Edo State at all cost, as it is becoming increasingly clear that they won’t, and increasingly difficult not just to market their candidate, but to raise funds for the elections, they have decided to “raid” a national institution called NEXIM bank and…
