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  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been committed to prison for disobeying Court order. The court also directed the Inspector-General of Police to effect Bawa’s arrest and remand him in kuje prison for the next 14 days until he purges himself of the contempt. Justice R.O. Ayoola of…

  No fewer than 8,000 people of Bassa community in Kwara State have defected from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging their overwhelming votes for Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and other candidates of the party in the coming elections. Bassas in Kwara state originated from states like Kogi, Nasarawa,…

The recent financial support given by Hon. Joseph Leke Abejide to parents from Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu federal constituency to settle the West African Examination (WAEC) fees for their students in public Senior Secondary Schools has come at the right time for the indigent parents who are mostly peasant farmers, some of them are on percentage salary payment…

  In a bid to mark her one-year birthday, Amal Tazan, the daughter of a popular humanitarian and philanthropist in Kogi State, Amb. Tazan SAAHIBFATIU Onimisi has donated foodstuff worth thousands of naira to Stagi Orphanage Home, Lokoja Kogi. Amb. Tazan, who is known for his humanitarian gesture especially to those at the grassroots, supporting…

  The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat in collaboration with Ladi Memorial Foundation (LMF), have carried out grassroots sensitisation on Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) towards the upcoming Incentivised Pilot School Sewing Championship Project 2023 (SSCP2023). The FCT/LMF’s advocacy and sensitisation meetings began with Abaji and Kwali Area Councils on January 23, and ended…

  . ‘It’s absolute falsehood that stands logic on its head’ The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, has described as absolute falsehood a report making the rounds in some section of some online media that Gov. Yahaya Bello has reportedly ordered the sack of Kogi teachers who are not…

  Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has congratulated the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, His Royal Majesty, Dr Ado Ibrahim, on his 94th birthday, while thanking God for his good health and longevity Bello sent his felicitation in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onogwu Muhammed on Tuesday in Lokoja. “On behalf…

  No fewer than 100 people in Lagos state have been trained by a group of healthcare providers with expertise on reducing death from cardiac arrests. A medical outfit, RNZ Global, made up of experts in global medical best practices, had embarked on a broad-based training and awareness for residents of Carlton Gate Estate, Lekki…

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted an oil mogul and ally to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, . Jide Omokore, was accused of falsely obtaining over 7, 551, 867 barrels of crude oil (Brass blend) valued at the sum of US$ 823, 075, from the…

  Former House of Representatives aspirant under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akanbi Ilyas Shola, has drummed support for the second term bid of Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Ilyas, who claimed to have recently led the PDP ‘Osuwa’ rally in the state, also announced his defection from the PDP to the ruling All…