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  … says ethnic agenda won’t fly As the November 11 governorship election approaches in Kogi State, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to gain significant support from the people, with members of opposition parties increasingly joining the APC and endorsing Hon Ododo Ahmed Usman, the APC gubernatorial candidate. On Wednesday evening, Governor Yahaya…

  Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT has issued a one week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service DSS to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Godwin Emefiele to Court or set him free. The Judge issued the…

  In furtherance of sustaining the livelihoods of farmers, Kogi State Value Chain Development Programme (Kogi VCDP) has since signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) in order to insure farmlands of beneficiaries in the state. Aware of incessant menace of flood occurrences in the State with untold hardships…

  *Says nothing of such happened in the community Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin he umbrella organisation of indigenes of Oro-Ago community in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state, Oro-Ago Development Union (ODU), has debunked media reports that the killing of three suspected kidnappers by thunder strike happened in the community. In a statement…

  Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 13 Chinese Nationals in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, for offences bordering on illegal mining activities. The offence is contrary to, and punishable under Section 1(8) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, 1983. The suspects, comprising…

  Arrangements are in top gear for this year’s edition of Iyara Cultural Day. The celebration is an annual rebirth of the indigenous culture of the people of Iyara, Headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. A joint statement by the National President of Iyara Development Association IDA, Alhaji Aliyu Badaki and the…

  President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been urged to ensure judicious use of the N500bn palliative proposal recently approved by the National Assembly, even as the money was described as grossly inadequate to assuage the hardships Nigerians are currently experiencing as a result of the fuel subsidy removal. The call was made by the Spiritual…

  The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated the sum of N6.2 billion in the second quarter of year 2023. This amount represents 9.14 percent of the revenue increment compared to the preceding year 2022. The Comptroller of Customs in charge of Kwara Command, Kehinde Ilesanmi, disclosed this on Friday in…

  Justice Yusuf Halilu of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has discharged Senator Rochas Anayo Okorocha from corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ((EFCC). This is the third time, Okorocha has been freed by courts in respect of alleged fraud and corruption said to have…

  The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Friday in Abuja recommended Olukayode Ariwoola junior, son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola for appointment as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. Ariwoola junior was recommended for the Federal High Court bench along with 22 others who passed the screening…