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  The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aliyu Umar Yusuf has developed a template for the development of the largely rural areas of Lokoja II which is his constituency. The Speaker stated this in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yabagi Mohammed and made available to journalists in…

  The Registrar of the University of Ilorin, Mr Mansur Adeleke Alfanla, has stressed the need for tertiary institutions in the country to find alternative sources of revenue to fund themselves, adding that this should be pursued in ways that would not affect the academic pursuit of their students. Alfanla, who stated this while fielding…

  Three prominent traditional rulers on Monday in Abuja hinted that monarchs in the country will table before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the need to give Presidetial Assent to the Bill of the Peace Corps of Nigeria to make it a statutory body. The traditional rulers, Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, Tor Tiv, Professor James…

  Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship at Ojaja University (formerly Crown-Hill University) Eiyenkorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Muritala Awodun, has said that a public-private partnership ownership arrangement will solve governance and funding challenges of public universities in Nigeria. He stated that the 61 state universities and 51 federal universities in Nigeria are facing obvious resource constraints,…

  Kogi State Commissioner for Works and Housing Hon. Samson Bako has assured the public the readiness of the Kogi State Government to give urgent palliative attention to the deplorable parts of the Ganaja road, Lokoja. Bako gave this assurance today in Lokoja while receiving in courtesy the executives of the Tricycle Owners Association of…

  A dramaa erupted at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday when a Judge of the Court, Justice James Omotosho handed a police lawyer, Ibrahim Mohammed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for filing a criminal charge against Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah. The police lawyer is to be investigated for filing…

A Federal l High Court Sitting in Iokoja has once again adjourned the disputed mining lease case between Okene Royal family and Dangote group, AICO, Cadastre Office and Ministry of Mining till September 25th 26th and 29th for accelerated hearing. The trial Judge, Justice S. B Onuh granted the application for adjournment following the inability…

A Federal l High Court Sitting in Iokoja has once again adjourned the disputed mining lease case between Okene Royal family and Dangote group, AICO, Cadastre Office and Ministry of Mining till September 25th 26th and 29th for accelerated hearing. The trial Judge, Justice S. B Onuh granted the application for adjournment following the inability…

  The new Kwara state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, has lamented that despite the low crime rate in the state, the Command is not absolutely free from some security threats, including kidnapping, robbery, cultism and allied offences, intra and inter communal clashes The CP, who spoke during a maiden press briefing with journalists…

  A former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah has said that the fresh criminal charges brought against her but police in the name of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was fraudulent. Though she claimed not to be aware of the charges, the former Minister explained that it was a gender political…