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  Ahead of governorship election in Kogi state, Accord party has substituted Ahmed Ibrahim with Usman Jubrin a former Chief of Naval Staff as the substantive candidate of the party. Unveiling the candidate after the delegates affirmation in Lokoja on Tuesday, the national chairman of the party Alhaji Mohammed Nalado described Usman Jubrin as a…

  The attention of the Kogi State Pension Commission has been drawn to the activities of some fraudsters in the state defrauding Local Government Pensioners of their funds under the guise of assisting them to facilitate their gratuity payment. The Commission has taken swift action to address this issue, warning pensioners to be wary of…

  Eminent citizens have continued to express condolences over the passing of the first Professor of Geology in Africa, Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye. The Nigerian High Commissioner to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Maldives and Afghanistan, Ambassador Mohammed Bello Abioye, and a retired Military Governor of Kwara State, Chief Salaudeen Adebola Aliyu Latinwo, said the transition…

  The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) has debunked media reports making the rounds that over 100 party members from Igalamela Odolu Local Government have defected to the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC). The PDP Chairman in Igalamela Odolu Local Government, Attai Ndanusa Salifu disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday morning….

: Kogi state house of assembly has lifted the ban on the Suspended eight assembly members and two council chairmen. The lifting of the ban followed the clearance by the DSS which was sent by Governor Yahaya Bello in a correspondence to the assembly and read by the speaker Prince Mathew Kolawole at plenary. The…

  An Abuja based legal practitioner, Abdulazeez Tijani Ahmed has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged refusal to put a former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole on trial for electoral offences. The lawyer wants the electoral body to prosecute the former National Chairman of the…

  The Gamji Members Association (GAMA) in Kwara State has described the election of Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) as well deserved. The group, committed to the ideals of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir, Ahmadu Bello, said it was delighted about AbdulRazaq’s unanimous adoption by…

  The Chairman, Governing Board of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), Ambassador Nimota Akanbi, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) bill signposted his commitment to advancing education sector in the country. Akanbi, a former Nigeria Ambassador to the Royal Kingdom of Netherlands, also described…

  The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded House of Assembly election for Kabba/Bunu State Constituency, Pastor Femi Obalemo, FCA has commended Governor Yahaya Bello Led administration for approving the establishment of a State owned University in Okun Land, stressing that it is a welcome development and good for the…

  The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday in Abuja told Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, lead counsel to Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he was citing old laws against the request by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku for live coverage of proceedings of the Court. Chairman of the…