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KOGI GOV MOURNS RENOWN PHILANTHROPIST, POLITICAL ICON, ALHAJI ISIAKA ALFA (WAALI) Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has expressed shock over the demise of a renowned philanthropist, political icon and an industrious Igala man, Alhaji Isiaka Alfa who died at the age of 90 on Friday, 25 February, 2022. The governor, in a condolence message…

Electoral Act: Gobir Salutes PMB’s Courage, Statesmanship ***Says Buhari has imprinted name By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Chairman, Gobir Foundation and former governorship aspirant in Kwara state under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, Alhaji Yakubu Olayiwola Gobir, has saluted the courage of President Muhammadu Buhari in signing into law the much…

I Will Give Priority to Students Welfare, Sustain Cordial Relationship with SUG- Says Professor Olayemi Akinwumi From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), Professor Olayemi Akinwumi has given an assurance that his administration will continue to give priority to students welfare and sustain the prevailing Cordial relationship between the…

  The planned arraignment of former Imo State governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja on N2.9Bn corruption charges ran into stormy waters Okorocha, currently a Senator representing Imo West in the Senate was absent in court and was also not represented by any legal practitioner. The development prompted…

  The new Executive members for Ogaminana Central Community Development Association (OCCDA) have been sworn-in with a charge to them to be exemplary and above board in the task of piloting the affairs of the Association. Swearing-in the Executive at a crowded ceremony at Late Alh. Sule Obaito compound in Ogaminana on Sunday 20th February,…

  *Kyari: Some tears for Nigeria Police* *By Lásisi Olagunju* *(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 21 February, 2022)* There was a man in London 300 years ago called Jonathan Wild. He lived at a time robbery and violent crimes were rampant in the city – day and night. The people were helpless and…

  A University Professor, Prof. Obiajulu Obikeze and four others were on Tuesday put on trial by the federal government at Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations bordering on conspiracy and forgery. The defendants who pleaded not guilty to the 11-count charge were however allowed to continue to enjoy the administration bail granted to…

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) permission to further detain suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Abba Kyari and six others for 14 days. The others to be detained along with Kyari are alleged drug couriers named in the hard drug trafficking case involving Abba…

N30,000 Minimum Wage: Kwara NLC Writes Gov AbdulRazaq, Demands Salary Adjustment For Pensioners By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to review the pension of retirees in the state upward in line with the dictates of the N30,000 minimum wage. The…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Command, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, secured the conviction of a former Minister of Water Resources in the administration former President Goodluck Jonathan, Sarah Ochekpe and two others, Evan Leo Sunday Jitong and Raymond Dabo, deputy director for Goodluck/Sambo 2015 election campaign and former Acting Chairman…