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“We recovered N75m from ex-Minister’s wife”, EFCC tells court An operative with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Bello Hamma-Adama, on Wednesday, told a federal high court in Abuja that a sum of N75 million was recovered from Halima Tanimu Turaki, wife of a former Minister for Special Duties and Inter Governmental Affairs….
*Ace Broadcasters Celebrate Confluence Morning Beats of Sound in Grand Style* Ace Broadcasters in Kogi State gathered last Tuesday to celebrate the 8th Anniversary of the Audience Participatory Programme. This is just as Young broadcasters in the Country have been told to discharge their duty according to the tenets of Broadcasting. The Head of National…
Political violence resurfaced in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday when political thugs numbering about 20 invaded the Labour House where members of a faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) were holding a press conference. The political thugs forced their way into the Labour House owned by the state chapter of the Nigeria…
After an eight-hour “family-like” meeting in Abuja, Mopamuro stakeholders unanimously picked Pastor Babagbemi Adejola, popularly known as GB Irorun, as the consensus APC Aspirant for Yagba Federal Constituency in the forthcoming House of Representatives election. The move ends weeks of agitation over Mopamuro’s turn to represent Yagba, with leaders streamlining five aspirants to one…
Anti-Corruption Day: DAYS OF IMPUNITY IS OVER SAYS KOGI ICPC COMMISSIONER. As Kogi joins the world to commemorate the International Anti- Corruption Day, citizens (youths and adult),and foreigners have been identified as critical stakeholders in the fight against corruption and incidences of corrupt practices. Kogi State ICPC commissioner , Barrister Chile Ogwuegbu bu…
A frontline youth mobiliser and current Senior Special Assistant to the Kogi State Governor on Youth and Students Affairs, Comrade Babangida Isah, has formally declared his intention to contest for the position of National President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), vowing to reposition the Council as a more dynamic and responsive…
A socio-political group under the aegis of Concerned Omala Sons and Daughters (COSAD) has called on Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo, and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to ensure that the next House of Representatives slot for the Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro Federal Constituency is given to Omala Local Government…
Cybercrime: Electrician, 10 Others Jailed in Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction of 11 persons for offences bordering on internet fraud and cybercrime. Among the convicts is a 20-year-old electrician, Mathew Stephen Yaba, who was sentenced to nine months imprisonment…
Here is an amazon in whose veins kindness and compassion flows. The good Lord that has used you to touch lives and restore hope shall not abandon you at this stage of your life. The power of God as of old shall not make you have a better yesterday. The personality of Hajiya Rashidat…
AS non-oil exports take centre stage in Nigeria’s foreign trade, cashew farmers under the auspices of National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, at the weekend, hailed the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo over cashew pricing policy and stability as price hits N1.8 million per tonne. Speaking with Newsmen, the National President, NCAN, Dr Ojo…
