Niger establishes e-platform for pensioners. BY Yahaya Zakka Minna. Niger state government is to design a pension and salary platform to force everyone in pension issue to strickly abide by it. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state disclosed this at a round table discussion in Minna, represented by his deputy Ahmed mohamed ketso explained…
Man to die by hanging for stabbing colleague to death in kogi. A division of the High Court of Justice of Kogi State sitting in Lokoja, has sentenced one Muritala Dare to death by hanging for stabbing his colleague to death with broken bottle. Hon. Justice Josiah J. Majebi who presides over High…
Kogi Mourner abducted, killed after #5m Ransom Mr Ojonimi Ossai, a senior staff of Shell Petroleum Development Company, who was on his way to attend burial ceremony of his father in law was abducted and killed. The incidence happened over the weekend along Itobe Ajegwu road when hoodlums who might have allegedly been laying siege…
Respites for cardiovascular ailments, as US surgeons transplant pig heart to humans. It was a cheering news for all the sufferers of heart related disease as US surgeons have successfully transplanted pig heart into human patient. Members of the surgical team show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on…
FUL college of Health ‘ll soon take off. The Federal University, Lokoja, FUL, has concluded arrangements to admit its first set of students in faculty of Health Sciences. This was disclosed to newsmen on Wednesday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, by Prof. Yemi Akinwumi, Vice Chancellor of the institution. Akinwumi who said his…
14.7bn PHCN Privatisation Probe; CACOL Commends Senate. The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Senate in its bid to unravel the mystery surrounding the alleged N14.7bn proceeds of privatization of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) allegedly hidden in commercial banks by the Bureau of…
National Assembly boils ,DSS , Police, takes over as workers down tools. National Assembly workers on Monday in Abuja staged a protest at the lobby of the complex over the non-payment of their salaries and allowances by the management. The placards carrying protesters shut down all the entrances into the building singing solidarity songs with…
Prophet once told me i will die at 38–Napoleon Abah @50. Napoleon Abah, has stunned his admirers when he revealed that a prophet once told him that he will die at the age of 38, however God has a different plan for him. He added that contrary to the prophecy, his faith in God who…
*Commends Ministry of education* The National Secretary of All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) Mr. Yakubu Godwins, has advised teachers to do their work diligently saying their passion for the job has no limitations . Godwins gave the advice on Monday in Lokoja during the monitoring of schools resumption in…
The Chairman of Lokoja Branch of Egume Ome Descendants Union (EODU), Comrade Noah Ocheni has pledged that the association will not relent in complementing government’s efforts to tackle cases of kidnapping, robbery and banditry in Egume Community and Kogi state at large. Ocheni gave the assurance while speaking at the Get-together ceremony organized for…