EFFC Freezes Kogi Bank Account Over Alleged Fraud Involving N20Billion Bailout Loan EFCC had approached the court for the order in an ex parte application brought pursuant to section 44(2) of the Constitution A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the freezing of a bank account belonging to Kogi State government…
Electricity Tariff Hike; ActionAid Nigeria calls for a halt. Treasure Ochemeje. ActionAid Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation working to eradicate poverty in Nigeria has decried the alleged resolution by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) directing the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to increase their tariffs from Wednesday, September 1, 2021. ActionAid Nigeria…
Kogi kidnap; No CUSTECH student kidnapped — Management. Israel Omakoji Lokoja As the late Sunday evening kidnapped of four persons from the Living Faith Church Osara in kogi state has continued to generate controversy ,the Management of the newly established Confluence University of Science and Technology, (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi state has stated that…
Niger NSCDC Commandant threatens to probe co-operative looted Funds. *Declares #7.161M surplus, doles out Motorcycles, Deep freezers, Televisions. Yahaya zakka Minna. The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger State Command, Haruna Bala Zurmi, has disclosed that he will do everything possible to recover all funds belonging to the NSCDC Staff Co-operative and…
Hon. Abejide Chairs Kogi NUJ press Week, pencils 5 For Merit Awards * Says Credible Electoral Act key to substantiate Democracy. ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),Kogi State Council, has expressed its determination to contribute its quota in the entrenchment of smooth democratic process and enhanced good governance in Nigeria. Chairman of…
Kogi gets new commissioner of Police CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban .* promises to sustain success of predecessor.ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA Kogi state command of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday received the New Commissioner of CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban .He took over from the former CP Ayuba Edeh who has been transferred to zone 8 command…
Bandits shot dead senator Bala Na’ Allah’s pilot son in Kaduna, 2 others. The pilot, Abdukkarim Bala Na’Allah, said to be the eldest son of Senator Bala Na’Allah, was killed by the hoodlums in his Malali (GRA) residence in Kaduna North Local Government Area on Sunday. An aide to Senator Na’Allah, Malam Garba Mohammed,…
Former Kogi Governor,Ibrahim Idris Celebrates Senator Ogbeha @74. Abubakar Yusuf. Jakadan Sokoto and Former Kogi Governor,Alhaji Ibrahim Idris CON has felicitated with Senator Tunde Ogbeha who turned 74. Idris in message to mark the occasion on Sunday 29th August 2021 praised the contributions of Senator Tunde Ogbeha both as a Military officer,a politician and a…
FG begins disbursement of#20,000 conditional cash Transfer to vulnerables in kogi. The Federal Government has commenced disbursement of N20,000 stipend to each of over 74,000 beneficiaries in Kogi State, under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The CCT is the payment of N5,000 monthly stipend to the poor and…
Only PDP can rescue Nigeria from APC misrule—Ndudi Elumelu Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Ndudi Elumelu has said that Nigerians were looking up to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to rescue them from the crisis the All Progressives Congress (APC), which it said has plunged them int suffering. Elumelu stressed the needs for…