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A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced Shehu Tenimu Mohammed, an ND II student of the Department of Public Administration, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja to 8 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms, unlawful association. Delivering his Judgement, the trial judge, Justice Tenimu Mohammed convicted the suspects on the three-count charge having pleaded guilty…
Emeka Emekesiri, self-acclaimed founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the arrest and re-arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB. Last Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), said the IPOB leader was “intercepted” on June 20 “through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and security services”. Malami did not state…
Lokoja Consultative Forum (LCF),on Monday in Lokoja,said it was in full support of power shift to Kogi West with particular emphasis on Lokoja,in the 2023 Governorship election. Secretary -General of LCF, Dr Ahmed Isah Aliyu,stated this in an interview with Newsmen in Lokoja the state capital. Aliyu said the people of Lokoja are in support…
By Ibrahim Hamman Degri It is with great sense of responsibility and duty as a concerned citizen with passion for the progress and development of our Local Governments and the sorrowful state of our rural communities that I refer to the above subject matter authored by Abdulrahman Yunusa form Auchi, Edo state. The write up…
Members of the Kwara state house of assembly say Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, did not fund the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigns during the 2019 elections in the state. Mohammed had, on Saturday, said he raised a major part of the funds for the state’s 2019 elections, which the APC won by a landslide. “I…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the defection of Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an “unpardonable betrayal”. Matawalle defected from the PDP to the APC on Tuesday. Speaking on his defection, the governor of Zamfara had said: “I believe with this coming together, I’m going to work hard with my…
The Kano Business mogul Aminu Alhassan Dantata said local government financial autonomy is a precondition to Nigeria’s development. Dantata made the appealed at the coronation ceremony of Aminu Ado Bayero as the 58th Emir of Kano on Saturday. He said lack of autonomy to local government councils in the country has worsened the already fragile…
As the race for the national chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) hots up, MUYIWA OYINLOLA in this report examines the gladiators By Muyiwa Oyinlola When the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) came on board June last year, not many stakeholders believed the…
By Adekunle Ade-Adeleye The interception of Nnamdi Kanu and the storming of Sunday Igboho’s mansion last week were clearly and deliberately orchestrated by the government’s security forces. These were not isolated or coincidental events. They show a determined effort by the government to stamp out any attempt towards separatism. Mr Kanu was brought in from…
Nigerians looking forward to having their votes transmitted electronically may have had their hopes dashed, as the National Assembly has sought to bar such method in future elections in the country. This is as the lawmakers have opted for the existing way of transporting election results by human movements from pooling units down to collation…
