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By News Desk The arraignment of Mr Saleh Mamman, former Minister of Power under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was, on Thursday, stalled after he collapsed outside the courtroom of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed before the case was called. The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, told…

By Musa Tanimu Nasidi Kogi state governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Thursday empowered Hunters in the state With security equipments as part of government’s effort to enhance security in kogi state. At the handing over ceremony in government House Lokoja, the Governor Ododo said the equipment would assist unconventional security outfits such as local…

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) on Monday, flagged off construction of new schools in Osara for the Hausa/Fulani communities. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, senator Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that new schools projects comprised of administrative buildings, libraries and laboratories, staff quarters, a clinic, sports facilities, and boreholes. She also inaugurated that the reconstruction and remodeling of Abdul…

Protocol: His Excellency, Alh Yahaya Adoza Bello, Our Amiable Governor of Kogi State His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, Kogi State Governor-elect His Excellency the Deputy Governor -elect of Kogi state, Joel Salihu Oyibo The Hon. Speaker Kogi State House of Assembly – My Lord the Chief Judge of Kogi State Members of Kogi State…

By News Desk Member of the House of Representatives, representing Warri Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Thomas Ereyitomi, has congratulated Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on his victory at the Supreme Court. Ereyitomi, in a statement by his Media Office, on Friday, said the victory of Oborevwori at the apex court has cleared the…

By News Desk The Nigeria Ait Force troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have reportedly bombed over 100 bandits during a series of airstrikes in Kebbi state. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the coordinated airstrikes were fired at the bandits while journeying via Sageko Malekachi village in the…

By News Desk President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed an immediate plan of action to mitigate the impact of any disaster and the need to stem the tide of an impending flood crisis across the country. The President has appointed Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state as chairman of a committee to produce a road…

By Aliyu Musa Nasidi The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted dust haze and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the nation. NiMet`s Weather Outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted dust haze with visibility range of 1km to 3km and localised visibility of less than or equal to 1, 000m was anticipated over the…

A former chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Board, Mrs Lauretta Onochie, has called for the arrest of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Onochie wants the police and the Department of State Services, DSS, to arrest Obi, accusing him of allegedly instigating violence in the country. According to the…

By Musa Alfaki Nasidi The Coordinator of Ododo Independent Campaign Council (IICC) Lokoja Local Government area, Engineer Abdulsalam Sagir Muhammad has described the unanimous judgment the election tribunal as a victory for the rule of law. The ICC Coordinator in a statement on Tuesday said the judgment “validates the decision of most people of Lokoja/…