General News

By Our Correspondent The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2million bribe from him. In an interview with BBC Hausa Service monitored by Theanalyst.ng  Correspondent in Lokoja,Matawalle also said he has evidence against the EFCC boss, insisting that Bawa…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid He Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his party, the Congress of All Progressives (APC), opposed this Thursday a call for the live transmission of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court. The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, who are jointly…

By news Desk The Kogi Government says all is set for the restoration of pumping of potable water to residents of Lokoja Metropolis soonest. Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, State Commissioner for Water Resources, made the pledge while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi…

By Alfaki Musa President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s spokesman in the south east, Dr. Josef Onoh, has charged the Department for State Security (DSS) to ensure Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Dr. Godwin Emefiele does not leave Nigeria for any study leave abroad. Allegation of Emefiele’s planned study leave abroad surfaced over the weekend with…

By Shatima Nasidi Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have continued their exploits as gallant officers and soldiers of 21 Armored Brigade have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from ISWAP terrorists after dislodging them in Sambisa forest, in Borno State. Impeccable sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the…

The Kogi State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) held an emergency Congress at the Press Centre Lokoja on the above mentioned date and the following resolutions were reached; A. That in line with Article 4 of the new Constitution of the NUJ, all members must meet up with their financial obligations to the…

By Our Correspondent The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), which will form a new government in Kano State on May 29, has accused the son of outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of illegal procurement and sale of public property. The party alleged that Abba Ganduje violated the State Public Procurement Code to procure a landed property…

By Nasidi Musa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Energy Minister, Sale Mamman, over an alleged embezzlement of N22 billion, Newslodge can report. EFCC sources, familiar with the case but unable to speak publicly, told this newspaper that Mamman was detained on Wednesday morning after turning himself in at the…

By Our Reporter Seven people have been feared killed and several others hospitalised after drinking a tea suspected to have been made with a local leaf known as Zakami at a wedding ceremony in Kano. Eye witnesses’ accounts said it affected nearly 50 people and that some were still missing. The incident happened in Sheka…

By Aminah Musa A firm contracted by the Federal Government for the production of the country’s international passports, Iris Smart Technologies Limited, has said that the unavailability of foreign exchange to carry out its operations effectively by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was the reason for the passport scarcity in the country. The company…