***Grieves over lost of many lives in Jos Building Collapse Ensure that the laws governing town planning are reinforced to forestall a recurrence of the recent tragic incident of collapsed building in which some students lost their lives in Jos, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has urged the Plateau State government. He also tasked the Governor on the need to scrutinize every structure including those by the high and mighty who may be seen as secret cows. Akpabio made the remarks when the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, accompanied by some traditional rulers, paid him a courtesy call…
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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday said that the three tiers of government have shared N1.35 trillion revenue realised in June, 2024. It explained that the amount shared was out of the total N2.48tn revenue generated by various agencies and N150million more than the N1.2tn shared in May. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Finance Ministry of Finance Mohammed Manga, issued in Abuja on Tuesday According to him, the Federal Government received N459.776bn, the States received N461.979bn while the Local Government Councils got N337.019bn. The statement reads, “The Federation Account…
By Abdumalik Abbas Alhaji Yahaha Adoza Bello came into political limelight when he became the Governor of Kogi state under a most unanticipated circumstance following the sudden death of Prince Abubakar Audu who was coasting home to victory as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2016. Yahaya Bello’s emergence as replacement for Prince Audu was akin to the invocation of Doctrine of Necessity because some schools of thoughts had posisted that Prince Audu’s running mate Rt Hon James Faleke should ordinarily and automatically assumed the governorship candidatacy . But that was not to be as the…
***Please accept it as a Father, Ex- Edo Deputy Governor tells Coach Finidi The immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo state, Comrade Philip Shaibu has commended the Napoli striker Victor Osimhen for taking the bold step in apologizing to Coach Finidi George over his social media outburst recently. Comrade Philip Shaibu also appealed to Coach Finidi George to accept the apologies in good faith as a father. Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker has been in the news for the wrong reasons in the past weeks following his outburst against the former coach of the Super Eagles, Finidi George. The former deputy…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja A Human Rights Activist and Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights And Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) Mr Idris Miliki Abdul,has called for the immediate dissolution of Local Government Caretaker Committees in the 21 Councils of the State. Miliki made the call on Tuesday in Lokoja shortly after the announcement by Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) of its resolve to hold Local Government elections on October 19. Miliki held that with the announcement and release of timetable and guideline for the Council elections, the state government should dissolve the caretaker committees without further delay and direct the…
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa state has disclosed that his administration has desilted 72 kilometers along Hadejia River Channel to ensure smooth flow of the river to mitigate against flood dusaster in the rainy season. The Governor made the disclosure in a speech delivered at the 2024 Tree Planting Campaign at Andaza village, in Kiyawa local government area. He said under the project all the typha grass and other blockages in the river have been cleared from Gagiya in Guri Local Government to Wacakal in Yobe State. Namadi also stated that the government has constructed 72…
Former Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, Senator Tolu Odebiyi on Saturday, July 6, 2024 gave out the hand of his daughter, Ayotola Oluwatoyin Odebiyi in marriage to her heartthrob Muktar Shagaya. The Lagos ceremony of the wedding festivities was hosted by the bride’s father, Senator Tolu Odebiyi, and the event took place at Harbour Points Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The groom, Hon. Muktar Shagaya is a member of the Federal House of Representatives, and son of business woman, Hajia Bola Shagaya. The bride Ayotola Oluwatoyin, a graduate of Colgate University, New York with…
By Mazi Mpiatụ 16th July, 2024 In a startling development, Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, at a church funeral service, veered dangerously off course and made a public statement rejecting the Appeal Court’s ruling in favour of Chief Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Soludo’s stance, where he insists on recognizing Barrister Sly Ezeokenwa as the National Chairman despite the court’s decision, not only undermines the judiciary but also raises serious concerns about his commitment to the rule of law. Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s position is deeply troubling. As a professor and the…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) has scheduled October 19, for the conduct of elections into the 21 Local Government Councils in the state. This is coming on the heels of the recent judgement of the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to Local Government Councils in the country and making Caretaker Committees at the third tier of government illegal. Chairman of the Commission, Mamman Nda Eri disclosed this while presenting the Timetable and Schedule of Activities to stakeholders at Riverton Hotels, Lokoja on Tuesday. Eri said that the programme which has 90 days duration culminating in…
By Nelson Ekujumi The Nigeria oil industry is without doubt the mainstay of its economy and has also acted as a stabilizing factor for national security, peace and development. In view of this indisputable fact, successive governments always placed premium on the industry with a view to making it, a global player in line with global best practices in order to attract local and international investors into the industry with a view to achieving its maximum potentials for our collective good and national security. The prime interest of the Nigerian government to uplift and change the face of the industry…