***Calls for urgent action to complete Kano-Maiduguri Road The Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District Sulaiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila has expressed sympathy with the families of 11 persons who lost their lives in an auto crash along Kano-Maiduguri federal Highway on Friday. 11 people lost their lives while 16 others were injured, with one person rescued unhurt in the auto crash at Gaya junction along the Kano – Maiduguri road. The accident involved two vehicles – a Toyota Hummer bus with registration number KTG 190 XB and a Hijet mini pick-up with registration number KTG 501 YG. In a statement…
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By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI State Health Insurance Agency (KSHIA) has accredited over 80 Healthcare facilities across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state to enhance enrollees’ access to quality healthcare services. Dr Aladare Adekunle, Executive Secretary of the Agency who disclosed in an interaction with newsmen on Sunday in Lokoja said the Agency had enrolled 32,000 civil servants. Also enrolled are 200 political appointees under the formal sector plan of the scheme, noting that the plan, as a family package, takes care of a civil servant and five dependants under him or her. “Since we came on board…
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has promised to continue to support relevant agencies of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to foster synergy aimed at boosting revenue generation in the FCT. The Acting Executive Chairman of the Service, Mr Haruna Abdullahi gave the indication while handing over office furniture and desk computers to the Department of Development Control through the Coordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) in Abuja. Head, Corporate Communications, FCT-IRS, Mustapha Sumaila, in a statement in a statement quoted Abdullahi to have indicated that conversation has been ongoing with the Development Control in…
The governorship primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State has been declared inconclusive. Kogi State Governor Usman, Ododo, who was appointed by the national leadership of the party to head the election committee in the state, disclosed in a statement that “election will be conducted in all the 13 Wards of Okitipupa Local Government with total validated registered members of 9,515” due to “validated reports that the exercise did not hold” in the LG. The statement reads, “Having received reports of the primary election from the 203 Wards in the 18 Local Governments of Ondo State,…
Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State and chairman of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election committee has applauded stakeholders and members of the party in the state for their orderly conduct and massive turnout during the direct primary election in the state. Special Adviser on Media to the Governor Ismaila Isah in a statement quoted the Governor to have given the commendation while receiving reports from members of the APC Governorship Primary Election committee, security agencies and other stakeholders who monitored the conduct of the election in different parts of the 18 local government areas in…
From Daniel Abel, Lafia Apparently piqued by the level of disloyalty and insubordination being displayed by political appointees in governor Abdullahi Sule’s cabinet ahead of 2027, the governor has read the riot act for those who may dare him. Sule gave the indication in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State, Barrister Mohammed Ubandoma dated April 16th, 2024. According to the letter, “political appointees seeking to run for any political office are advised to either resign their appointments or wait until the lifting of the existing ban on political activities by the Independent National Electoral…
From Daniel Abel, Lafia Concerned youth group and stakeholders in Agwatashi community in Obi local government have expressed concern over the rate of influx of government officials who in their droves are rushing for land acquisition in the area by every means. The leader of the concerned youth group from Agwatashi, comrade Barr. Isa Adeka who spoke to our reporter in Lafia on Wednesday said they are no longer comfortable with the recent development where politicians and top government officials are using their position to grab lands in the oil bearing community. “We are worried and uncomfortable with the way…
The first daughter of the late Gov. Chukwemeka Ezeife, Okwadike, Dr Mrs Ogelue C. Ezeife Ugorji, has her father strongly supported the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi in the 2023 Presidential election. She said her father known for his firm stand on justice and equity, threw his weight behind Obi because he looked forward to a better and more united nation where every Nigerian would be treated justly and given a fair chance to succeed. A statement issued by the Spokesperson of Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) Dr Yunusa Tanko quoted her to have explained further that…
The Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), has alerted the public of a fresh plot to blackmail the 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi by linking him to frivolous, malicious and unsubstantiated allegations of indulging in religious politics. A statement which was signed POMR spokesperson, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, said he is aware that some persons operating under the guise of civil society, and non-governmental organizations but acting at the behest of some powerful political interests have been deployed to petition and accuse Peter Obi of playing religious politics. “The motifs is to malign Mr Obi’s purely altruistic motives in supporting…
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has called help from the federal government to enable it tackle the menace of insecurity and incessant flooding in some parts of the state The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Ismaila Isah in a statement quoted the governor to have made the call when he received a delegation from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) at the Government House, Lokoja on Thursday. The Governor indicated that as a transit state that shares border with 10 other states, Kogi is in dire need of improved financial intervention from the federal…