No fewer than twenty one senators on Tuesday accompanied Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele to the All Progressives Congress, APC Secretariat in Abuja to pick his nomination and expression of interest forms for Ekiti Governorhip Elections scheduled for June 18, 2022. The senators, who arrived the secretariat in a coaster bus at about 3:30pm said it was a show of solidarity with one of their own in the upper legislative arm. Bamidele is the current Chairman of the Southern Senators’ Forum and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Right and Legal Matters. The senators accompanied Bamidele to the office of…
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Unknown gunmen have struck again in Kogi, abducting the mother of Governor Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff, Pharmacist Abdulkareem Asuku at her residence in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. The mother of the Chief of staff, Mrs Seriya Raji, residing in the new layout of Nagazi community, Adavi LGA was abducted around 7:40pm on Monday evening after observing her prayer in a Mosque within her compound. Residents told our correspondent that the community was thrown into panic mood when the gunmen numbering 6 stormed the place in a commando style. The abductors, according to the source, were dressed…
A serving Nigerian governor has allegedly withdrawn N60billion from his state’s purse. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that he has lifted about N60 billion cash from state coffers in about his six years in office. The governor remains unnamed and his state, partially identified as domiciling in the North Central of the country. In the latest edition of its in-house magazine named “EFCC Alert”, the agency’s czar, Abdulrasheed Bawa, was quoted as saying that Nigerians would soon hear more, about the developing sleaze story. Bawa’s interview, originally given to TVC, was published under the “Setting the records…
**Ekiti Concerned Professionals Present to him Expression of Nomination Cheque Chairman of Southern Senators Forum, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has expressed confidence that direct or Indirect primary his ambition of becoming Governor Ekiti state in 2022 remains unshaken. Bamidele who made this known while the Ekiti Concerned Professionals presented the expression of interest Nomination Cheque to him in Abuja led Lekan Ajisafe said he is coming on board with something usual. He said, “As to my own aspiration in Ekiti, I have no doubt that whether it is direct primary or it is indirect primary you know, I stand a good…
***clears some misconceptions of the public about NASS The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday tried to clear some common misconceptions about the legislature that has become entrenched and difficult to change in Nigeria. After many years of confusion and figure fixings, Lawan on Monday revealed salaries and emoluments of Federal lawmakers to the public in Abuja This was as he declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has done better than his predecessors on assents Bills. Speaking in a paper presented at the First Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (…
The Vigilante Group of Nigeria has distanced itself from a purported award and endorsement of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.Another group who also named itself as The Vigilante Group of Nigeria had earlier declared their full support for the Kogi Governor to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as next President of the country in 2023. The group described him as a true Nigerian who has shown both in action and character his intentions to unify and secure the nation. However, Deputy Commander,Yusuf Ibrahim Tanimola, on behalf of the National Public Relations Officer, in a…
By Friday Idachaba ActionAid Nigeria, an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on the Federal Government to establish National Electoral Offences Commission to prosecute and bring electoral law offenders to book. The call was contained in a Press Statement issued by the Board of Trustees (BOT) of ActionAid Nigeria after a meeting to review the State of the Nation. The statement signed by Lola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator of ActionAid Nigeria was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. According to the Organisation’s findings, vote trading has continued to feature in Nigeria’s elections and will…
***Doles out N.5billion Naira in the last five months ***Undergoes repositioning The Chairman, management board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund ( NSITF), Prince Austin Enajemo-Isire has disclosed that in the year about ending (2021) alone the agency has settled over 11,000 claimants worth N1billion. The Director of the Agency, Dr Mike Akabodu, said N529.9million was disbursed to such claimants between June and November this year. During an interactive session with newsmen on the plan to reposition the agency in Abuja over the weekend, the Chairman said the financial account of the fund which was in arrears of over…
For singlehandedly rehabilitating Okene-Lampese-Ibillo-Lagos federal road, the people of Okpameri Kingdom have rewarded Natasha Akpoti’s patriotic act with a chieftaincy title as the Osasafe of Okpameri Kingdom.Barrister Akpoti was the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2019 Governorship election in Kogi State. The road had been in deplorable state for over 15 years, hence travelling on it had become a nightmare to motorists and other road users as a result of the worsening condition. In an elaborate reception ceremony held recently at the Okpameri Grammar School, Akoko-Edo, Edo State where the people gathered in their large…
***demands N35bn damages The Kogi State Government has finally dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to court over unsubstantiated allegations that it fixed N19.3 billion bail-out funds received from the Federal Government. This came as Justice J. Majebi of a Kogi State High Court also granted an interim injunction restraining the EFCC from issuing further official or unofficial publications over the issue involving a new generation bank (namewithheld) with Account No. 0073572696 or any other account purportedly belonging to Kogi State Government. The Kogi State Government, Accountant-General of the State, Momoh Jibrin; and Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic…