Lokoja A member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Mr Olusola Kilani Olumo,representing Ijumu Constituency, has urged the state government to set up Joint Security Task Force to tackle kidnapping and other criminality taking their tolls on some innocent members of public in the state. Kilani gave the advice while moving a Motion of…
Abuja The new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan said the commissiom intended to convince service providers to reconsider some of their charges to bring down Hajj fare. In a statement from the Fatima Sanda Usara, Head, Public Affairs, NAHCON, Hassan disclosed this when he paid a courtesy…
Ilorin No fewer than 8.6 million pupils have so far benefitted from Federal government Home Grown School Feeding Programme(HGSFP) in 35 states of the federation. The NHGSFP National Programme Manager, Abimbola Adesanmi, disclosed this at a Two-day Stakeholders’ Workshop on National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Ilorin, Kwara state. This is contained in a…
Abuja Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF’s) downward growth projection for Nigeria, the 2.9 percent economic growth projection by the Federal Government for 2020 is achievable, according to the Buhari Medi Organisation (BMO). The IMF downward growth projection for Nigeria from its initial 2.5 percent to 2.0 percent, according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO),…
Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office on Thursday, arraigned a 36-year old contractor, Joseph Oluwole Komolafe, before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Komolafe was arraigned on a one count charge of obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of about N31…
Lokoja Some residents of Lokoja, kogi state capital, have called on Governor Yahaya Bello to establish more Mobile Police bases as away of curbing rising crime wave in the state to the barest minimum. They made the call while speaking with a correspondent of Duaglobalnews, an online media organisation, in Lokoja on Thursday. According to…
Lokoja The twenty one local government areas of kogi state have appropriated over N131 budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barr. Salami Ozigi, disclosed this in a letter he forwarded to the State House of Assembly, Lokoja. Reading the correspondence from the ministry on the floor of…
China Many foreign enterprises have resumed production in their factories in China despite the novel coronavirus outbreak. Honeywell, a U.S. industrial conglomerate, has resumed production in 18 of its 21 factories on the Chinese mainland since February 10, the first work day after an extended Lunar New Year holiday in the country. U.S. agribusiness giant…
Lokoja Worried by the resurgence of kidnapping in the state after a respite, kogi state government said it had established two Mobile Police Squadron Bases on Obajana-Kabba road and in Okene, in partnership with the Nigeria Police. Governor Yahaya Bello disclosed this on Wednesday when he received the Commissioner of Police in charge of Mobile…
Ilorin Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has approved the removal of all heads of state-owned media houses, according to a release signed by the Commissioner for Mr Murtala Olanrewaju in Ilorin on Wednesday. The affected officers are: General Manager of Radio kwara, his counter part in Kwara State Television Service as well as that…