A former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honoured an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, his media office confirmed on Wednesday. A statement signed by the Director of the Yahaya Bello Media Office, Ohiare Michael, Bello’s decision to appear before the anti-graft agency comes after consultations with his family, legal team, and political associates. The statement was titled “Former Governor Yahaya Bello honours EFCC’s invitation” Bello was said to have been accompanied to the EFCC headquarters by several high-profile Nigerians. The former governor has been in a running battle with the anti-graft agency over alleged financial impropriety…
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Donald Trump resumed campaigning Tuesday for the first time since a second apparent attempt on his life, boasting “only consequential presidents get shot at” while praising Kamala Harris for making a phone call to check on him. Trump spoke at a town hall meeting before fervent supporters in Flint, a beleaguered industrial city that was once a jewel of the US automotive industry in swing state Michigan, before factories closed due to foreign competition. Trump drew a link between what the FBI called a foiled assassination bid against him Sunday at his golf course in Florida and his pledge to…
An analysis of the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act (2024 approved budget), has revealed that the President Bola Tinubu’s administration allocated the sum of N2,820,000,000 (N2.8 billion) to the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management (NICTM), a Federal Polytechnic located at Uromi in Edo State, to construct traditional palaces, police station and police quarters, roads and street lights in Osun, Cross River and Edo states. Other projects outside the polytechnic’s jurisdiction which the government allocated the funds for are; supply of motorcycles to traders in Bayelsa State, supply of operational vehicles to community vigilantes in Katsina, building of health…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo, Julius Olele, popularly known as Jojo, talks about Saturday’s governorship election and the plans of the party’s candidate to transform Edo if he wins, in this interview with ’TANA AIYEJINA The Edo governorship election is just three days away, what is the mood ahead of the election? There is a sense of eagerness and preparedness before the Edo governorship race. People are keen to engage in the democratic process and have their voices heard. Voters are thinking about our wonderful state’s future with a sense of duty and excitement that is…
As the Edo State governorship election draws near, a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said voting for All Progressives Congress in the state would be an endorsement of misery and hardship. He urged the voters to ask themselves if the APC has made life better, or only deepened their struggles before casting the ballot. He also said the APC has plunged Nigeria into an abyss of suffering and has sown seeds of poverty, despair, and insecurity. Atiku made this known in a statement on his Facebook on Wednesday titled ‘The clear choice for a prosperous Edo State’. ”They criticized…
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding around 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the wave of explosions, which came just hours after Israel announced it was broadening the aims of the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attacks to include its fight against Hezbollah along the country’s border with Lebanon. The blasts “killed nine people, including a girl”, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said. He added that about “2,800 people were injured, about 200…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has officially approved the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Kogi to the Kogi State Electricity Regulatory Commission. This development followed the compliance of the state government with the stipulations outlined in the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended). In a statement on NERC’s official handle on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, the commission highlighted the legal basis for this decision. “In compliance with the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) and the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended), the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory…
The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency has allayed fears over earth tremors experienced in the Federal Capital Territory urging residents not to panic. A statement by the NGSA Director-General, Professor Olusegun Ige, on Wednesday disclosed that the agency monitored the tremors and found them to be low and do not pose any threat to the environment. It reported that approximately 48 separate earthquake events have been recorded, with both intensity and frequency increasing between Friday, September 13th to Monday, September 16th. The statement read, “ The NGSA Monitoring Station at Katampe has been capturing several significant ground motions with high moment…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reconstituted the board of directors of Keystone Bank. The move announced on Wednesday, as part of the apex bank’s strategy to ensure sustained growth for the financial institution. According to a statement from the Keystone Bank, Lady Ada Chukwudozie has been appointed as the new board chairman, alongside five other non-executive directors. They are Abdul-Rahman Esene, Mrs. Fola Akande, Akintola Ayodeji Olusoji, Obijiaku Samuel, and Senator Farouk Bello. In addition, the CBN also named two new executive directors, Ladi Oluwole and Abubakar Usman Bello. Lady Ada Chukwudozie, a prominent figure in Nigeria’s corporate sector,…
Statistics obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that more males are getting infected with Mpox in Nigeria. According to figures posted on the NCDC website on Monday, 67 per cent of Mpox cases recorded since January 2024 have been in males. The agency said, “Men are predominantly affected, accounting for approximately 70 per cent of 6,001 suspected and confirmed Mpox cases recorded in Nigeria since September 2017, when the first confirmed cases occurred.” The figures released revealed that a total of 1,031 suspected cases have been reported across 47 local government areas in 23…