By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna A notorious banditry and kidnap kingpin, terrorising Kaduna-Abuja highway and other parts of Kaduna State, Nasiru Kachalla has been confirmed killed.
Armed group suspected to be gunmen on Wednesday attacked a miltaty checkpoint in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State in the evening and left two officers of Nigerian Navy dead.
Kogi state Commissioner for works and Housing, Engineer Abubakar Ohere has charged Nigerians to look beyond sentiments in choosing the next president for the country.
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Ede Ayuba Ekpeji has assured members of the public of the adequate security measures put in place to ensure crime free during Christmas and New celebrations in the State.
Nigerians are beginning to express anxiety due to reports of a likely second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid an economic recession and job losses reputedly caused by the first wave of the pandemic.
Ade Adesomojou An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution witness said on Tuesday that a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, operated briefcase companies with N3bn turnover in their accounts without engaging in any business.
It has come to the attention of the PDP Media Team, Ijumu LGA, of a dastardly and cowardly act of APC led government in Kogi State, to rig the forthcoming Local Government Election by pre-thumbprinting the Ballot Papers.
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has reopened the closed section of the Murtala Muhammad Bridge, Jamata on the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway to ease traffic congestion during the yuletide.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed confidence that its chairmanship and councillorship candidates will emerge victorious in the December 12 local government elections in Kogi state.
The Senate has said that N3billion which is not provided for the reactivation of the 21 plants next year of the multi-million dollars Ajaokuta Iron and Steel Project which has been under construction for close to 40 years will stop the resuscitation of the project.
As part of efforts to resuscitate the state transportation sector, the Kogi state government has unveiled plans to privatise its transport firm, Confluence Express service.