The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as the Kogi state governor. A five-man panel of the court led by which was led Adamu Jauro in a separate but unanimous judgement on Saturday dismissed four appeals against the polls for lacking in merit. The appeals were filed by the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on July 2, 2020, arraigned Stephen Oshinowo, a former Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, for alleged N127m fraud before Justice O.A. Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State. He was arraigned on amended eight-count charges bordering on criminal conversion to […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has accused politicians of playing games with the lives of Nigerians amid the pandemic called COVID-19. He was speaking on Thursday while playing host to the Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation who paid him a courtesy call in his Lugard House office in Lokoja. Bello […]
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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has announced the total lifting of lockdown imposed on the state to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Ganduje made this disclosure on Thursday at the press briefing of the state’s taskforce on COVID-19. He also ordered civil servants in the state to resume work from Monday, July 6.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the immediate, compulsory, and indefinite suspension from Office of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Adebayo Somefun. In a statement signed by the Deputy Director/Head, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Charles Akpan, noted the suspension was as […]
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In adjusting to the new normal, business owners and operators of Small and Medium Scale businesses have been advised to invest massively in technology and find ways to source their raw materials or supplies locally, as this is expected to boost their activities and help them stay afloat especially in the wake of the Covid-19 […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Governm has announced resumption schedule for domestic flight operations in the country. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made this disclosure on Wednesday via his official Twitter handle. According to him, operations would resume at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe Airport in Abuja on July 8, while Kano, Port […]
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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, on Wednesday announced petrol pump price for the month of July at N140.80 per litre. This was contained in a letter to petroleum products marketers signed by PPPRA’s executive secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, on Wednesday. The letter reads: “Please recall the provision for the establishment of a monthly price […]
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A midnight fire in the early hours of Wednesday gutted Ajao market in Lagos state. Kokomansion understands that the fire which started from a shopping mall destroyed shops and properties worth millions of naira. Spokesman of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, in a short statement confirming the incident said that no casualty was recorded yet. He said: […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the provisional list of candidates for Gubernatorial election in Edo state scheduled for September 19, 2020. Kokomansion understands that the list published by INEC on July 1 consists of governorship candidates from 14 political parties. INEC in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information […]
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