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OPINION   EDITORIAL   COLUMNISTS   JOBS SECTIONS Search for: Melaye wants state of emergency in Kogi, Bello seeks senator’s trial Published 14/06/2019 Dino Melaye The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, on Tuesday told the Senate that a state of emergency should be declared in Kogi State over the spate of insecurity in state. Melaye, while raising a point of order at the plenary, accused the Kogi State Government of being behind Monday’s attack, while challenging it to disclose the true identity of the victim. But the Kogi State Government denied the allegations, asking the police to investigate and prosecute Melaye since the preliminary report of the police had indicted him. A student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Felele, Saka Seidu, was on Monday shot dead during the rally  organised by Melaye in Lokoja, the state capital. At the plenary on Tuesday, the lawmaker denied th...

Here is the list of Monies Reported by EFCC as Recovered Under PMB. 1. October 2015 One Recovery N1,200,000 ------------------ 2. February 2016 Three Recoveries N406,000,000 $1,000,000 ------------------ 3. May 2016 Three Recoveries N17,000,000 ------------------ 4. June 2016 Twelve Recoveries N15,613,172,600 $15,000,000 £2,000,000 ------------------ 5. July 2016 One Recovery N2,500,000,000 ------------------ 6. September 2016 Two Recoveries N78,010,000,000 $3,000,000 ------------------ 7. November 2016 Four Recoveries N536,500,000 Whistleblowers Come On Board & Recoveries Monthly December 2016 Two Recoveries N2,550,000,000 ------------------ 8. January 2017 Two Recoveries N34,100,000,000 ------------------ 9. February 2017 Five Recoveries N8,195,000,000 $198,300,000 £74,000 ------------------ 10. March 2017 One Recovery N49,000,000 ------------------ 11. April 2017 Two Recoveries N4,448,850,000 ------------------ TOTAL N146,426,722,600 $217,300,000 £2,074,000 ------------------ SO...

Niyi Akintola, 15 others eyeing Oyo governorship April 19, 2017 Wale Ojo-Lanre and Tunde Ogunesan A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Niyi Akintola, has d eclared his intention to contest for the governorship seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. Aside Akintola, about 15 other politicians are eyeing the Agodi Government House, Ibadan, after the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent, Governor Abiola Ajimobi. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the senator currently representing Oyo North, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari; Commissioner for Lands, Isaac Omodewu; Commissioner for Health, Dr Azeez Adeduntan; a lawmaker at the state House of Assembly, Honourable Temitope Olatoye, aka Sugar and another prominent lawyer and SAN, Ahmed Raji, are among notable contestants. Others gathered to be eyeing the seat on the ticket of the APC were former Chief of Staff, Dr Adeolu Akande; former Commissioner for Finance, Mr Zaccheaus Adelabu and the Gove...

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