Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, has come under fire from the Lokoja Forum of Patriots for neglecting to appoint a new Maigairi of Lokoja within a year after the passing of Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammadu Kabir III, the late monarch of the state capital. According to ProbitasNews, the previous Maigari of Lokoja passed away on September 28, 2022. The Forum expressed their sentiments in a statement that was signed by Alhaji Ali Danlami Ibrahim,...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of instigating attacks on SDP members ahead of the Kogi State governorship race. According to ProbitasNews, SDP flagbearer Muritala Yakubu Ajaka is considered one of the main candidates in the governorship election. Isaiah Davies Ibele, Director General, New Media, Muri/Sam Campaign Council, addressed a news conference in Lokoja on Wednesday, pleading on President Bola Tinubu, security agencies, and the international community to summon Bello. Noting...
The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee looking into the sluggish progress and disputes surrounding the purported re-award of the Ijebu-Igbo-Ibadan road project began hearings with a theatrical flourish. The Federal Ministry of Works and the contractor were invited to a meeting with the MPs on Tuesday after the Hon. Kwamoti Bitrus Laori ad hoc committee toured the project site in Ibadan, Oyo State, and portions of Ogun State last Thursday. The lawmakers asked the...
The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has begun an in-depth investigation into the shooting of three people, including two students and an admissions applicant, as well as the kidnapping of a female student who attended the state-owned Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia. The investigation is being conducted at the request of the state command. On Monday night, heavily armed individuals stormed Ombi 1, a residential neighborhood for students located two kilometers...
Tuesday, medical professionals in Kogi State protested the kidnapping of one of their colleagues, Dr. Austin Uwumagbe, by taking to the streets of Lokoja, the state capital. Uwumagbe, the director of Victory Hospital-Annex in Ogaminana in Kogi State’s Adavi Local Government Area, was kidnapped by gunmen last week who were thought to be kidnappers. Upon visiting Kogi State Specialist Hospital Lokoja, Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, and several other facilities in the state capital, our correspondent...
Days after they returned to work, the Nigerian Senate approved the appointment of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso and his deputies to lead the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the following candidates for the deputy governorship positions: Dr. Bala M. Bello, Mrs. Emem Nnana Usoro, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, and Mr. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Dattijo. After being screened, Senate President Godswill Akpabio revealed that the nominations had been confirmed. The Senate had...
Former President Bola Tinubu’s media assistant Bayo Onanuga has attacked followers of PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and LP presidential candidate Peter Obi over their positions on the president’s certificate. Onanuga claimed that by focusing on Tinubu’s attendance at Chicago State University, the followers of Atiku and Obi are chasing ghosts and wasting their time. He insisted that Tinubu’s admission to Chicago State University and his 1979 graduation remain true. In response, Onanuga shared documents...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has advised his controversial deputy, Philip Shaibu, to abandon his governorship bid in exchange for his public apologies. Probitas News claimed that Philip Shaibu requested his principal to forgive his “wrongdoings.” In a journalist interview last week, Shaibu, who has been fighting the governor for Edo State governorship, made the request. Governor Obaseki told Shaibu that his deputy must relinquish his governorship ambition before they can reconcile, according to...
On Tuesday, Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal declared that he possessed sufficient information to reveal the Federal Government operatives who were engaged in a covert agreement with criminals. Lawal was responding to a recent claim made by Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, that the Zamfara State Government was politicizing security. The Governor of Zamfara disclosed in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant, Sulaiman Bala Idris, that the State Government...
Concern over a potential increase in petrol prices in Nigeria has grown as a result of the ongoing increase in the price of crude oil on the global market. According to Probitas News, the commodity sold on Monday for $93.55 per barrel. This comes amid the depreciation of the Naira in the foreign exchange window, with the currency trading at N980/$1 on Monday on the parallel market. The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN,...
