Month: January 2020

Gov Yahaya Bello extols virtues of Late Aduku, Nigeria’s oldest war veteran

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Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has extolled the virtues of the Country’s oldest military survival of the Second World War, Pa Adamu Aduku, who passed on at the fulfilled age of 101. The late Pa Aduku, the World War II veteran, who hailed from Abejukolo- Ife in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, died on Tuesday at the age of 101. The Governor, in his condolence message made available to Newsmen in Lokoja by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, said Aduku was a true patriot who gave…

Gov Sani-Bello admonish Christians to see pilgrimage as spiritual exercise ….warns pilgrims against abscondment

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Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has called on Christians to see pilgrimage to Holy Land as a spiritual exercise. happy Governor Bello, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alh Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, disclosed this while bidding farewell to 171 intending pilgrims to Israel held at the Government House, Minna on Thursday. He said that pilgrimage is a spiritual trip and not tourism.   According to him, Christians in the state should show more commitment in their quest to making trips to the holy land through self sponsorship…

Gov Sani-Bello condoles ADC over death of his wife

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has received with great shock, the sudden death of the wife of his ADC, Malama Fatima Mohammed, aged 44years.   In a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs. Mary Noel Berje, the Governor expressed sadness over the loss and commiserated with the families of the deceased. Governor Sani Bello eulogized late Fatima Mohammed adding that the deceased lived an exemplary life as a mother and wife who contributed immensely to success of her husband in the discharge of his state duties.…

BREAKING: Kwara govt demolishes Saraki’s ‘political home’

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The Kwara state government has demolished the Sarakis’ political home better known as ‘Ile Arúgbó’ in Ilorin. TheCable learnt the building was demolished early Thursday morning after security operatives dispersed protesters, including aged women within the complex. The state government had fix midnight for the demolition exercise to avoid a clash with Saraki’s loyalists who had been keeping a vigil in the area. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the state governor, in December, 2019 announced his decision to revoke the late Olusola Saraki’s property owing to alleged illegality in its acquisition. He said…

PDP Tackles Buhari Over New Year Message

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw his “unnecessary remark” in his new year message about standing down in 2023, saying the President and the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have no other option than to leave office in 2023. The party described President Buhari’s New Year message as completely uninspiring, tasteless, repetitive, vacuous, saying it failed to “galvanize any form of hope for a despairing nation like ours.” In a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said President Buhari “should…

26,039 Babies Born on New Year Day in Nigeria – UNICEF

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The United Nations Children’s Fund says an estimated 26,039 babies were possibly born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day. UNICEF’s Nigeria Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, said on Wednesday in a statement Nigerian babies would account for almost seven per cent of the estimated 392,078 babies to be born on New Year’s Day globally. Hawkins said this figure is the third highest number of babies in the world, after India with 67,385; and China, 46,299. “The beginning of a new year and this year, a new decade, is a chance for…

President Muhammadu Buhari New Year Address (Read full Text)

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My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities. We look forward as a nation to the 2020s as the opportunity to build on the foundations we have laid together on security, diversification of our economy and taking on the curse of corruption. These are the pledges on which I have been twice elected President and remain the framework for a stable, sustainable and more prosperous future. Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. I salute the commitment of…

How Bank official Coordinated Botched Bank Robbery In Abuja

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A Customer Service Officer with a first generation bank at Mpape, Abuja, Larry Ehizo, has given details of how robbers gained access to the banking hall with his help during the botched robbery of a bank at the weekend. An attempt to rob the bank was foiled by policemen and soldiers when one of the robbery suspects was killed and four others arrested. Officials of the bank on duty on the fateful day are being held by the police for questioning. The policeman on duty, who the robbers unsuccessfully tried…

NEW YEAR MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY, GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO OF KOGI STATE ON 1ST JANUARY, 2020 (Read full Text)

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My Dear Kogites, It gives me great joy to welcome everyone to this New Year and I thank God Almighty for keeping us alive and healthy to witness it. 2020 is also the beginning of a new decade commencing today, being Wednesday, the 1st of January, 2020 and ending on Monday, the 31st day of December, 2029, making it a compelling point to set long term personal and state development goals. Even as I thank God for the life and wellbeing of each Kogite who has crossed over into this…