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After prolonged technical and painstaking considerations, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has today passed the bill seeking the establishment of Steel University Ajaokuta, Kogi State. The bill which was sponsored by the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Yakubu Oseni was summarily meant to inaugurate a specialized University which will bridge the intractable intellectual and manpower gaps in steel sector and complement government's efforts to breakaway from decades of monolithic and crude-oil centred economy. Approval for establishment of the specialized university followed considerations and reports of Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) today at the hallowed chamber of the Senate during plenary. Senator Oseni while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the plenary argued that technical-based and sustainable education is one of the potent ways Nigeria economy could be revived and se

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Fourth Alteration Bill that grants financial autonomy to State Judiciaries and State Houses of Assembly into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (senator), Senator Ita Enang disclosed this to State House correspondents on Friday. Senator Enang said, “I just want to inform you that His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari today assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill which grants financial authonomy and independence to the Houses of Assembly of the respective states and to the Judiciary of the respective states. “Therefore upon this signature the amounts standing to the credit of the judiciary are to be now be paid directly to the judiciary of those states, no more through the governors and no more from the governors. “And then the amounts standing to the credit of the Houses of Assembly of the respective states are now to be paid directly to the Houses of Assembly of that

Ifeoluwa Adeyemo Nigeria has recovered ownership of Ajaokuta Steel Company, ASC, and National Iron Ore Mining Company Limited, NIOMCO, Itakpe, following the resolution of a protracted legal dispute. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the maiden meeting of the National Council on Mining and Mineral Resources Development. He said Nigeria and Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, GINL, have signed a ‘Modified Concession Agreement’ resolving their protracted dispute on the two companies located in Kogi State. He said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo executed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government. “With this development, both NIOMCO and Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited have now reverted to the Federal Government Nigeria, and we can now proceed to engage a new core investor with the financial and technical capacity to run the steel complex. “The operation of ASC will provide the needed inputs to support the infrastru

Governor Yahaya Bello leads the EU Ambassador and the EU, Head of Trade to Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. Some say Ajaokuta can not be resuscitated. We are optimistic it can work. And work again it will. This administration will leave no stone unturned and advocacy with the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has been scaled up to ensure this happens real soon for the benefit of Nigeria and Kogi state in particular. -Petra Akinti Onyegbule

Kidnappers of a 5-year-old boy, Jonathan Sulieman , the son of a Zonal Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Okene, Kogi State are demanding N50million before the boy,a nursery 2 pupil will be released. Saturday Mirror gathered that suspected gunmen numbering about four kidnapped the toddler on Monday about 7:45am when he was being driven to school in Okene. According to the father of the boy, the gunmen had perfected plans to have his son kidnapped and they succeeded in their plans. Pastor Sulieman who spoke with Saturday Mirror over the phone stated that the kidnapping of his son is devastating and called on the police and other security agencies to help rescue his son. “Jonathan is my last born. He is only five years old and I feel bad such is happening to him. He was kidnapped on Monday when he was being driven to school about 7: 45am by our driver. His elder sister and a neighbour’s child were in the car. "According to what the driver told me, four gun men u

The House of Representatives today took over the functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly over the crisis that engulfed the assembly in the last one month. In taking the decision at plenary, the House said its action was in line with the provision of Section 11 (4) of the 1999 Constitution, which says the National Assembly could take over the functions of any state assembly that is enmeshed in crisis. You can recalls that five members of the Kogi assembly purportedly impeached the speaker Momoh Jimoh Lawal and elected Umar Imam as new speaker. Consequently, the House passed a resolution a fortnight ago setting up an ad-hoc committee to visit the state assembly with a view to resolving the matter. Although the five lawmakers shunned the Reps panel, the committee submitted its report last week, which was considered at plenary today. The House also urged the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase to immediately seal off the Kogi assembly since the House has taken over its

Five members of the Kogi State House of Assembly on Tuesday morning impeached the Speaker, Hon. Momoh Jimoh and chose Umar Imam as the new Speaker. Friday Sanni who briefed journalists about the impeachment said the Speaker was impeached for not carrying other members of the House along in the affairs of the House. He also claimed that since the new Governor, Yahaya Bello and the Speaker are both from the same senatorial district, the Speaker should vacate the seat. Meanwhile, 15 members of the House who were seen at Hon. Jimoh’s residence insist Hon. Jimoh remains the Speaker and that their signature was forged to perfect the impeachment. The post Kogi Speaker Impeached appeared first on Channels Television.

#KogiDecides **Kogi State Election Result** Total Votes Scored from the Last (Inconclusive) Election: APC: 240867,  PDP: 199514 Supplementary Election Update: **Bariki** APC: 208, PDP: 2 **Okehi** APC: 108, PDP: 0 **Koton Karfe** APC: 406, PDP:281 **Idah** APC: 62, PDP:70 **Yagba West** APC: 86, PDP:73 **Adavi** APC: 878, PDP:12 **Igala Mela** APC: 92, PDP:434 **Kaba Bunu** APC: 201, PDP: 131 **Ajaokuta** APC: 538, PDP:12 **Olamaboro** APC: 167, PDP: 332 **Omala** APC: 317, PDP: 323 **Ijumu** APC: 86, PDP: 102 **Ankpa** APC: 562, PDP:629 **Bassa** APC: 221, PDP: 114 **Ibaji** APC: 369, PDP: 220 **Ofu** APC: 105, PDP:484 **Lokoja** APC: 301, PDP:145 **Dekina** APC: 2178, PDP: 1999 **Total Votes Scored** APC: 6885, PDP: 5363 Sum Total of Inconclusive and the Supplementary Elections: APC:  240867 + 6885 = 247752. PDP: 199514 + 5363 =  204877 Vote Difference (APC-PDP Votes):   247752 -  204877 = 42875. Yahaya Bello of APC defeated the incumben

Faleke, the running mate of late Abubakar Audu today. The court also ruled that supplementary elections slated for December 5 in 91 polling units will go ahead as planned. Kolawole struck out all the suits saying that his court has no jurisdiction to entertain the issues brought as they are post election matters. He therefore ruled that the issues in the different suits should be taken to the Election Petition Tribunal for determination when it is constituted. The Judge also ruled that the issue of the legality or otherwise of the supplementary poll can also be determined by the Tribunal. He therefore ruled that the supplementary election should go ahead as planned by INEC. In his suit, Wada approached the court, urging it, to order the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare him winner of the November 21 November gubernatorial election that was declared inconclusive by INEC. James Faleke Wada who was second to late Audu in the polls argued that since Audu is

After extensive consultations, the All APC picks Yahaya Bello as Audu’s replacementProgressives Congress (APC) yesterday submitted the name of Yahaya Bello as the party’s new candidate for Kogi governorship supplementary poll. Bello replaces Prince Abubakar Audu, who died last weekend after leading the poll with 41,000. It was also learnt that the APC has retained Hon. James Abiodun Faleke as the party’s deputy governorship candidate. Mohammed Audu, the son of the late governorship candidate, was dumped by the party because the party felt that fielding him might vitiate the entire governorship poll in the state. But the people of Kogi West were mounting pressure on Faleke yesterday not to accept the nomination of Bello. Although they asked Faleke to withdraw from the race, the deputy governorship candidate was yet to make up his mind on the next step at press time. Investigation by our correspondent revealed that APC leaders, with the backing of some forces in the Presidency, opt

The keenly contested All Progressives  Congress  (APC) primary election for the 2015 Kogi governorship election has come to an end. Prince Abubakar Audu, a former governor of Kogi State emerged the winner, polling a total of 1,109 votes to clinch the ticket. The election, headed by Governor Nasir elRufai of Kaduna state had 28 aspirants from the three senatorial zones of Kogi State. The exercise which held at the Lokoja Confluence stadium commenced on Saturday, August 29th 2015 and lasted till about 10:00am of Sunday 30th August,  2015. About 3, 004 accredited APC delegates cast the ballots that produced the party flag bearer for November 26 governorship  election in Kogi State. See result below: 1. Alh. Yahaya Bello  -  701 2. Sen. Nicholas Y. Ugbane  - 8 3. Haliru Sani Shaibu  -  1 4. Hon. Suleiman Baba Ali -28 5. AVM Saliu Atawodi -  183 6. Abdullahi Mohammed - 11 7. Prince Abubakar Audu -  1,109 8. Sen. Nurudeen Abatemi -  400 9. Hadiza Ibrahim  -  0 10. Alh. Yakubu

By Ismail M. Kabir An unidentified policeman from the Okene division has shot a young boy, in his way to his motor mechanics workshop this morning.  According to sources around the scene of the incidence, the boy, currently lying in a critical condition at the Okene general hospital is a roadside motor mechanic who normally takes a short route, an alley between GRA Okene and the St. Andrew's Primary school to his workshop. 

BY BANABAS ATTAH (Per Second News), ABUJA Nigeria police command in Kogi state have charged a 72-year-old man, Ahmed Adoke and John Sule, 41, Mechanic, for allegedly kidnapping High Court Judge, Justice Samuel Obayomi. The accused were arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court II  Wednesday, along with others now on the run,  to have criminally conspired and armed themselves with offensive weapons to commit the crime. According to the Police First Information Report (FIR) the accused, wielding AK-47 rifles and locally made pistols disguised themselves and blocked  the judge on Ebogogo road, close to the court premises and “forcefully stopped his car and dragged him away.”

By ADE ADE‎SOMOJU (Punch News). HRM Alh. Ado Ibrahim  The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Alhaji Ado Ibrahim as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland of Kogi State. Ibrahim was appointed the paramount ruler of Ebrialand by the then Military Administrator of Kogi State, Col. Bzigu Afakirya, on June 2, 1997, but a suit challenging his appointment was instituted before the Kogi State High Court on March 6, 1998. Ibrahim appealed to the Supreme Court after he was ordered to be deposed by the concurrent judgments of both the Kogi State High Court where the matter started and subsequently the Jos Division of the Court of Appeal. But the Justice Ibrahim Muhammad-led five man panel of the Supreme Court  on Friday struck out the suit on the grounds that the Kogi State High Court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit because it (the suit) was caught by “statute of limitation.” Justice John Okoro who delivered the lead judgment of the apex court held that the Kogi State High Court la

By Ismail M. Kabir The Radio station after the attack Followinng the terror attack yesterday (Monday, April 27th 2015) by unknown gunment on Tao FM, Ebira sole electronic media house located on Ogidi lane, Kuroko in Adavi LGA of Kogi state, four people including two security guards, an in-house engineer and a carpenter were killed. The assaialant then detonated an explosive devide that shook the buiilding housing the radio station to its foundation. The impact of the bomblast which occured around the hour of 8:00PM was felt across Kuroko community and beyond. ( Click here to see photos of the aftermath of the attack ) Residents in the area fled in various direction as the attackers were said to be shooting sporadically even in the midst of the loud blast. Speaking with newsmen at the scene of the attack this morning, the general manager of the radio station, Dr. Halima Salihu berated the unprovoked attack on the station. Dr. Halima told reporters that neither the content of

Per Second News has reported the release of the 80 year old kidnapped American missionary. Banabas Attah, Per Second News, Lokoja--- American missionary Phyllis Sortor, who was kidnapped last month by masked gunmen in Kogi State, Nigeria, has been freed. Security agents in Nigeria refused to provide details of her release, but said it involved some form of negotiations. Per Second News report last month reveal that five men abducted Sortor, a missionary from Seattle with the Free Methodist Church, from her workplace February 23 and demanded a ransom of 60 million Naira ($301,500), and confirmed by Kogi state police Commissioner Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said. In a week long operation led by members of the Kogi Police and a team of FBI officials who flew into Kogi last week, the 80 year old American was released Friday after a long negotiation with the kidnappers. Journalists in Kogi state had a spat with the American F.B.I agents  who refused Nigerian journalists from interviewing the

By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN—A notorious hoodlum, who has been terrorising Ilorin and environ was killed yesterday at Pakata area of the city, while an army officer sustained severe injury in a fierce battle that lasted nine hours. Eye witness account told Vanguard that Anifowoshe community in Pakata, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, was a theatre of war in the battle between the hoodlum and a combined team of Army, Airforce and Police. Residents of the area were held hostage for hours, while the main road around Government Girls Day Secondary School was blocked by the security team, thus preventing vehicular movement from both sides. The suspect, believed to be in his thirties, suspected to be a policeman from Okene, Kogi State, reportedly rented an apartment in the area for his wife and aged mother  from where he had been carrying out his nefarious activities. The source said:  “In the ensuing crossfire, the suspect was said to have been gunned down,while an unidentified man of Nigeria

By Ismail M. Kabir We lost another soul to the terrific traffic on Okene-Lokoja highway today. A youth identified as Ilyas Ajah was crushed to death along Eika road when he fell off the motorcycle he boarded on his return from work. A trailer conveying cattle to Abuja instantly crushed him to death. Until his death, late Ilyas Ajah was a staff of Itakpe Iron Ore Mining Company. His body just arrived his family house at Idoji for burial as at the time of filing this report. May his gentle soul rest in peace. We must rise to collectively clear our roads of this unbearable congestion.

BY BANABAS ATTAH-LOKOJA--- Workers of  Ajaokuta Steel company erupted in joy over the weekend  as  the Company commence  production of rods, Per Second News gathered.   The steel company established by the Shehu Shagari administration in1981has been operating on skeletal services due to the near abandonment of the project by past administrations, a situation which made the management of the company to be tranversing from one private consultancy company to the other. But the current operator of the company, Reprom Nig Ltd in its bid  to make a difference over the weekend ordered for some tons of billets, a major raw material for the mass production of rods and angle bars. Conducting news men round the plant, the managing director of Reprom Nig Ltd, Mr Attah Achimugu said with the arrival of billets the rolling mills which have been abandoned for years will now bounce back to life as it will now be used to produce large scale of rods and angle bar for domestic use and for export pur

 The story below was originally written on April 20th, 2010. The subject matter, Aisha Abdullahi whose affected breast is shown in the picture below HAS PASSED AWAY! She never made it just like her sister before her. The help she sought so desperately NEVER came. By Ismail M. Kabir Once a law student at the Bayero University Kano , Aisha Abdullahi, 28, will pass for a dazzling young lady; an ambitious and creative woman whose vision in life is now being threatened by a dreaded ailment; breast lump. Pic showing the affected spot. Photo by EbiraView She was full of life and hoped to be a successful business woman after years of trading with her late mum. In 2001 during the 2nd year of her schooling, Aishat had a fatal accident while traveling from her school (BUK) to Jos, Plateau state. The tragic experience led to the loss of her memory and was subsequently advised to quit schooling. Following her recovery two years later, she began facing life with a renewed vision and asp