… Nigeria Has Lost One Of Her Finest, Kalu Mourns Former Minister of Education and Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor Jibril Aminu is dead. Aminu represented Adamawa Central in the Senate, from 2003-2011. He was born in Song, Adamawa State in 1939. He was a Consultant Cardiologist, an influential educational administrator and a seasoned statesman. The father of nine children and husband of Fatima and Ladi celebrated his 85th birthday on August 25,...

Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the passing of former Minister of Education and ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Jibrin Aminu, saying that he was a selfless Nigerian politician. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland in a condolence message on Thursday, said, “I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Professor Jubril Aminu, a distinguished scholar, diplomat, and a founding member of our great party,...

A group of lawyers and members of civil society organisation (CSO), under the aegies of Concerned Nigerian Youths Forum, on Monday stormed the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, with a petition, demanding the suspension of Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). In the petition signed by Barrister Aquila Kendo, the group claimed that Ahmed’s...

In a bid to boost the industrial sector, the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo, has commissioned the Kogi State Bank of Industry’s (BOI) office, located at the Kogi State Investment House, Lokoja, Kogi State capital. The Governor, while speaking on the occasion of the launching on Monday, noted that the development is expected to transform Kogi State’s industrial sector and boost the state’s economic development. According to Ododo, he’s not just commissioning...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed displeasure over what it called an unfair assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office,  accusing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai of being united in a desperation for self-serving power. Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, in a press statement on Monday noted that the party strongly rejects the baseless...

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has fully cleared N98.8 billion debt owed by the Kogi State Government, within 15 months in office. In the briefing by the Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris during the State Executive Council Meeting held on Monday in Lokoja, outlined the breakdown of the settled debts to include, the N5 billion Series 1 and N3 billion Series 2 bonds taken by the former Governor HE...