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Before Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State was sworn-in for a second term alongside his deputy, Edward Onoja late last month, the deputy was the Chief of Staff during Bello’s first term and one of the most influential figures in the previous administration in the state. He became deputy governor following the impeachment of the former deputy governor, Elder Simon Achuba, by the state House of Assembly. They typified what political allies should be. They were said to be bosom friends of many years standing, referring to themselves as “siamese twins”, thus inseparable, and nobody could come between them. Bello, Onoja political affinity Onoja has been a long time strong ally of Governor Yahaya Bello and an influential figure to reckon with as far as the present administration in Kogi State is concerned. The choice of Onoja as deputy to Bello did not come as a surprise to many political watchers in the state. He is believed to have a played significant role in the development of policies a...

NPower is the social investment programme it was established in Nigeria with the aim of fostering productivity through skill development and valuable knowledge sharing and acquisition for economic growth and social development.          The programme has over five hundreds thousand youth all of them are beneficiaries. They work and earn a monthly stipend of thirty thousand NIRA from the federal government of Nigeria.  However, Npower beneficiaries are yet to receive their January payment but according to official information the stipend will be paid shortly as promised by Npower official on their Facebook page.      Moreover, concerning device collections for 2017 Npower beneficiaries there are so many hopes which show that federal government will distribute their device very soon .

President Buhari's media aide, Femi Adesina has stated his principal's comment of being "surprised" over the rising insecurity across the country while receiving some citizens of Niger state on Monday January 27, was misinterpreted.  Femi Adesina in his statement stated that President Buhari is fully aware and in charge of the security situation in the country. According to the Presidential spokesperson, the Nigerian leader only meant he was surprised with the emergence of banditry in the north-west which is a region “almost homogeneous, made up of Hausa-Fulani and largely Muslim”.   The statement read in parts;    “The reportage of the statement above was slanted to mean that President Buhari said he was unaware of the security challenges in some parts of the country. Far from it, except to the mischievous mind. The President is fully aware and fully in charge of all that is going on.  “The statement by the President was clear enough, and these are the salient points...