Ex-Kogi Gov, Abubakar Audu's N11bn contract scam trial gets April 15 date

The trial of former Governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, who had been dragged to a Federal Capital Territory High Court by the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), over an N11 billion scam scam has been fixed for April 15, 2015.

The court presided over by Justice A.O Adeniyi, affirmed that the ex-governor and a former Director General of the Directorate of Rural Development in the state, Alfa Ibn Mustapha, should be presented in court on the said date for the trial to commence.

Three Chinese nationals kidnapped in Kogi

In what has become a trend, Barely one week after two expatriate Chinese workers were kidnapped in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, three other Chinese citizens were on Friday abducted in the state.

It was gathered that the three Chinese nationals were kidnapped at the crusher area, a suburb of Lokoja metropolis in the early hours of Thursday.

How Speaker Of The House Of Assembly Broke Into People’s Houses

 

The speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Momoh-Jimoh Lawal allegedly broke into Alhaji Yahaya Audu Okumo located at Nagazi quarters of Ogaminana and that of Alhaji Musa Audu,with a team of mobile policemen, state security service and army personnel in search of his two sons that were kidnapped on April 15, 2014 at Okengwe, about 10km away from Nagazi quarters.

Pastor Caught With Gun During Police Stop and Search In Kogi

 

The Commandant-general of Mission for African Chaplaincy, a Christian organisation in Lokoja, Kogi State, Sam Keddy Balogun, has been arrested by the police for illegally possessing a firearm.