The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi Council, on Thursday honored Gov. Yahaya Bello with a prestigious award for his unique infrastructural development strides.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, re-arraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama over an alleged N109.5bn fraud.

The Kwara Government is set to challenge Delta for a top-place finish at the end of the forthcoming 21st National Sports Festival, tagged Asaba 2022.

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said this on Thursday in Ilorin after receiving the festival’s Torch of Unity.

Represented by his deputy, Mr. Kayode Alabi, the governor promised to give the state all necessary support to ensure it performed excellently at the end of the games bid for Asaba, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 10.

“We know Delta State is always winning the festival, but we will make them come second this time around.

“Sport is a unifying factor and we want to ensure we give the necessary attention to it to gainfully engage our teeming youths,” AbdulRazaq said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Torch of Unity arrived at Kwara at 3.30 p.m from Minna on Thursday.

AbdulRazaq was joined at a brief ceremony in front of the Government House by the Executive Chairman of Kwara State Sports Commission, Malam Bola Mogaji, some of his board members, and the state athletes to receive the Torch of Unity.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned currency speculators and Bureau de Change, BDC, operators not to undermine the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Naira.

Mr. Jean Bakole, the Regional Director of, the United Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO), has urged the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ( MSMEs ) to leverage on African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA).

Oil marketers on Wednesday said the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in many parts of Nigeria was due to the unavailability of mother vessels to ship the product to the country.

The Acting Corps Marshal, Mr. Dauda Biu has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, for donating five operational vehicles to the corps.

President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Torch of Unity movement signifying the commencement of the 21st National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged “Delta 2022”.

The federal government said Wednesday that 612 persons have been killed while 1.4 million Nigerians were displaced as a result of floods in some parts of the country.

The Federal Government has distributed relief materials to 21 states across the country affected by flooding.

The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the major challenge that affected the 2022 budget implementation was low oil revenue performance, which according to her trailed by 27.1 percent.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says students account for the 40 percent of newly registered voters.

The Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, and Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, have kicked against plans by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to increase salaries of public office holders.

RMAFC, an agency responsible for determining salary structure in Nigeria, had announced recently that it has concluded arrangements to review the remuneration of political and public office holders as well as judicial officers in the country.

The move will also jerk up the bumper salaries of the president, vice president, Senate president, Speaker, judicial officers and other public office holders.

But both IPAC and the CSOs in the country rejected the move, insisting that it was untimely.

Speaking through their leader, Awwal Musa Rafsanjani, the CSOs urged Nigerians to rise up and ensure the salaries of such public officers are reduced instead.

In another development, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it will conduct governorship elections for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on November 11, 2023.