The President disclosed this in a live broadcast of his visit to Kogi State on Arise TV on Thursday.

Buhari commissioned a new Confluence University of Science and Technology at Osara, Reference Hospital at Okene, and township road networks in Idah, Okene and across the three senatorial districts.

Other projects include Ganaja Flyover, Model Science Secondary School, Muhammadu Buhari Square and Civic Centre in Lokoja.

“I thank the Governor and the people of Kogi state for naming it (Muhammadu Buhari Square and Civic Centre) after me. Here, I have to digress; I attempted to stop governors and ministers from naming projects after me, but the Governor disobeyed me here”, he stated.

Fadah stated this on Tuesday during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream l youth corps members posted to Kogi at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Asaya in Kabba Local Government Area.

Represented by the NYSC Coordinator in Kogi, Mofoluwasho Williams, the director-general said “it is an offence for youth corps members to engage in partisan politics, especially during election.”

Fadah gave the advice on Tuesday during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream l youth corps members posted to Kogi at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Asaya in Kabba Local Government Area.

Represented by the NYSC Coordinator in Kogi, Mofoluwasho Williams, the director-general said “it is an offence for youth corps members to engage in partisan politics, especially during election.”

He said the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria have so much trust and confidence in youth corps members, hence their engagement as ad hoc staff during elections.

He added that “for Nigerians to continue to trust us, youth corps members must remain non-partisan at all times.”

He said the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria have so much trust and confidence in youth corps members, hence their engagement as ad hoc staff during elections.

He added that “for Nigerians to continue to trust us, youth corps members must remain non-partisan at all times.”

He advised the youth corps members to deploy their energy and time for the promotion of national unity and development and sustain high level of discipline and enthusiasm.

DSP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer for the Police Command, disclosed this in a statement he signed, a copy of which was made available to our Correspondent in Lokoja on Thursday

He said the arrest of the suspects was effected on Tuesday, based on intelligence tip-off on criminal hideouts along Auchi-Okene Road

According to him, consequently, the Divisional Police Officer, Okene Division, S.O Muhammad Nasir ISA, promptly swung into action, mobilised his team, moved to the scene and arrested the suspects.

He gave the names of the suspects as Mohammed Shehu, Idris Suleiman and Abubakar Ibrahim.

“The suspects confessed belonging to a gang terrorising Okene and its environs. Items recovered from them include one Dane gun, two cartridges, food items and the sum of N45,000. Investigation is in progress. Suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation,” he said.

The PPRO added that the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to Okene Division, in an intelligence-led operation in collaboration with the Professional Hunters Association along Okene-Lagos Road, on Monday intercepted and recovered twelve Cows suspected to have been rustled.

He said when the suspects sighted the security forces, they abandoned the cows and took to their heels, assuring that “efforts are on to trail suspects with a view to apprehending them for justice.

The command said that the warning is necessary especially now that most roads are in a deplorable state and insecurity is on the increase.

The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Solomon Agure, made the assertions in a statement in Lokoja.

Agure said that no good road experience could come out of speeding, overloading, use of phone while driving, use of mechanically deficient vehicles, or failure to use seatbelt and safety crash helmet.

He said that the corps would be on the lookout to enforce strict compliance to safety laws and orders on the highways.

Agure said arrangements had been made for the commencement of 2021’s Ember Months and Operation Zero Tolerance to Road Traffic Campaign in Kogi.

He said that the campaign would be carried out under the theme: “Maintain Safe Speed, Avoid Night Travels And Enjoy Quality Road Experience”.

The FRSC Commander further said there would be high visibility of the corps on the roads across the state toward achieving the goals of the operation from now till the middle of January 2022.

He said that the command was planning to deploy over 800 personnel, 20 patrol vehicles, four ambulances and heavy tow trucks for control of traffic.

“It aims at ensuring route lining, clear obstruction and respond to distress calls for all to have maximum road use experience during and after the period,” he said.

Governor Yahaya Bello who made the announcement at the Government House in Lokoja on Friday, June 5, said the decision of lifting the lockdown in the local government area was reached after samples which were tested came back negative.

The Governor who insisted that Kogi state still remains a COVID-19-free state urged residents of the state to observe protocols of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to curb the spread of the disease.

This is coming days after the NCDC announced that two Coronavirus cases were confirmed in the state. Dino Melaye also confirmed this by revealing that he knows one of the patients.

The Kogi State Governor reportedly submitted Onoja’s name to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress during his trip to Abuja last week.

The governor’s aide said “The chief of staff is the running mate of His Excellency in the forthcoming election. An official announcement would be made soon. Mr Onoja’s name was submitted to the national working committee of the party when His Excellency visited the party headquarters on Thursday.”