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 The Vigilante Group of Nigeria has declared that they wanted Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to be the next President of the country in 2023, describing him as a true Nigerian, evident in both actions and character. Speaking through its Commander General, Dr. Usman Muhammed, during the group's courtesy visit to Governor on Saturday, he noted that Governor Bello’s contributions to VGN in Kogi state was highly commendable expressing that with him at the helm of affairs in the country similar gesture would be extended to the VGN National body in a bid to further enhance their capacity for efficiency. The CG stressed that they were totally behind the Governor’s transition to Aso Rock in 2023 and had since began an advocacy campaign among its over 5, 000, 000 registered members all across the 36 states of the country canvassing for the governor and heralding his good deeds. He assured that if the VGN was well positioned and equipped, it had all it takes both in human power and will ...

 NDDC pledges to pay contractors, calls for calm *As FG, Oil Coys owe commission over N4 trillion The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to settle all verified outstanding claims by it contractors in its efforts to facilitate sustainable development of the oil-rich region. A source close to the Interim Administrator of the Commission who spoke on condition of anonymity said the NDDC boss was saddened that contractors who had done their jobs were still being owed many years after completion. He said that the NDDC boss regretted the closure of NDDC headquarters by aggrieved contractors and called for patience "to achieve an amicable resolution." The source, who is a director in NDDC, said: "The Interim Administrator is not happy that contractors who had completed their jobs were yet to be paid. There is no reason to owe these contractors except the fact that enough funds have not been released to NDDC to take care of the debt." He disclosed that the...

  A group of young Nigerians under the aegis of Yahaya Bello Network (YBN) on Tuesday appealed to Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to run in the 2023 Presidential race to enable the country achieve desired peace and robust economic development. The group, composed of young people from the North-west and North-central zones of the country, besieged the state capital Lokoja in a town hall meeting. The National Chairman of YBN and the convener of the town hall meeting, Abdulamart Mai Kwasherwa, from Kano State said the Network was out to ensure actualisation of “Not Too Young To Rule” Act and as well to appeal to  Governor Yahaya Bello to contest the 2023 President race as the youngest contestant. Mai Kwasherwa noted that the governor had proved his mettle as a capable leader in Kogi and also has the capacity to  lead the country to the promised land.  "Many elders have led this country but we are yet to reach our destination in terms of development and this ti...