Kogi State civil servant, Mrs Husseina Mohammed, has returned N1,780,500 paid in excess of her March salary. Mohammed said this on Friday in Lokoja, while paying a visit to the Director-General, Bureau of Information and Grassroots Mobilisation, Alhaji Abdulkareem Abdulmalik. Mohammed who reportedly works at the state’s Teaching Service Commission, said she received an alert from her bank on May 21, and discussing it with her husband, it was agreed that the money be returned. yahyaBello.jpg She praised the Governor, Yahaya Bello, for paying her salary up to March, but pleaded with the state government to pay the outstanding 15 month salary arrears of her husband, Yakubu Mohammed. Abdulmalik in his response, commended the honesty of the Mohammed family.

Exactly a week after late Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya passed on in Canada, the Nigerian government through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described her sudden death as a big loss, especially to her family, the movie industry and indeed all her friends and admirers.

In a statement issued on Thursday by Lai's spokesman, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister said he “received the news of Moji’s untimely death with rude shock and disbelief.



“The contributions of the late actress to the growth of the burgeoning Nollywood will never be forgotten”.

Mohammed prayed for the repose of the deceased’s soul, and for strength and comfort to her family and friends.

Olaiya who delivered a baby in Canada in March died at the age of 42.