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By Blessing Odega Breakthrough Action Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has conducted free Tuberculosis (TB) screening on 120 children at the House of Recap Orphanage in Jos. Dr Olubumi Ojelade, the Programme Officer, Tuberculosis, Breakthrough Action -Nigeria, said on Thursday that the screening was to commemorate the National Tuberculosis Child Testing Week, which commenced on…
By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi says its operatives neutralised two suspected kidnappers during a gun duel on Monday, recovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, made the disclosure to newsmen on Tuesday in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya attributed the feat recorded to the command’s continued onslaught against banditry, kidnapping…
By Thompson Yamput An anti-corruption bill for the establishment of the Kogi State Anti-corruption Agency has passed through second reading in the state house of assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Tuesday that the bill was being sponsored by Assemblyman Suleiman Abdulrazak, member representing Okene Constituency. Abdulrazak had during the…
By Thompson Yamput A lecturer at the Kogi State University, Kabba, Dr Emmanuel John says the President Bola Tinubu’s achievements in his first year in office are laudable. John, also the Head of Banking and Finance Department of the University, said this in a statement in Lokoja on Tuesday. “To be frank, the achievements of…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kofi has beckoned on the positions in the State to join him in moving the state to greater heights. Ododo made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja by his Media Aide, Ismaila Isah. He said that join hands with him would no doubt ensure…
By Zainab Oyekan To commemorate the 2024 Children’s Day Mrs Helen Mutfwang, wife of Plateau governor, has launched the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), vaccination campaign, and administered same to 130 girls. Mrs Mutfwang, who launched the campaign on Monday in Jos, said the initiative was to rid Plateau of cervical cancer, fighting it from a…
By Taiye Agbaje The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed three separate petitions filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Action Alliance (AA) against Gov. Usman Ododo’s election victory. The three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, in separate judgments, affirmed Gov. Ododo…
By Taiye Agbaje The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), challenging the election victory of Gov. Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11, 2023 Kogi governorship poll. The three-member panel, chaired by Justice Ado Birnin–Kudu, dismissed the petition on the grounds that the petitioners;…
By Taiye Agbaje The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed the election victory of Gov. Usman Ododo of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11, 2023 Kogi governorship poll. The three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, held that the petition was bereft of substance and…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Sunday described as “crude and shocking”, the gruesome killing of two students kidnapped at the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, near Okene. The students were among those kidnapped on May 9, when the abductors stormed the school around 9 p.m. and shot sporadically before grabbing…
