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By Thompson Yamput Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, made President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday afternoon. Ex-Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai; and presidential spokesman, Dele Alake also made the list. After a long wait by Nigerians,…
By Thompson Yamput A Parasitologist, Prof Patrick Amidu-Audu, has warned that parasitic infections pose a serious threat to the wellbeing and existence of humans and livestock in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Amidu-Audu, a lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL), made this known while…
By Gyang Bere The health sector in Plateau State is to be repositioned as part of strategies for a productive economy and to curb medical tourism. Governor Caleb Mutfwang gave this indication on Monday in Jos when a delegation of the state branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), led by the Chairman Dr….
By Thompson Yamput Suspected hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the Campaign Office of Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the office, which is located on John Holt road, near Paparanda Square, Lokoja, was gutted by fire in the…
By Thompson Yamput The new Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Onuoha Bethrand, on Thursday assumed duty as the 38th holder of the office in the Command. A statement issued by the Kogi Police Command’s Spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja, said Bethrand took over from CP Akeem Yusuf, who had been redeployed to Research…
By Thompson Yamput A Chieftain of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi, Mr Abdulrahman Tanko-Ozi, on Thursday, defected and declared support for APC Governorship Candidate in the state, Mr Usman Ododo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chieftain, who was the SDP Senatorial candidate for Kogi West in the 2023…
By Thompson Yamput The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi on Wednesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan, who lost the Kogi Central Senatorial…
By Thompson Yamput Environment Dangote Group of companies on Monday tasked journalists on reportage of environmental sustainability for development purposes in Nigeria. Alhaji Aliyu Akoshile, Executive Director, Climate Africa Media Initiative Centre (CAMIC), gave the challenge during the commencement of a two-day Environmental Journalism Workshop training for 5O media personnel at Obajana Cement Plant…
By Thompson Yamput Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Monday commiserated with the Atta Igala, Alaji Matthew Ogwuche-akpa II, on the demise of his elder brother, Prince James Faruna-Opaluwa. Bello, in a statement in Lokoja by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Mohammed, expressed his deepest sympathy to the Atta Igala, family members and the…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday, received PDP defectors from Olamaboro Local Government Area, led by Sen. Attai Aidoko-Ali, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, while receiving the defectors in Government House, Lokoja, the state capital, expressed satisfaction with the level of unity existing among the various ethnic groups…
