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By Blessing Odega The National Association of Seadogs, Dutse Deck, in collaboration with Atlantis Deck, has donated food items and educational materials to School for the Deaf in Bassa Local Government of Plateau. Mr Hilary Ezeadilieje, chairman, Plateau’s chapter of the association, on Wednesday, said the donation was in commemoration of the “2024 International Day…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello, on Friday inaugurated Muhammadu Buhari Mother and Child 110-Bed Hospital in Iruvichonomi community in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi.. At the inauguration, Bello said that his administration’s persistent investment in the health sector had yielded positive outcomes, evident in the enhanced quality of lives and well-being of the…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday tasked the new Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ahmed Anaje not to fail the Ebira Kingdom and Kogi on unity and peaceful coexistence that fosters development. Bello made the call after presenting a Staff of Office to the new first cless traditional ruler, at a colourful…

By Thompson Yamput The National University Commission (NUC) has granted approval to Salem University Lokoja to run Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and other post graduate programmes. The University’s Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. Johnson-Akubo said the approval was…

By Stephen Adeleye Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Wednesday emphasised that peace and security fostered rapid socio-economic development in a society. He was speaking in Koton Karfe during the official presentation of the Staff of Office to the new traditional ruler of Koton-Karfe (known as the Ohimege-Igu), Seidu Akawe-Salihu, where he underscored the significance…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has paid N115 million for settlement of Joint Administration Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration fees for 15,033 public school students across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemmy Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said that the gesture was in…

By YJ Itopa When the good news was broken among all working journalists, other critical media stake holders and within the government house of Kogi State a couple of days ago that Chief Latifat Oyeyemi Kolapo, the media consultant to the Kogi State Government and the woman who the immediate past Chairman of Kogi State…

By Thompson Yamput The Vice Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja, (FUL) Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, on Saturday said intergroup relations and security were vital to Nigeria’s education transformation. The VC made the remark at his book launch, which garnered N5 million at the diamond jubilee at the university’s Adankolo Campus, Lokoja. Akinwumi, who clocked 60 years on…

By Thompson Yamput The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kogi Command, on Friday disclosed that it recorded 58 auto crashes in which 28 persons died during the 2023 yuletide. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, State Sector Commander of the corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lokoja. Oyedeji said that the casualty figure…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Thursday banned traditional rulers and community leaders from issuing consent letters to prospective miners in the state. The government directed that henceforth any consent letter must pass through due process for its consideration and approval. Alhaji Bashir Gegu, the Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, issued the…