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By Onyeje Abutu-Joel The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed a total of 2,200 corps members to Benue as 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in makurdi that corps members were sworn in during the swearing in ceremony held at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Wanune in…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi government says it has set aside 30,000 hectares of land for farming activities in the state to boost food production. Mr Timothy Ojomah, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lokoja. Ojomah said that the hectares of …

By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu joins the government and people of Plateau in mourning Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Timbut Useni, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who died on Thursday at 81. The President extended his condolences to the family, friends, military colleagues, and political associates of the former Governor of old Bendel, Minister…

By Thompson Yamput Mr Sule Enehe, Chairman, Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGSIRS) has  solicited partnership with the media for tax awareness and  ensuring  adequate revenue collection in the state. Enehe said this while receiving the Kogi Executive Council of the Correspondent Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in his office on Thursday. The chairman…

By Admin Mr Baba Mohammed-Azare,  Akwa Ibom State, Commissioner of Police, has tasked Fulanis and farmers to embrace peaceful coexistence for the growth and development of the State. The Commissioner gave the tasked on Thursday when he convened a crucial meeting with representatives of cattle dealers and the Farmers Association in the state. He emphasized…

By Martha Agas The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has charged its officers to adopt discipline and professional ethics in the discharge of their duties. The Comptroller-General (C-G) of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, gave the charge during the decoration of newly appointed and promoted officers at its headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Adeniyi urged the personnel…

By Dan Nandom The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has said that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria infusing figures from the underground economy into its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculation for the ongoing rebasing exercise. In a statement signed by its Chairman Emeka Nwankpa and Secretary Dapo Okubanjo, TMSG argued that the decision by…

By Admin Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has been making efforts to woo investors to develop the solid mineral resources in the State. Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Hon. Ismaila Isah made this known on Monday while speaking on a Radio Interview Programme on Classic FM 94.3 Abuja as part of…

By Opeyemi Gbemiro The National Examination Council (NECO), has urged wealthy individuals and political office holders to invest more on payment of school certificate examination fees for indigent secondary students across the country. Mr Thaddeus Ajabu, NECO Coordinator in charge of Kogi made the call on Tuesday, when he paid an advocacy/familiarisation visit to the…