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  By Thompson Yamput Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest. The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday. Ishola explained that the meeting became imperative…

  By Blessing Odega The wife of the gov. of Plateau, Mrs Helen Mutfwang, says the state has recorded a rise in the indices of exclusive breastfeeding from 19 per cent to 38 per cent . Mutfuang, said this on Tuesday in Jos, at the commemoration of the World Breastfeeding week with the theme entitled…

  By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Friday urged the Federal Government to channel funds towards improving health, education, agriculture and other critical infrastructure to help cushion effects of subsidy removal. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Onogwu Mohammed, made the appeal during a meeting…

  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 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 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 Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the party’s secretariat was vandalised and some materials burnt down around 10.15 a.m on Sunday with no report of death. Mr Sam Abenemi, SDP Deputy…