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By Thompson Yamput The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) on Wednesday urged Kogi residents to embrace planting of trees to help checkmate flood and environmental degradation. Kogi N-HYPPADEC Coordinator, ngr Joan Oguche, made the call on during inauguration of Tree planting exercise embarked upon at Federal University Lokoja (FUL) in commemoration of…

By Peter Amine Dr Patrick Dakum, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology Abuja, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a minister from Plateau to fill the vacancy created by Sen. Simon Lalong’s resignation from the cabinet. Dakum, who bared his mind while interacting with newsmen on Wednesday in Jos, said that the…

By Admin The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their two-day industrial action. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. Onanuga said that the two unions suspended the strike for one week. He said that this was in…

By Thompson Yamput Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) on Monday, flagged off construction of new schools in Osara for the Hausa/Fulani communities. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that new schools projects comprised of administrative buildings, libraries and laboratories, staff quarters, a clinic, sports facilities, and boreholes. She also inaugurated that the reconstruction and remodeling…

By Thompson Yamput Kogi Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander Samuel Oyedeji has called on the public to engage in cycling to keep fit and deal with minor ailments. Oyedeji made the remarks while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the celebration of the World Bicycle Day in Kogi. The sector…

By Blessing Odega The Rotary Club, District 9125, Zone 4, Jos, has donated indoor games to the psychiatric Department of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). Mr Sani Ibrahim, the Rotary Zone 4 Coordinator for mental health project, said on Friday in Jos, that the donation was the club’s contribution to the promotion of mental…

By Joan Nwagwu The leadership of organised labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) declared the strike at the end of a joint emergency meeting on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that labour had during the May…

By Peter Amine Plateau Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Ephraim Usman, has built and donated two classroom blocks for children learning under the trees in Garshei and Nangar communities. Usman, who inaugurated the classroom blocks on Thursday in Kanam Local Government Area of the state, said that the gesture was to improve…

By Peter Amine The outgoing President of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Dr Stephen Panya, has reeled out his achievements and challenges of his stewardship in the last six years. Panya, who briefed newsmen in Jos, thanked God for the grace and opportunity to lead the great denomination of 10 million members for the…

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…