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By Thompson Yamput An anti-corruption bill for the establishment of the Kogi State Anti-corruption Agency has passed through second reading in the state house of assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Tuesday that the bill was being sponsored by Assemblyman Suleiman Abdulrazak, member representing Okene Constituency. Abdulrazak had during the…

By Zainab Oyekan To commemorate the 2024 Children’s Day Mrs Helen Mutfwang, wife of Plateau governor, has launched the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), vaccination campaign, and administered same to 130 girls. Mrs Mutfwang, who launched the campaign on Monday in Jos, said the initiative was to rid Plateau of cervical cancer, fighting it from a…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Sunday described as “crude and shocking”, the gruesome killing of two students kidnapped at the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, near Okene. The students were among those kidnapped on May 9, when the abductors stormed the school around 9 p.m. and shot sporadically before grabbing…

By Thompson Yamput The management of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Kogi, has  declared three-day mourning over killing of two  students of the institution by  kidnappers. The CUSTECH Registrar, Ms Olufunke Hudson, made the disclosure in a statement   on Sunday. The students –  James Michael-Anajuwe and Musa Hussein,  first year students of  Information…

By Blessing Odega The Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA), has called for private sector collaboration to combat the menace of open defecation across the state. The Director General (D-G) of PEPSA, Mr Samuel Dapiya, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos. Dapiya, said…

By Blessing Odega Mr Samuel Dapiya, the Director General (D-G) of the Plateau State Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA), says the agency has generated N1 million revenue in the last three months. Dapiya, who assumed duty in February, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in…

By Zainab Oyekan The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Royal Heritage Health Foundation (RHHF), have trained 30 social workers on Gender Based Violence (GBV) management in Plateau. Adama Yusuf, National Programme Officer, UNFPA on Friday in Jos, explained that the 5-Day training, was in collaboration with the Plateau State Ministry for Women Affairs. Yusuf…

By Thompson Yamput The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) targets more than 288,000 girls for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine against Cervical Cancer in Kogi beginning May 27. Mr Mohammed Bala, the Technical Assistant on HPV Introduction, John Snow Incorporated (JSI), made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…

By Peter Amine Sen. Simon Lalong (APC/Plateau South) on Friday lauded Federal Government siting a Study Centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Wase, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. Lalong, the immediate past governor of Plateau, gave the commendation during the Inauguration of the new study centre in Wase. He stated…

By Peter Amine Sen. Simon Lalong (APC/Plateau South) on Friday lauded Federal Government siting a Study Centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Wase, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. Lalong, the immediate past governor of Plateau, gave the commendation during the Inauguration of the new study centre in Wase. He stated…