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By Mohammed Tijjani The Police Command in Kaduna State has announced 39 Computer-Based Test (CBT), centers for the 2022 Nigeria Police Force Recruitment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recruitment is for Police Constables, scheduled from March 5 to March 6. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan announced the…
By Taiye Agbaje. A legal practitioner, Azubuike Oko, has responded to the statement of the Chief Judge, FCT High Court, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, that Oyo State and Kogi currently did not have two judges on the bench of the court. Oko, in a statement he signed on Sunday in Abuja, alleged that the chief judge…
By Thompson Yamput Ex-Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Saturday advised against third party intrusion into marriage for the maintenance of a peaceful and prosperous home. The former governor gave the advice during the wedding of Rep. Tijani Muhammed-Ozigi (APC-Kogi) for Okene/Ogori Federal Constituency, to his new heartthrob , Hajara Jimoh at Karawuru Lokoja on…
By Patience Aliyu Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, has urged beneficiaries of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), to acquire skills to complement their formal education. Mutfwang gave the charge on Saturday in Gindiri, during the commissioning of a block of classrooms, motorised borehole, perimeter fencing and distribution of learning materials at…
By Thompson Yamput Residents of Kogi are to pay more for bread as bakers called off their four-day old strike and increased prices of the essential commodity in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bakers had on Tuesday in Lokoja, embarked on strike to protest the high cost of flour,…
By Ebere Agozie, News Agency of Nigeria As the world is grappling with the effects of climate change and food insecurity, Africa is not only racing against these challenges but is also neck-deep into a bigger monster poisoning every plate of food eaten which more often than not, contains residues of poisonous pesticides and herbicides…
By Taiye Agbaje and Edith Nwapi The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, set aside the inspection order granted Murtala Ajaka, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) by the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, on Nov. 25, 2023,…
By Thompson Yamput Lokoja, March 1, 2024 (NAN) The National Association of Persons With Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD) has urged federal and state governments, corporate organisations and wealthy individuals to provide more wheelchairs and budgetary allocations to members to make the environment accessible to them. Mr Rilwan Mohammed, NAPWPD National President, made the call at a…
By Thompson Yamput The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi on Wednesday described alleged abduction of some witnesses of opposition parties at the premises of Kogi Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja as “fake news.” The APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, who dismissed the allegation in a statement issued in Lokoja, further described the allegation…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Wednesday, tasked farmers on large scale food production and security to overcome poverty, hunger and challenges. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Timothy Ojoma, gave the challenge at the Presentation and Dissemination of Scorecard on Smallholder Women Farmers Access to Agricultural Inputs and Training in Lokoja. Ojoma said:…
