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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly has given Dec. 30 ultimatum to the state Ministry of Education to pay N497.3 million examination fees to the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The house wondered why the fees, already released by Gov. Yahaya Bello, was yet to be paid to the coffers of the…
By Bayo Aka AS soon as the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) releases it’s Porter to Kogi State University Kabba, candidates will still be given admissions this year, the state Commissioner for Education,, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones has assured. The Commissioner gave this assurance while explaining certain issues to the state…
By Thompson Yamput Protesting youths across major political parties, including the PDP in Kogi on Thursday called on the authorities to call Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, to order over their alleged unlawful activities in the state. The youth, who staged a peaceful protest at the INEC office…
By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the spokesman of the SDP Muri-Sam Campaign Council, Farouk Adejoh-Audu, to retract claims he made against the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha. The ultimatum was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja by SP Williams Ovye-Aya,…
By Polycarp Auta Old students of Rimi (St. John’s) College, Kaduna are to hold a National Reunion from Dec. 1 – 3, 2023. The reunion, which is to be held at the school premises, is expected to start with special prayers for the 74 years old school on Friday. A programme of events lined…
By Thompson Yamput The military beefed up security around INEC’s headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday following a siege laid on the premises by a mob. Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Onuoha invited the military to the INEC office after the mob laid the siege. Onuoha alerted the Commander, 12 Brigade of the…
By Thompson Yamput The Ebira People’s Association (EPA) has appealed to the residents of Kogi to remain united and peaceful since the state’s Off-Cycle Governorship Election has concluded Dr Godwin Oyibo, EPA President-General, made the appeal in a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday. He said the appeal as due to “some prevailing developments…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, on Wednesday warned trouble makers not to create problem for Kogi since election had come and gone peacefully. The commissioner made the plea after some suspected party supporters staged a protest at the office of the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday….
By Blessing Odega Plateau State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency ( PLASCHEMA) has sensitised students of the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Vom, on the importance of enrolling into its Tertiary Institution Student Health Insurance Programme (Tship). The Director – General of PLASCHEMA, Dr. Agabus Manasseh, on Tuesday at the students orientation programme of the…
By Thompson Yamput The International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) on Monday decried the increasing cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Child Early Forced Marriage (CEFM) in Nigeria. FIDA National President, Mrs Amina Agbaje made the lamentation in Lokoja during a Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Implementation/Status of Gender Responsive Services For Women and…
