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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…
By Ali M. Ali Let me wish my mentor, Malam Garba Shehu, media aide to Ex President Muhammadu Buhari a happy birthday as he turns sixty-four (64) today, November 27. Certainly, three “scores” plus 4 is momentous. I pray to Almighty Allah (SWT) to increase him in good wealth, health and wisdom. To many…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the general public to hold the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state responsible if anything untoward happens to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) Office in Lokoja APC campaign council called on security agencies to fortify security…
By Blessing Odega Dr Ameji Negedu, the Head of Department Veterinary Medicine, University of Jos, attributes poor legislation on the use of antibiotics in animals as one of the contributory factor to antibiotics resistance in animals in Nigeria.Negedu, said this on Saturday in Jos, at the 2023 World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness week, with the…
By Thompson Yamput The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi has given INEC 48 hours to issue certified copies of electoral materials on the Nov. 11 off-cycle election in the state to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). It also ordered INEC to allow SDP’s forensic experts to examine some electoral materials. The materials include Bimodal…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Off-Cycle Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, constituted by President of the Court of Appeal (COA), Justice Monica Bolna’an-Dongban, is set to begin sitting on Saturday, an official has disclosed. Mr David Umar-Mike, Secretary of the tribunal, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. The…
By Blessing Ibegbu The Nyanya Local Church Council(LCC) of the Church Of Christ in Nations (COCIN), FCT, on Sunday celebrated its 40 years of existence with a call for peace and unity in the country. COCIN Vice President in Nigeria, Rev. Timothy Nwan, in a speech at the “Re-Union and Dedication Service”, thanked God for…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says election has gone beyond ethnic sentiment in the state, saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Nov.11 poll because it presented a popular candidate and not based on tribe or ethnicity. Bello said this at a stakeholders meeting of the APC held at…
By Thompson Yamput The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday presented certificates of return to the Kogi Governor-Elect, Usman Ododo and his Deputy, Joel Salifu. Ododo and Salifu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) had won the Nov 11 Off-Cycle Governorship Election in Kogi with 446,237 votes, to beat their closest rivals, Murtala…
