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By: Unubi Emmanuel O The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Comrade Joel Salifu, has encouraged Christians in the state to continue to give maximum support to the success of the present administration in the state. Deputy Governor Joel Salifu made the appeal today during a meeting with the Executives of ‘Concern Christian…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to uninterrupted academic calendar in Nigerian Universities, particularly those owned by the Federal Government, warning that they would no allow closure of institutions of learning to happen again. The President, who spoke on Tuesday in Ilorin at the 39th convocation ceremonies of the…
The Kogi State Governor, Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo, Tuesday, visited the Adankolo IDP Camp to identify with persons and families displaced by the flood ravaging the State. The Governor who was accompanied by his Deputy, Comrade Joel Oyibo Salifu and other top Government officials, also used the occasion to distribute relief materials procured by…
The Executive Chairman of Igalamela/Odolu LG, Hon. Barr. Cosmas Atabor expresses heartfelt congratulations to Hon. Chief Baron Okwoli on his appointment by the Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo as the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of Kogi State Agro Allied Investment Company Ltd. Hon. Cosmas who received the news of…
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), has issued a 21- day ultimatum to the hospital management to reverse the suspension of her President, Dr Jimoh Umar. The ultimatum was issued in a Communique after a hybrid Emergency Congress between ARD FTHL and members of National Officers Committee (NOC) of…
Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has made history by approving a new pension harmonization for pensioners in Kogi State, breaking a 20-year record since the last pension adjustment. The Governor made approval the sum of ten thousand Naira as harmonization allowance for all pensioners in Kogi state today 22-10-2024 at…
Supreme Court reserves judgment in 19 states’ suit challenging constitution The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the EFCC and two others to a date to be communicated to the parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023 had argued that…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by 19 states against the federal government challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and two others to a date to be communicated to the parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023 had argued that…
The Vice Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, says over 17,000 choose the university as their first choice in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE). Akinwumi disclosed this at a press conference on Monday in Lokoja, to mark the commencement of activities for the university’s 8th Convocation ceremony. The VC said…
I, Hon. Yakubu Nazir Abdulhakeem, the Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs, extend my warm congratulations to the 21 new Chairmen and their Vice Chairmen who were sworn in on Monday. Additionally, my heartfelt congratulations go out to the 239 councillors who were inaugurated following the local government election held in the…
