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  The Dangote Coal Mines Limited has donated multi-million naira health and educational facilities to the coal mining communities of Ankpa, Kogi State. The newly launched facilities are located in the host communities of Awo Akpali and Awo Ojuwo, General Manager, Special Duties, Mr. Nuhu Elujah said. Fielding questions from newsmen, Mr. Elujah said the…

  The National Vice President, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, (MHWUN) North Central and the immediate past chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) in Kogi State has congratulated Comrade Ranti Ojo on his conferment as Doctor of Philosophy in History and international studies. It could be recalled that, Comrade Ojo, who is the immediate…

  Former President of Ghana, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, has described corruption as an instrument of murder and economic malady that must be ruthlessly dealt with for society to progress, saying its effects can lead to loss of citizens lives due to deprivation of critical public infrastructure and services. Mahama, who was the Special Guest…

  The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an Ilorin-based Associate Pastor with the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, to the tune of N19.3m. Eseyin, a lawyer and former member of the Disciplinary Committee of…

  A Digital Forensic Expert, Hitler Nwuala on Thursday told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) deliberately deleted all the results of presidential elections from the BVAS machines of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the guise of preparation for the March 18 governorship election. The forensic…

    A joint security operation carried out by the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Police, Department of State Services, and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, launched a full-scale manhunt for a notorious criminal gang in Kogi State, led by one Kabir Bala. Addressing a press conference at the headquarters of…

The people of Okun extraction in Kogi State have craved for a university for over six decades and wished all along to have one but to no avail. The bill for the establishment of Kogi State University was therefore expeditiously passed into law due to the exigency it required in response to the aged long…

  The National Association of Government General Medical & Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kogi State chapter, has called for urgent need to review the current salary structure of doctors working in the State civil service. The association made the call in a press statement on Friday in Lokoja, jointly signed by its State Chairman, Dr. Ugoh…

  The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Hon. Muhammed Okpanachi Akwu, popularly called Ajason has congratulated the newly elected leader of the National Assembly from the Kogi Eastern Senatorial District Muhammed in a statement personally signed by his Press Secretary Mrs. Hannah Ademu and sent to Newsmen in Lokoja extended…

  The Al Sudais & Shuriam Cares Foundation, a philanthropic non-profit organization, has sponsored Nigerian pilgrims from different states to undertake a journey to the Holy Land. The foundation aims to provide life-changing opportunities for individuals to deepen their faith and spiritual lives. By sponsoring pilgrims from various parts of Nigeria, the foundation ensures that…