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  Kogi State Government has sealed up a prayer house, New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, located in Ageva, Okene Local Government Area of the state for alleged unwholesome practices. A number of people, mainly young women who claimed they came for prayer and had been spent months at the place, including others mentally unstable placed under…

  Commendations trickle in for the state executive Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello over his administration’s impressive recognition of traditional rulers by coopting them in the process of governance of the state. Kogi state Auditor General, Hajji Yakubu Yusuf Okala gave the commendation when a delegation of Gagos from the nine local government areas from the…

  The National Industrial Court in Abuja on Wednesday ended the 7 months old strke of the Academic Staff Union of Universities with order compelling the lecturers to resume work immediately. The Court invoked section 18 of the Trade Dispute Act and national interest of the Nigerian students to grant the request of the Federal…

  A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT in Abuja has been asked to commit Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, Attorney General of the State, Oyewole Oyelowo to prison over their alleged refusal to obey the order of the court. Also sought to be committed to prison are Egyptian Contractors led by Fadi…

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside a consent judgment entered in favour of a company, Panic Alert Security Systems Ltd against the Trustees of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) for the payment to some individuals and organizations for the roles they played in the Paris Club refund received by the Federal…

A Non -Governmental Organisation, International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) has urged humanity to embrace peace, noting that, “Peace is a collective effort. Let’s embrace peace”. This is contained in a statement released on Wednesday by the group’s Executive Director and founder, Chief Mrs Moji Makanjuola on the occasion of International Day of…

  The Participation Initiative for behavioural change in development (PIBCID) has distributed empowerment materials to over 70700 women, Children, youth, herders and people with disabilities across 22 communities in kogi State since 2017. This was disclosed on Monday during the 2022 international Day of Peace celebration held in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital. The theme of…

  The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman has joined other academic icons and well wishers in paying tributes to a revered academic and former Vice-Chancellor of Kogi State University, Professor Hassan Salihu Isah who retired after decades of meritorious service at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The Send Off and Valedictory…

  The Speaker , Kogi State House of Assembly Rt Hon. Matthew Kolawole has directed the state’s Commissioner of Police to shutdown all the mining sites in Ankpa and Olamaboro local government being operated by Dangote mining company. Kolawole gave the directive during a public hearing organized by the assembly’s adhoc committee on internally generated…

  Our attention has been drawn to the fake news written by one Emmanuel Adeyemi published on sunnewsonline.com and few other online blogs. We would not have bothered to dignify the purported fake news authored by a supposed journalist now turned politician but to put the record straight and to keep the unsuspected reading public…