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CUSTECH HOST GOV. YAHAYA BELLO ON CAMPUS AS HE INSPECTS ONGOING PROJECTS Balogun Omeiza David Head, Public Relations Unit, CUSTECH, Osara. The campus of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara went agog on Saturday 3rd September, 2022 as the Executive Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello paid a working visit…

Kwara Yoruba Forum To FG: Implement 2014 Confab *Says Nigeria on the brink By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Yoruba in Kwara state, under the aegis of ‘Kwara Yoruba Forum’, has called for the immediate implementation of the Recommendations of the 2014 National Conference, saying the 1999 Constitution (as amended) does not adequately guarantee and take…

  The Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), has organised a 12-Day training for the Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) agents aimed at reducing infant mortality rate and morbidity at the grassroot. Speaking at the training centre in Lokoja, the State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Zakari Usman, urged the participants to…

  The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced a Professor of law and jurisprudence Wahab Olassupo Egbewole (SAN) as the next vice chancellor of the institution. Prof. Egbewole will succeed the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof Sulyman Age AbdulKareem. Prof AbdulRaheem’s tenure ends October 15th this year. UNILORIN’s Chairman of the Governing…

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man, Hassan Ibrahim, for allegedly killing his 90-year-old father, Sabi, a retired army corporal and stealing the deceased ATM card to withdraw his money in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered Hassan, after perpetrating the crime, buried his corpse and fled to Kaduna State, where…

  Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly and Candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress in the forthcoming General Elections in 2023, Rt. Hon. (Prince) Matthew Kolawole has urged his supporters and party faithfuls to remain calm and be law abiding as arrangements are being put in place to approach the Court of…

  Not fewer than 22,000 applicants are currently vying for only 6,000 admission spaces in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, for the 2022/2023 academic session. The figure is based on the results of the Post-UTME screening just released by the University. The applicants are vying for admission into the fifty programmes on offer in the…

    Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara state has said that it has no plan to merge with any leading political party in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking with party members at Balogun Fulani Ward II in the Ilorin South local government area on Thursday, as part of thank you…

    A political group, Obi Youth Movement (OYM), has urged youths and women in Kogi to support the ambition of Peter Obi to become Nigeria’s president by voting massively for him in 2023 presidential election. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP); his running mate…

  Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly and Candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress for Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency in the 2023 General Elections, Rt. Hon. (Prince) Matthew Kolawole has received with grief and shock, the news of the death of HRH Oba Jerome Elisha Mosiko, (JEM Kiri), the Olukiri of Kiri Kingdom…