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  The Action Alliance (AA) party has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from including the name of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ballot of the 2023 Presidential election. The party equally asked the court for another order restraining the electoral umpire from accepting…

kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and his counterpart from the State of Osun, Isiaka Oyetola, are winners of the prestigious Awards in Good Governance by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, (NUJ), Kwara Council. According to a statement signed by the Press Week Committee Chairperson, Mrs Olubukola Aiyedogbon, the Award programme is…

  A Federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday shifted hearing in a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government’s decisions to enter into a concession agreement in the $3.1B e-Customs Project with another company after Federal Executive Council FEC approval of the plaintiff’s company. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the hearing date after plaintiffs counsel,…

  The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Tuesday in Abuja threw its weight behind a suit seeking upward review of salaries and allowances of Judges in the country. NJC through its counsel, Mr Kunle Adegoke SAN, prayed the Industrial Court, Abuja, to grant all the reliefs sought by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Chief…

Play Unbiased Roles Towards Violent Free 2023 General Election, Practitioner Appeals To The Media. Media practitioners have been asked to play an unbiased role towards a violent free 2023 election. A media practitioner, Publisher and Editor in Chief, Thenigerianpost Newspaper, Mr. Abu Michael, gave the charge as a guest of the Prime FM 101.5 weekly…

  The Ata’Igala, His Royal Magesty, Matthew Opaluwa Oguche-Akpa has promised logistics support towards the success of the upcoming 2023 National Census. The Ata’Igala gave the promise when he received in audience the Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission in Kogi, Professor Jimoh Isah who paid him a courtesy visit in his Palace at…

  Over 50 illegal medicines stores have been shut down by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, (PSN), in Kogi State. The Kogi State Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, (PSN), Dr Lawal Muhammed disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking on the 2022 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking where he appeared as a guest…

  The Kogi State Coordinator of the International Fund for Agricultural Development/Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD/VCDP), Dr Stella Adejoh, has received an ‘Award of Excellence’, bestowed on her by the Gaskiya Cluster Women Marketers in the state. Presenting the award on Wednesday in Lokoja, the Chairperson Gaskiya Cluster, Hajia Lare Sule, said the Award was…

  The Association of Master Baker’s and Caterers of Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter, has elected a new Executives to pilot its affairs in Kogi State. Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel was elected by the Association, following what many of the members described as his wonderful performances when he held sway as Chairman of Lokoja/Koton Zone for…

  An NGO, Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA) on Wednesday, urged stakeholders and government at all levels to invest massively in prevention and treatment programmes to stem the tide of drug abuse in the country. Dr. Hope Omeiza, the National Coordinator, VGADA, made the call at a two-day training and sensitisation workshop on Drug Abuse…