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  Dr Godwin Atayi Tijani, the former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kogi State chapter, has bagged the award of the Fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Tijani, who is the National committee Chairman on Gender Based violence of the National NMA, received the honor at…

Muslims Umma Charge to Support Gov. Bello’s 2023 Presidential Aspiration Muslims across the country has been charged to support the 2023 presidential aspiration of Governor Yahaya Bello to enable him remove the country from the present insecurity and other predicaments. The Permanent Member , Kogi State Hajj Commission in charge of Welfare and Information, Alhaji…

Appeal Court Declines to dislodge FIRS from VAT collection. * Reserves ruling on Lagos joinder bid.   The Court of Appeal on Thursday declined to accede to the request of Rivers and Lagos States for the appointment of Receiver or Manager for the purpose of collecting and keeping Value Added Taxes (VAT) in place of…

Killings in Bagana; indigenes call for Governor Bello’s Intervention. Against the backdrop of recurring breach of peace in Bagana and its environs, the indigenous people have called on Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello to as a matter of urgency wade into the crisis to save them from extermination. In a petition written to the…

NBTE ZONAL DIRECTOR VISITS KOGI POLY, ASSURES OF PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has established zonal offices across the country with the aim of enhancing quality service delivery to the closest reach of all stakeholders. The Acting Zonal Director of the Board for the North Central Zonal Office,…

ActionAid Nigeria has secured a £1.3 million grant from the United Kingdomthrough the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to increase women and youths’ participation in politics and governance in 2023 general elections. The Women-Youth Project (We-You), which runs from September 3, 2021, to August 31, 2023, is aimed at campaigning for women and young…

The Sun Awards 2020 winners: Why Bello emerged According to Chidi Obineche of the Sun Newspaper, the year 2020 was a year of pain, scourge and deaths. The world stood in awe, sear and anguish. It was a year that saw the first-ever pandemic caused by a coronavirus. Yes, in 2020, waves of gripping panic…

Kogi SIP Dissociates Self From Alleged Extortion of N-Power Candidates   The Kogi State office of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), on Friday dissociated itself from the alleged extortion of N-Power Batch C beneficiaries in the ongoing physical verification exercise at local government areas in the state. An online news media  had published a…

Three Judges To face NJC Probe panel over alleged misconduct, issuance of conflicting ex-parte orders.   The National Judicial Council, NJC, has set up a high powered probe panel to investigate three High court judges who issued conflicting ex-parte orders on the same subject matter. NJC, saddled with power to discipline judicial officers directed the…

Those Working Against Okun Town Hall Meeting are Selfish Enemies of United Okun-ODI The National President of Okun Development Initiative, (ODI), Deacon Otitoju Olusuyi says those who tried to frustrate the ongoing Okun Town Hall Meeting are few miscreants who are against a united Okun land. Deacon Olusuyi told Newsmen at Iyara, headquarters of Ijumu…