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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dangote Oil Refinery has declared support for the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to promote the critical issue of Research and Development (R&D) in the oil and gas sector of the country. As part of its’ readiness to join hands with the Board, Dangote Petroleum Refinery said it decided to sponsor the 2nd…
Resident Doctors, FG return to negotiation table over strke impasse, Falana tells court. *Set to call off strike. Respite appears to be in sight for Nigerians as the striking Resident Doctors and the federal government on Wednesday returned to the negotiation table that may put an end to the prolonged work to rule by…
Former Rivers State governor, Dr Dr Peter Odili has been placed on the watch list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) over an alleged economic issues. Odili, a medical doctor, deputy governor between 1992 and 1993 and two term substantive govoernor of Rivers State between 1999 and 2007 is the husband…
Okene Council Chairman Visit CUSTECH, Commends Mgt For The Smooth Take Off Of The University The Chairman of Okene Local Government, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Prof. Salawu Sadiku. The Chairman was accompanied on the visit by his cabinet…
The Kogi State Government has directed all business owners across the State to register their business premises within the next one month or incur its sanction. Disclosing this at a joint press conference with the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) in Lokoja on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Hon. Gabriel Olofu…
