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Despite denying the COVID-19 index case reported for the state by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Kogi State government has commenced active contact tracing to identify and test all those who came in contact with the disputed index case in the state.

Muslim worshippers enter Jerusalem compound for dawn prayers after weeks of closure to slow pandemic's spread. Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has reopened to worshippers and visitors after more than two months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The EU called on Washington to reconsider its decision to permanently cut funding to the World Health Organization. US President Donald Trump has accused the WHO of being too lenient with China, where the coronavirus emerged last year [Yuri Gripas/Reuters] US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash on Saturday over severing ties with the UN's health agency during a pandemic, as the coronavirus surged in Latin America while Europe further reopened from lockdown.

Kogi State government has released more facts about the reported index case of COVID-19 in Kogi State by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, telling Nigerians to be the judge.

Chief Tai Ejibunu, the Obatebise of Oweland, Kabba in Kogi state has called on the people of the state to abide by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocols on COVID-19 and stay safe.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to call Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to order over his claims that there were no cases of COVID-19 in the state.

 The Kogi State Government has rejected the two index cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, The PUNCH reports.

The death toll in Wednesday’s attack by gunmen on three villages in Sokoto State has risen to 74.

Kogi State has recorded two cases of COVID-19 as the first cases to be recorded in the state in the last three months Coronavirus hits Nigeria.

• Ministry asks companies to submit samples to NAFDAC • Coronavirus has spread to 16 of our 20 LGs, says Ogun Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu and  Daud Olatunji The Federal Ministry of Health is screening 19 local firms for the production of herbal drugs that can possibly treat or cure COVID-19, The PUNCH has learnt.

The Kogi State Governorship  Election Petition Tribunal Sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello as the authentic winner of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State and fine PDP and its candidate N500,000.

 …High Hopes In Governor Bello, Engr Wada’s Camp The battle between Musa Wada, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi and Governor Yahaya Bello will be decided upon on today at the tribunal.

Church steps in to help nearby mosque comply with German physical distancing rules by hosting part of its worshippers. The Martha Lutheran church hosted Muslim prayers in Arabic and German [Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters] A church in Germany's capital, Berlin, has helped a nearby mosque comply with physical distancing guidelines by hosting Friday prayers, in a move hailed as " an amazing sign of solidarity".

PIA plane crashes close to airport, killing 92 people. Authorities have identified 19 bodies. by Asad Hashim Islamabad, Pakistan  - At least 97 people have been killed after an Airbus A320 passenger airliner crashed into a residential neighbourhood while on approach to the airport in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. At least two male passengers of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-8303 from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi survived the crash on Friday, a health ministry spokeswoman told Al Jazeera. There were at least 91 passengers on board the plane, according to an official passenger manifest shared with Al Jazeera by the officials. Health ministry spokeswoman Meeran Yousuf told Al Jazeera by telephone that 97 people have died, with 66 bodies kept at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi's largest government hospital and 31 at Civil Hospital Karachi, another le...

Saudi activists say perpetrators in homicide cases cannot be pardoned and reaffirm Jamal Khashoggi's case as political. by Linah Alsaafin Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and his body dismembered [File: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo] Many leading Saudi activists have stressed that slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder remains a political issue, despite alleged efforts by authorities in the kingdom to reduce it to a familial one.

The organized labour, Kogi State chapter has rejected the proposed 60% salaries for Kogi workers and pensioners ahead of Eid El Fitri. The organized labour took the decision after a meeting held Wednesday with the repesentatives of the state government at the state capital Lokoja, describing the 60% payment as inhuman. According to the state Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Asiwaju Idris Asiru, the state has a shortfall in the April statutory allocation by 30% which caused the reduction in the salaries of workers. Recall that the civil servants in the state government payroll received 80% salaries last month while the local government staff received 35%. However, with the 30% shortfall in the state allocation, and the proposed 60% for state workers, the civil servants at the local government level may receive far less than the 35% they received last month. The commissioner of Finance,  had ealier explained that the net statutory allocation for th...

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Saturday 23rd May, 2020 as the judgment day between Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Engr. Musa Wada and Governor Yahaya Bello of All Progressives Congress, APC.

Kogi State SDP gubernatorial candidate has described the tribunal ruling dismissing her petition against Governor Yahaya Bello has the funniest and stupid so far.

The candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, at the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Barr Natasha Akpoti has lost bid to nullify the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who won the election.

Designed with a three-phased commissioning sequence, its first phase targets 1.3million tonnes of steel per year, the second, 2.6 million, while the third is 5.2million respectively.

There seems to be an end to the protracted feud between Tijjanjya and Alil-Sunnah Islamic groups in Ebirland, Kogi State over the Imamship of the Ebira Central Mosque in Okene which has resorted in clashes in the last few months.

A heroic mother, Feroza Omar, has gained world recognition after breastfeeding 20 orphans babies following gunmen attack in Dasht-e-Barchi maternity hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan which left 24 women dead including new born babies.

There is palpable fear within the Kogi State workers over another possible percentage salaries as the state allocation from Federal Governments dropped by 30%.

US hopes to have one or more vaccines ready by January - a timeline that outpaces that given by many health experts.

Senate Republicans have pledged to block measure, and Trump has promised a veto if it were to reach his desk.

The shortfall witnessed in the April statutory allocation to Kogi State has sent fears in the minds of the workers over another anticipated slash in there salaries.

The 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State may have come and gone but the power-play that removed former Governor of the state, Peter Ayodele Fayose's influence in the state is still fresh in the minds of Nigerians especially the people of Ekiti State.

Local official said an entire block in one camp, housing about 5,000 people, was shut off after a confirmed case.

The judgment of Supreme Court yesterday which granted the approval for the use of forensic analysis by the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, it has changed the ongoing permutations and may cause another political drama in the state.

There is palpable fear within the camp of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as Supreme Court affirmed the use of forensic analysis for the ongoing Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal.

 … Rules in his favour on primary School Forgery, says he was qualified to contest The Supreme Court has taken final decision on appeals the final man panel driven power from Section 31 Subsection 5 of the Supreme Court noted that Section 285, Subsection 9, 10 has already dealt with the situation. He is to file the action within 14 days from the date of the publication, therefore the Supreme Court threw out the case.

 The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operations Thunder Strike and Whirl Punch in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki, have killed 17 bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

… We are going to send a team to Cross River next week The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said on Friday at the daily rundown of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja that the Federal Government would bulletin its technical teams to validate the claims by Kogi and Cross River states that they did not have COVID-19 cases.

One important personality Nigerians have continued to miss his leadership acumen in the last administration is President Goodluck Johnathan who sacrificed his ambition for the unity of Nigeria.

Benin on Saturday was conducting mass coronavirus testing of teachers ahead of the reopening of schools as part of a plan to loosen measures against the pandemic.

There is palpable in Kogi State within the camp of governor Yahaya Bello of APC and PDP governorship candidate in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, after Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal Sitting in Abuja adopted the final written address of both parties and reserved judgment.

The drama between the Kogi State government and Nigeria Centre for disease Control, NCDC, may not end anytime soon as officials of NCDC fled Kogi State after governor Yahaya Bello ordered them to go into isolation for 14 days and be tested before they will be able to carry out their assignment in the state.

Many Nigerians are doing great things outside the country and have been celebrated by their host countries on number of occasions.

 A Chinese Covid-19 researcher, Dr. Bing Liu, 37, who was on the verge of making breakthrough in his research has been murdered in his Pennsylvania home in Saturday.

Despite several intervention and outcry by the Kogi Chapter of Organized Labour, Kogi workers under the local government will earn 35% salaries for the month of April.

Life can be horrible sometimes, it can make one to regret the essence of living on the surface of the earth. At such time, life becomes unbearable and many human beings who found themselves in this condition had wished to die just to evade the continued horrible experiences being subjected to.

Emerging information may have disputed the claims of Kogi State government under Alhaji Yahaya Bello that Kogi State is 'Covid-19 free'.

Two persons suspected to be armed robbers have been killed in Kogi State during a gun battle with Joint Task Force, JTF, on Tuesday morning in Ajaka Igalamela/Odolu local government area of Kogi State.

Bukola Saraki is one politician Nigerians will not forget in a hurry because of his smart political calculations and his show of manliness during his time as the Senate President of Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Kogi State government is currently waiting for the return of 35 Almajiris who will be deported from Nasarawa State as Covid-19 continues.

Kogi chapter of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has rejected the proposed percentage salary payment to medical workers by Governor Yahaya Bello.

Every child is a special gift of God and as such deserves to be cared and catered for. It is however, heartbreaking to note that in Nigeria, millions of children are left to fend for themselves and forced into street begging. Many of these children take cover under bridges, and slums while depending on the daily arms they get from good samaritans.

THE Kogi State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Onu Edoka has said that the union will henceforth not entertain any justification for salary reduction especially at the Local Government and Primary School Levels.

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has directed state civil servants to resume work fully on Monday 4th May.

The Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Comr. Thomas Ayodele has congratulated Kogi State Teachers on the occasion of this year’s Workers’ Day celebration, commended their selflessness and patriotism to duty.