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Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello Denies Buying Cars Or Giving Money To Masquerades, Says They Are Spirits.

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has dismissed reports that he gave masquerades in Okene N2 million and vehicle each. Speaking to state house correspondents after he observed the Ju’maat prayer at the Aso Rock mosque, Bello there was nothing of that nature at all. “I think I’m just hearing that for the first time. But let me just tell you that in Kogi State, first we promote culture, two we don’t give millions to masquerades. “In our culture Masquerades are ancestors, I don’t know how a masquerade will go and spend money? Is it in the grave? “They are supposed to be spirits and I don’t know how masquerades will spend money. There is nothing of that nature at all,’’ he said. On the forthcoming 2019 general election, the governor disclosed that Kogi had already endorsed President Buhari for the presidential election in 2019. President Buhari is from Daura in Katsina state, but the votes that would come out of Kogi would dwarf that of Katsina state. I’m sure you are fol

KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT VOWS TO JAIL CHILD TRAFFICKERS OR PEDOPHILES CAUGHT IN THE STATE.

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The Kwara Government has warned that jail-term awaits people caught in child-trafficking or pedophiles in the state. Dr Asiata Saka, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, gave the warning on Saturday during the 2018 New Year party organised for orphans from various reception centers in Ilorin. She said that the government was currently taking care of some children abused by a pedophile father as well as abandoned triplets. She explained that the young girl that was sexually abused by her father went through depression, but currently being rehabilitated by the state government and the father arrested. The commissioner said that three other cases of child abuse were currently being handled in various courts. “We have about 22 children in the state’s reception centres and 40 abandoned babies with the Life Empowers Anchors Hope (LEAH) Foundation belonging to Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, Kwara Governor’s wife. Saka, who represented Mrs Ahmed at the party, also s

CKN NEWS AWARD 2017 HOLDS IN LAGOS: AMBODE, SARAKI, LALONG, IKPEAZU, DICKSON, ABUBAKAR, UBA Etc. TO BE HONORED. ( SEE PICTURES OF WINNERS).

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The 2017 CKN News Media Award ceremony will take place at a yet to be announced venue in February 2018 in Lagos. This was disclosed yesterday in Lagos by the Editorial team of Nigeria’s foremost online media platform. CKN News which over the years has won several awards both locally and International has in the past eight years established itself as one of the most credible online media platform in Nigeria. It’s first annual lecture which held on June 13, 2017 was delivered by the Minister of Transport, Hon Chibuike Amaechi, attracted Nigerians from all works of life. The Media edifice was recently registered in the United States of America under the brand name CKN News Media Group LLC (USA) as a global Media platform It also has an online Television platform CKN News TV which has been running for some months now. The winners of the 2017 CKN News Award according to the editorial board of CKN Media Group LLC, winners were carefully selected after a painstaking appraisal of t