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By Thompson Yamput The Stand-up Women Society (SWS) on Friday honoured Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi with a National Distinction Award. Barr. Deborah Ijadele-Asetona, SWS International President, said that the prestigious award was in recognition of his (Bello’s) tireless efforts in promoting women’s inclusivity in governance beyond the Beijing 35% affirmative action. Ijadele-Asetona, while presenting…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN)on Saturday declared its support for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the Nov.11 poll. Malam Umar Damina, the state MACBAN chairman stated this when he led hundreds of Fulani herders from the 21 local government…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Olayinka Braimoh, the Governorship Candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) on Saturday declared that it was his turn to rule Kogi after Gov Yahaya Bello on Jan. 27, 2024. Braimoh made the declaration while receiving some defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and the People’s Democratic…
By Thompson Yamput The Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Saturday directed the contractors handling the ongoing Kogi/Koto rural electrification project at the Murtala Bridge in Koto to speedily complete it. The governor told the contractors that the swift completion of the project became imperative in view of its importance to members of the…
By Thompson Yamput One person died and three persons injured in an auto head-on collision in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident occurred at Elete village along Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road in Kogi. The Kogi Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, who confirmed the incident…
By Thompson Yamput Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, Director General, NYSC, has urged corps members to embark on massive grassroots gender sensitisation and advocacy campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) against women. The DG gave the challenge in Lokoja on Friday during the commencement of the corps’ Phase one of Grassroots Gender Sensitisation and Advocacy Campaign against GBV…
By Thompson Yamput A teenager, Miss Oluwabukolami Adeyemi, the recipient of the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award for 2022 has finally left the country for United Kingdom for her studies. This was made possible when Kogi Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello, fulfilled his scholarship promise to the girl, a statement in Lokoja on Friday by…
By Thompson Yamput Chief Juwon Oludoyi, an Abuja based car dealer, has donated a campaign bus and some accessories to Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Nov.11 poll. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lokoja. Fanwo stated…
By Thompson Yamput The Wife of Kogi Governor, Amina Bello, has urged the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kogi to sustain their committment towards defending the rights of women and children. The governor’s wife made the call at the opening of the 2023 FIDA Week in Lokoja on Thursday. The week is with…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Thursday denied the alleged harassment of the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Leke Abejide. Mr Kingsley Fanwo the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, said this in a statement in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Abejide was one of those just making up the numbers…
