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By Peter Amine The Mangun Old Students Association (MAOSA) has decried the wanton killings and grievous effects of incessant attacks on Plateau educational and economic growth. Set 85, “The Pillar Set” of the association, made the lamentation in a statement issued in Jos on Monday by its Coordinator and Secretary, Messers Philemon Dagwa and Wajal…
By Glory Abuh-Adejoh A 27-year-old businesswoman, Mary Jideobi man, was on Monday docked in a Grade I Area Court in Kado, Abuja for allegedly pouring peppdr mix on her neighbour Jideobi of Tudun-Wada village, Abuja is charged with intentional assault and causing grievous hurt. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that the…
By Thompson Yamput Dangote Cement Plc has commenced a poultry skill acquisition and empowerment programme for youths in its host communities in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that already, 30 youths, drawn from the catchment areas of Oyo, Obajana, Iwaa and Apata, have so far been enlisted into the programme which has…
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…
