2025

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi State Police Command says it has taken a significant step towards fostering a peaceful and well-coordinated environment for community engagement in the State. Mr. Miller Dantawaye, State Commissioner of Police, made the remark on Thursday, when he received a delegation from the Civil Society Organisation, led by its Chairman, Ambassador…

By Peter Amine The recently established North Central Development Commission (NCDC) will fast-track development in a region ravaged by insurgency and banditry, an expert, Dr Mark Nyitse, says. Nyitse, the Director of Research and Publication, Benue Public Service Institute, Makurdi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in…

By Blessing Odega The Plateau State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has distributed food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in five local government areas (LGAs) of the state. SEMA Executive Secretary Mr Sunday Abdu said during the distribution on Friday that the intervention was from the Bank of Industry (BOI). Abdu, who was represented by…

By Admin An Non-Governmental Organization, Participation Initiative for Behavioral Change in Development, (PIBCID), has condemned in strong term the alleged bullying of Kogi Lawmaker, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Mrs. Akande Remilekun, PIBCID Executive Director, made the remarks in a statement issued in Lokoja on Friday. Remilekun described the Senate President’s…

By Peter Amine Makurdi, Feb. 20, 2025 (NAN) The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE) has trained selected local government areas (LGAs) in Benue on early warning and response to conflicts and disasters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that OSPRE, which was established in 2022 under ECOWAS instruments, is also known as…

By Dan Nandom The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described the recently passed 2025 budget of N54.9 trillion naira with a high capital vote component as a direct reflection of the development-centred mindset of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. This, according to the group is because the capital expenditure allocation of N23.9 trillion which represents…

By Onyeje Abutu-Joel The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Benue Command, has said that no corps member is exposed to any security risk in the state. Mr Yahuza Adamu, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), NYSC in Benue, said this in a press statement, on Thursday in Makurdi. Adamu’s statement followed a report published online by…

By Thompson Yamput The management of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) has shut down the institution following a threat by students to block the Abuja-Lagos highway over the killing of their mates by trucks. The management announced the closure in a statement signed by Dr Rebecca Okojie, FUL Registrar, and made available to newsmen in Lokoja…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi has expressed his sadness over the death of the District Head of Adavi Local Government Area (LGA), Alhaji Salihu Ozi-Salami, who passed away on Wednesday. In a statement issued in Lokoja by his Media Aide, Ismaila Isah, Ododo confirmed that Ozi-Salami died at his hometown in Ogaminana,…

By Peter Amine AVM Elijah Ebiowe, Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Tactical Air Command, Nigerian Air Force, Makurdi, has promised more air power to support the ongoing counter-insurgency operations across the country. Ebiowe made the promise on Wednesday evening at the finals of the inter-unit football tournament at NAF base in Makurdi. The AOC said that…