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By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday ordered the state works ministry to commence immediate rehabilitation of Ogori-Ageva road in the State Central Senatorial District. The governor gave the order while welcoming some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors led by former Ogori Magongo Local Government Chairman, Mr Gabriel Daudu, in Lugard House,…

By Thompson Yamput The Ebira Education Trust Fund in Kogi has awarded a scholarship to one Fahad Idris, an indigent Chemical Engineering student of University of Ilorin, Kwara. The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, Prof. Mohammed Salihu Audu, while presenting the award to the student in Lokoja, disclosed that it was one…

By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will commence a two-day nationwide warning strike from Sept. 5 to 6,except the Federal Government addresses the excruciating suffering of the masses. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the congress on…

By Admin Mrs Nafisat Muideen the mother of a 5-month-old baby killed by a foreign dog in Osogbo, Osun state, has narrated how she watched helplessly while the dog devoured her baby, Mariam. According to her the incident happened at a new site at Haleluyah Estate, Osogbo, on Wednesday, when she was going to buy…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has commended the initiative and efforts of Mercy Corps, an International Non Governmental Organisations (INGO) in building useful youths in the state. The State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Alhaji Idris Musa, gave the commendation on Thursday when the Youth Peace Network established by USAID-Funded Community Initiative to Promote…

By Thompson Yamput Practising journalists have been advised to avoid the manipulative tendencies of politicians as the race for the Nov. 11 Kogi Governorship Election gets tougher. This became imperative as “politicians over time, have continued to subtly set agenda for journalists in order to do their biddings, instead of the media setting agenda for…

By Stephen Adeleye Some media experts have urged journalists to embrace data journalism to enhance citizens access to the right information. The experts gave the task at a day workshop organised for journalists on “Data Journalism and Media Standards,” on Saturday in Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was organised…

  By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Assembly on Friday vowed to end all forms of gender-based violence and child labour in mining industries in the state. Mrs Comfort Egwaba, the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, made the pledge during the inauguration of the committee at the assembly chambers in Lokoja. Egwaba…

By Thompson Yamput Alh. Chogudo Ahmed, Clerk of Kogi House of Assembly, on Friday felicitated with Gov. Yahaya Bello and residents on the 32nd anniversary of the creation of the state. The clerk, in a statement  in Lokoja by his deputy, Mr Aka Adbayo, expressed joy that the dreams of the founding fathers of Kogi…

By Thompson YamputT he Dangote Cement Plc., has begun an awareness campaign on the dangers of Anthrax and other infectious diseases in its host communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme embarked on by Dangote in Obajana on Thursday was part of support to the government’s effort to prevent the spread…