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By Peter Amine No fewer than 28 personnel of Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) have been trained on crisis mitigation in the North-Central States of Nigeria. ACreSAL, a World Bank project, is training personnel in collaboration with Search For Common Ground (SFCG), an international non-profit organisation.   The ACReSAL National Project Coordinator, Mr Abdulhamid…

By Blessing Odega A Non-Governmental Organisation, Ike Odoeme Foundation has provided financial succour to hospitalised victims of the Saint Academy School building collapse which killed 22 children and injured 154. Mr Ike Odoeme, the founder of the Foundation, who visited the various hospitals were the victims were on Tuesday in Jos, said he and his…

By Peter Amine The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sensitised stakeholders on waste management to mitigate flood currently ravaging some parts of the country. The North Central Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Eugene Nyelong, said at a one-day stakeholders workshop on Tuesday in Jos that the initiative was part of NEMA’s preparedness against floods as…

By Thompson Yamput A socio-cultural group, Kogi Ethnic Nationalities Forum (KENF) on Tuesday vowed to resist any form of protest and invasion of Kogi Government House in search former Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Dr. Kennedy Owolabi, KENF National Publicity Secretary, in a statement issued in Lokoja said that the forum decision was…

By Blessing Odega The Plateau Ministry of Health, has trained 60 healthcare workers, on the Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Dr Cletus Shurkuk, the State Commissioner for Health, while speaking at the event on Tuesday in Jos, said the aim of the training was to help reduce…

By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the release of the international passport of Ali Bello to enable him travel to the UK  for medical examination and consultation. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling on Bello’s motion on notice moved by his lawyer, Abubakar Aliyu, SAN, ordered the deputy chief registrar…

By Thompson Yamput The prevailing soaring food inflation in the Country has been partly blamed on activities of middle men and market associations across the markets. Small Holders Women Farmers of Nigeria (SWOFON) and Budget Committee Group (BCG), Kogi Chapters made the declaration in a communique issued on Monday after a scorecard presentation meeting recently…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Sunday advised residents of the state to shun any violent protests against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who gave the advice in a statement issued in Lokoja, urged the residents to rather join the Not+My-State Movement Against Violent Protest. Fanwo said any protest…

By Thompson Yamput The Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS), on Saturday disbursed  N91.5 Million to 1000 victims of 2022 flood disaster in Kogi. The beneficiaries, who were mostly elderly people and women, were also given food items such as Rice, Beans, Gari, Palm Oil and Groundnut Oil, in Ajaokuta. Alhaji Dauda Muhammed, NRCS Assistant Coordinator, Disaster…

By Peter Amine The Purgatorian Society of the Jos Catholic Archdiocese has expressed concern over the Unkempt nature of cemeteries in the state, especially Zaria Road Cemetery in Jos. Rev. John Chuwak, Chaplain of the Society, disclosed this during a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau chapter, Rev….