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By Stephen Adeleye The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Kogi  says eight school children were rescued unhurt after an 40-feet articulated container fell on two vehicles on Thursday in Lokoja. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. Oyedeji said…

By Peter Amine The Ike Odoeme Foundation, has on Wednesday in Jos, organised a walk to create awareness on the importance of school building integrity. The walk was from Old Airport Junction to Secretariat Junction in the metropolis. The move was aimed at stressing the need for the school owners and other stakeholders in providing…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi on Wednesday vowed to lead and win the war against criminal elements in the state. Ododo stated this during the inauguration of the Nigeria Police, Metropolitan Quick Response Unit office complex in Lokoja. The Ododo administration initiated and executed the project within 90 days, as part of…

By Thompson Yamput Some citizens and stakeholders in Kogi have expressed concerns about the planned nationwide protest by some groups on Aug. 1 to draw the attention of the government to what they describe worsening economic crisis. In separate interviews on Wednesday, most of the respondents in Lokoja, called for understanding on the current economic…

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…