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By Thompson Yamput Women farmers, under the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), have called on the Kogi Government to assist them with farm inputs for the wet farming season. The Kogi SWOFON Coordinator, Mrs Rukayat Ahmed, made the call at a news conference on Kogi State Approved Agriculture Budget, held in conjunction…
By Taiye Agbaje There was a mild drama, on Thursday, at the Kogi Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja as the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s witness, Danmusa Williams, contradicted himself on documents before the panel. The SDP and its governorship candidate in the Nov. 11 election, Murtala Ajaka, had alleged that the All Progressives Congress…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly on Thursday summoned a contractor over abandoned 6km Ihima-Oboroke-Obangede road reconstruction in the state. The Contractor, Spectrum Engineering LTD, is being accused of abandoning the project without any cogent reason. The Speaker, Mr Aliyu Yusuf, who gave the order after the house deliberations on a motion of…
By Thompson Yamput The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kogi Command, says it has deployed more than 600 personnel, including Special Marshalls for the 2024 Easter Special Patrol Operation across the state. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja. Oyedeji said in addition to the…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has mapped out 1, 200 hectares of land for immediate intervention in cassava production. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Timothy Ojoma, made the disclosure in Lokoja during the inauguration of the State Executive Council of the Cassava Cottage Processing Marketing Association (CACOPMAN) on Wednesday. Ojoma said that the state…
By Ngozi Njoku An 18-year-old man, Israel Fadare, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to stealing an air-conditioner and other items all totaling N965,000 from a shopping complex. The 18-year-old appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, where he was charged by the police. The defendant, whose address wasn’t stated admitted guilt before Chief Magistrate E. Kubeinje….
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi on Tuesday commended security operatives for the rescue of 43 travellers in the state, who were recently abducted in neighbouring Edo state. The governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah, in Lokoja, described the feat as apt and tactical. “This successful rescue…
Blessing Odega Two Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) have trained 50 vulnerable farmers and artisanal miners in Plateau on the adverse impact of illegal mining activities on the environment and climate. The NGOs are the Centre for Earth Works and the Nigerian Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA). Mr Daniel Mark, the Programme Director of Centre for Earth Works, said…
By Rt. Hon Eseme Eyiboh President of Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has in faraway Geneva, Switzerland at the ongoing 148th Session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) took the bull by the horns when in an audacious display of depth and the Nigerian spirit called for action towards an enduring ceasefire and peace…
By Taiye Agbaje Mr Abdulmalik Njidda, the star witness of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, on Monday, told the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that he was not in the state on the day of the poll. The star witness, who is a data analyst with the…
