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By Admin Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has called on the people of the state to unite for the progress and development of Kogi State. Governor Ododo made the call in Ajiolo, Dekina Local Government Area, during a condolence visit to the family of the State Auditor General, Alhaji Yakubu Yusuf Okala, over the…
By Peter Amine A non governmental organisation, Vernacular Heritage Initiative, through funding from the Gerda Henkel Foundation, has empowered mountainous Kofyar Community in Quan Pan Local Government Area of Plateau with skills and social amenities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kofyar is located on top of a mountain, which takes the locals…
By Admin The Nigeria Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nasarawa State Chapter, is partnering with the Dangote Industries Limited(DIL) to drive fresh investment options in the State. With 68,000 hectares, the Dangote’s Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited (NSCL) in Tunga, is considered Nigeria’s biggest Backward Integration Policy (BIP) project in the sugar sector. Speaking to newsmen…
By Thompson Yamput No fewer than 42 skill acquisition trainees of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Friday graduated and got starter packs in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 42 trainees had participated in the Community Based Training Scheme (CBTS), and upon graduation, got the starter packs and vocational tools…
By Thompson Yamput Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday signed five Bills into law, his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, has said. Onogwu, who made the disclosed in a statement in Lokoja on Monday, described the signing of the bills in to law as “Bello’s significant progress” in the state’s legislative agenda. “The…
By Thompson Yamput As Kogi residents prepare for the Nov. 11 governorship election, the state government has cautioned politicians against promoting ethnic sentiments and other divisive tendencies. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, information and communication commissioner, in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, urged residents not to succumb to the “antics of mischief makers and ethnic bigots”. “Such…
By Thompson Yamput Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Former Governor of Kogi, who walked into the Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday morning, left the commission’s office unquestioned. Bello had honoured the invitation of the EFCC) over alleged financial fraud. A statement issued by the Director in his Media Office, Mr Ohiare Michael,…
By Peter Amine The Mangun Old Students Association (MAOSA) has decried the wanton killings and grievous effects of incessant attacks on Plateau educational and economic growth. Set 85, “The Pillar Set” of the association, made the lamentation in a statement issued in Jos on Monday by its Coordinator and Secretary, Messers Philemon Dagwa and Wajal…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi on Saturday tasked citizens and communities on infrastructure development initiatives that could change the living standard of their people. The governor gave the charge on the occasion of 32nd Ekinrin-Adde Festival 2025 and launching of the N600m infrastructural development fund, held at Ekinrin-Adde, Ijemu Local Government Area…
By Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH 1: Those invisible men came to the Plateau again, bearing their gifts of death and destruction. They came from the deepest pit of hell, the habitat of the devils that they are. They are children of darkness, sons of Satan. They opted to extinguish and snatch the light of the…
