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By Ezinne Chinda In the last couple of weeks, the unfortunate allegations of budget padding has raised a lot of dust in the National Assembly as well as the public domain. However, it is intriguing that what was initially perceived as a straight united fight between the National Assembly, as an institution, and one of…
By Admin Another tragic chapter unfolded on Thursday, March 17, 2024, as bandits brazenly raided a primary school in Kuriga, Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Their callous act resulted in the abduction of 287 innocent pupils and some of their teachers, leaving their community in anguish, pain and despair. As if that…
By Blessing Odega Two Non Governmental Organizations, Renew Our World Campaign Nigeria and TEAR Fund in collaboration with the Plateau Environment Protection and Sanitation Agency( PEPSA), on Saturday, held a sensitization walk and a cleaning exercise in Jos Metropolis. Mr Monday Atuboko, the team lead of Renew Our World Campaign Nigeria, Plateau chapter, said the…
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja A Philanthropist, Mrs Sophie Uzodimma Onovo has launched VOWE Foundation for empowerment of women in agriculture in the states of the south east geopolitical zone in Nigeria. Mrs Sophie Uzodimma Onovo disclosed that the commissioning of the VOWE Agricultural Scheme in Nkerefi Community of Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu…
By Admin A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the diaspora, Mr Ayoola Lawal, on Sunday charged Nigerians to reduce their expectation for the provision of social infrastructure and welfare from the Federal Government. He said Nigerians should rather demand for accountability of funds released to their states and local councils for the…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command on Friday finally confirmed the armed robbery attacks on two banks in Ayingba, where a police officer was killed. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lokoja by the command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, a day after the incident occured….
By Taiye Agbaje A group of Kogi indigenes, on Friday, described the immediate-past Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, as a transformational leader. The group, under the auspices of Kogi Collective Interest Group (KOCIG), stated this in a statement signed by its chairman, Abdulganiyu Yusuf, in Abuja. The group’s statement was in reaction to a protest staged…
By Thompson Yamput Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi), Lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, on Friday said empowering women will unlock their vast potential and talent for national development. The only Kogi female lawmaker made the assertion in a statement issued by her Media Aide, Arogbonlo Israel, in commemoration of the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD)….
By Blessing Odega The Plateau State Contributory Healthcare management Agency (PLASCHEMA), has taken sensitisation to the informal sector, on the benefits of enrolling into its health insurance programme, to curb out of pocket expenditure. The Director-General (D-G) of PLASCHEMA, Dr. Agabus Manasseh, disclosed this on Thursday in Jos, at a meeting with the leadership of…
By Stephen Adeleye Kogi Government has enrolled 32,000 civil servants and 41,597 vulnerable population into its health insurance scheme. Gov. Usman Ododo said this during the official inauguration of the scheme in Lokoja on Wednesday. According to him, the government has enrolled 32,000 beneficiaries in the formal sector plan and 41,587 under the Basic Health…
