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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Wednesday, tasked farmers on large scale food production and security to overcome poverty, hunger and challenges. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Timothy Ojoma, gave the challenge at the Presentation and Dissemination of Scorecard on Smallholder Women Farmers Access to Agricultural Inputs and Training in Lokoja. Ojoma said:…
By Admin Nigeria is in the grips of an intensely bitter food crisis. Sadly, the myriads of government interventions aimed at lessening the excruciating pains citizens are going through do not appear to be yielding the required results. The tales of woes reported across the federation are testimonies to this bleak reality. On assumption of…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Bola Oyebamiji, Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), on Tuesday pledged to be fair to all clients and staff towards boosting the Blue Economy. The managing director made the pledge in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday by the Authority’s Corporate Affairs General Manager, Mr Jibril Darda’u, Oyebamiji said…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command has assured workers of adequate protection during Tuesday’s protest over economic hardship in the country. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, gave the assurance during an engagement meeting with officials of both Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Command Headquarters, in…
By Thompson Yamput The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kogi on Monday, appealed to security operatives to provide adequate protection during Tuesday’s planned workers’ protest. Mr Amari Gabriel, the Kogi NLC Chairman, made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. Gabriel said that the appeal became imperative in view…
By Thompson Yamput Security operatives on Monday rescued 16 kidnap victims from their abductors in Kogi, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja. Speaking to NAN on Monday, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, spokesman of Kogi Police Command, described the rescue operation as “very swift and pragmatic.” Eleven of the victims, he said, were passengers…
By Stephen Adeleye The Vice Chancellor, Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, in Kogi, Prof. Abdulrahman Asipita Salawu, says the institution makes use of local hunters to help in ensuring security around its site. Salawu made this known to members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors who were in the state for a…
By Wandoo Sombo A Federal High Court judge, Justice James Omotosho on Friday, warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to be diligent in its prosecution of the alleged money laundering charge filed against Ali Bello and Suleiman Daudu or its case would be closed. Omotosho gave the warning while ruling on an objection…
By Wandoo Sombo Mr Suleiman Dauda, co-defendant to Ali Bello in the ongoing alleged money laundering charge against them has raised objections against the fresh charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). At the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Dauda, through his counsel, Mr…
By Blessing Odega The U.S.-Nigeria Law Group, on Wednesday conducted NEEDS assessment of the 13 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the NGO was in Bokkos, one of the camps, to commiserate with the IDPs, who had come under attacks, forcing them to leave their homes….
