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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has called for more decisive measures by NGOs, institutions, corporate organisations and individuals toward mitigating the menace of Gender Based Violence (GBV) against women and girls. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Fatima Kabir-Buba, made the call during a stakeholders’ engagement to mark “Orange the World 16 Days Activism…
By Thompson Yamput Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday announced the establishment of a Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Bello, in a statement issued in Lokoja by his Media Aide, Oogwu Muhammed, made the declaration during the official kick-off of the Federal Government’s Grant for Vulnerable programme under the Federal Ministry of…
By Thompson Yamput A civil society organisations had advised the Kogi Off-Cycle Governorship Election Petition Tribunal not to allow any aggrieved political party to file petition from the backdoor. Yetunde Shaibu, Convener, United Front for Democracy (UFD), made the call during a news conference in Lokoja on Monday. Shaibu alleged: “Credible intelligence reaching us…
BY CHRIS GYANG All over the country, some of the judgements of some of the elections tribunals and the subsequent ones at the appellate courts have generated considerable ill-feelings and controversies. But that of Plateau State has attracted more attention because of the contradictory verdicts the tribunals gave on the same matter of whether…
By Thompson Yamput The All Progressive Congress (APC) Professional Women Council on Saturday called for more stringent measures in stemming the menace of Gender Based Violence (GBV) against women and girls in Kogi Hajiya Rekiya Onaivo-Sanni, Kogi coordinator of the council, made the call during a media parley in celebration of the Orange World…
By Thompson Yamput Women and youth groups in Kogi on Saturday pleaded with the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka to accept the result of the Nov. 11 governorship election in good faith. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the groups, who staged a rally round the streets…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly has given Dec. 30 ultimatum to the state Ministry of Education to pay N497.3 million examination fees to the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The house wondered why the fees, already released by Gov. Yahaya Bello, was yet to be paid to the coffers of the…
By Bayo Aka AS soon as the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) releases it’s Porter to Kogi State University Kabba, candidates will still be given admissions this year, the state Commissioner for Education,, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones has assured. The Commissioner gave this assurance while explaining certain issues to the state…
By Thompson Yamput Protesting youths across major political parties, including the PDP in Kogi on Thursday called on the authorities to call Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, to order over their alleged unlawful activities in the state. The youth, who staged a peaceful protest at the INEC office…
By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the spokesman of the SDP Muri-Sam Campaign Council, Farouk Adejoh-Audu, to retract claims he made against the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha. The ultimatum was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja by SP Williams Ovye-Aya,…
