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By Thompson Yamput Solidaridad, a Solution-Oriented Civil Society Organisation, has called on the Kogi Government to promote massive palm oil production to curb poverty and land degradation in the state. Mr James Odiba, Solidaridad Kogi Multi Platform Coordinator, made the call during a one-day briefing/meeting in Lokoja on Tuesday. Odiba said that Palm oil…
By Thompson Yamput Security operatives and local vigilance group on Monday rescued three more victims of Thursday’s kidnap on the Lokoja-Abuja highway. Among the three rescued victims, who are all indigenes of Imo, was a pregnant woman. Mr Dauda Aliyu, Chairman of Kogi/Koto Local Government Area, confirmed this in a statement in Lokoja,…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government has launched an investigation into the root causes of the death of five of its citizens whose car plunged into a Canal in the state on Friday. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, made this known in a statement issued in Lokoja on…
By Thompson Yamput Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of the Attah Igala, Matthew Alaji-Opaluwa, was Kogi and Nigeria’s gain. Bello made the he assertion in his congratulatory message to the Royal Father on His 59th Birthday issued by his Chief Press Secretary, ONOGWU…
By Thompson Yamput No fewer than 24 drug suspects have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lokoja, Kogi. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdulkadir Abdullahi, confirmed this while addressing newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday. Abdullahi said that the arrests were sequel to the ongoing NDLEA Mop-up exercise as…
By Thompson Yamput Five persons on Saturday drowned when a car plunged into a canal along River Niger in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi at about 4.30 p.m. on Friday. Mr Pius Kolawale, Chairman, Yagba West LGA, Kogi,…
By Admin A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), A total of one thousand, six hundred and eighty four (1,684) and one person with disability (PWD) Participants drawn from primary, JSS, SS classes, as well as management and teaching staff of the Schools participated in the In-School training. The Child Rights Advocates Cluster, under the…
By Thompson Yamput Security operatives on Friday rescued 10 kidnap victims in Kogi, following intensive search and tracking of the kidnappers. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, the Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Lokoja. The security aide said the victims…
By Blessing Odega The President of Rotary Club of Naraguta in Jos, Mrs Virginia Jang, says 110 girls from the Government Secondary School (GSS) Du, have benefitted from the club’s menstrual hygiene project. Jang, who made this known on Friday in Jos ahead of the World Menstrual Hygiene Day, said that the menstrual hygiene project…
BY CHRIS GYANG Today, the entire machinery of government in Plateau State has literally ground to a halt. This has been the situation since May 10 when civil servants finally commenced an industrial action, having given the administration several opportunities to redeem itself and meet their demands but to no avail. Three months of…
