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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Wednesday tasked women farmers on large scale food production. Mr Timothy Ojomah, Commissioner for Agriculture, gave the charge during the celebration of the 2024 World Food Day in Lokoja on Wednesday. Ojomah, who was represented by a director in the ministry, Mr Useni Mudashiru, described women farmers under…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, on Wednesday, flagged off the construction of a 20 kilometre Obajana-Uro-Aku rural road linking parts of Lokoja and Adavi local government areas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project was part of interventions by the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP)…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) Chairman, Mr Mamman Nda-Eri, has confirmed that preparations are underway for the 19 October Local Government elections in the state. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja, Nda-Eri pledged a peaceful, free, and fair council poll in Kogi. He said…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Monday again called on the Federal Government and international donor agencies to come to the aid of the State as flood sacked over 200 communities. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made call at Kotonkarfe during an inspection visit to communities affected within Kogi Local Government on…
By Blessing Odega The Rotary Club of Jos on Sunday donated stationery to 50 pupils of St. Paul’s Township Primary School in Jos. The club also donated sanitary pads, toiletries, and buckets to 150 women and girls to enable them to improve their personal hygiene. Mr Frank Igboanugo, the new president of the…
By Thompson Yamput A Group known as Peace Movement (PM) on Sunday called on Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi to look into leadership crisis in the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the State. The group, in a statement issued in Lokoja and signed by Comrade Joseph Tolu, said that…
By Thompson Yamput The National University Commission (NUC) has approved eight new courses for Salem University Lokoja. The Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Friday. The VC told NAN that the university intends to commence the courses…
By Blessing Odega The populace of Tse, Bum, and Fongroi wards in Ganawari community in Riyom Local Government Area, in Plateau, have decried their disenfranchisement during the October 9 local government elections. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) chairperson of Ganawuri, Rev. Samuel Mangai, on Friday in Jos, decried the gross disenfranchisement. Mangai said that…
By Ibrahim Gusau On October 22, just days away, the Supreme Court would be hearing a suit filed by no fewer than 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two other anti-graft agencies. Now, all eyes have shifted to the Supreme Court, which to…
By Thompson Yamput Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and Kwara Governor’s Wife, Prof. Olufolake Abdulrazaq are among Africans to be honoured at the 2024 Afro Award in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Taiwo Oduala, Founder and Executive Producer of the Afro Awards. Oduala, a…
