May 2024

  Member representing Okene II Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Zakari Yusuf (Nescafe) has condemned in strong terms the attack on Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara where a number of students were abducted. Some of the students who are said to be preparing for their first semester exams were…

  Controversy has ensued over the death of a 63-year-old land agent said to have been detained at the Oke Kura Correctional Facility, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, for over four months. A land agent is a professional who represents landowners in the sale, purchase, or management of their property. They may also be involved…

  Authorities of tertiary institutions in Nigeria have been called upon to take concrete steps to stem the incessant harassments and intimidations of female students in the academic environment. A legal practitioner, Mrs. Toyin , Taiwo, made the call at a workshop, themed “sexual harassment and intimidation among staff and students of tertiary institutions”, organised…

  To mark his first one hundred days in office and fulfill the sustainable development goals of Kogi State, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, today presented three operational vehicles to various ministries. The Governor was represented by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris, handed over the vehicles to the benefiting ministries,said it is part of…

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for a strict legislation to ban cultism in the country’s institutions of learning. Apparently worried by the menace of cultism in the Nigeria, the commission said, the legislation should be made in such a way that it will not affect the rights of student population in…

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the federal government to intensify effort in providing adequate security of life and property to tertiary institutions. Babatunde Hafiz the Senate President of the Association stated this while presenting a communique to journalists shortly after the inaugural Senate sitting held at the main…

  Two hundred and two newly qualified Environmental Health Scientists in Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, have been inducted into the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria in the 2nd oath-taking and induction ceremony which held in the institution. The Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, in his address at the ceremony, urged the newly qualified…

  A Non-Governmental Organization John-Stow International, (JSI) in collaboration with the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, (KPHDA) has tasked practicing journalists in the State to drive the campaign in preventing cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Kogi State. gave the charge on Tuesday during a media dialogue on Cervical cancer and HPV vaccination…

  The Executive Secretary, National Senior Secondary School Education Commission (NSSEC), Dr Iyela Ajayi, has commended Kogi State Government for its massive investment in education sector. Ajayi gave the commendation on Thursday while addressing journalists after his team visited some selected secondary schools in Kogi State. He specifically commended the state government for the construction…

  Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and a Constitutional Law Professor, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad, has condoled with the Muslim community over the passing of an Ilorin-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdul-Hayy. The late Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdul-Hayy was a renowned Hafiz (a memorizer of complete chapters of the Holy Qur’an) with…