July 2024

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has approved a supplementary budget of N58.8billion for the year 2024 It could be recalled that the current eight Assembly in December 2023 passed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N258.2bn. In a letter sent to the house on Friday, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo appealed to the…

  * As Gov AbdulRazaq restates commitment to food security_ Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin As part of the Kwara State Government’s efforts to encourage bumper harvest and promote food security in the State, no fewer than 10,000 farmers across the 16 local government areas of the State would receive improved seeds, chemicals, and fertilizers this…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the state in commemoration of the new Hijrah Year (Muharram) 1446. Muharram is the Muslim’s first lunar month. The first day of the Muharram 1446 falls on Sunday, July 7, 2024, according to many calculations. A statement by…

  The Kwara State Government has commenced the distribution of 3,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to livestock farmers and value chain operators in the State, under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES). Seriki Fawa of Akarebiata Abattoir, Alhaji Suleiman Seriki (3rd left) Presenting the PPE Pack to a beneficiary   The exercise, which…

  The Oodua Progressive Care Initiative (OPCI) has called on the Federal Government to take immediate action to ensure the integrity of local government elections in the country by banning State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) and tasking the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) with the conduct of these elections. According to a statement by the President…

  Stakeholders across Kwara and Niger States have commended President Bola Tinubu for the bold step to construct the 1,000-kilometre Sokoto-Badagry superhighway, with Governors AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Umaru Bago calling the project another evidence of the President’s commitment to drive phenomenal socioeconomic growth. The stakeholders spoke in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, where a stakeholders’…

  *Pleads with Oborevwori, Tompolo to ignore Cleric The Ovwere Family in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, took a swipe at the Founder of Christ Missionaries Crusaders Church, Archbishop God-do-Well Avwomakpa, over his claims that the Managing Director of a private oil pipelines security firm, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL),…

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of Transition Committee Chairmen by another Six months. This was the resolution of the hallow chamber during the house plenary on Friday. The extension of the tenure of the Transition Committee Chairmen is sequel to a letter sent to the house by Kogi State…

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has charged the present administration to intervene by directing the Kogi State Property Management to suspend its efforts to immediately remove flood victims from the Estate for the time being. In a motion of urgent public importance calling on Kogi State Government to Come to the Aid of…

  Kogi State House of Assembly has urged the state government to come to the rescue Ponyan residents in Yagba East Local Government Area of the state The State Assembly wants the the state government to control the erosion which is currently damaging the only state road in the area and rehabilitate it for vehicular…