August 2024

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has made substantial progress in its efforts to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and protect vulnerable individuals within the state. Speaking with journalists on Thursday at the state Command headquarters in Ilorin, Commandant Umar JG Mohammed disclosed that the Gender Unit has attended to159…

  The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has said supplies from Nigeria-based world’s largest single-train Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals will put pressure on the performance of Europe’s oil industry, especially the Northwest Europe (NWE) Gasoil. OPEC in its newly released monthly Oil Market Report for June 2024 listed Dangote Refinery among the top Diesel and…

  Foremost Constitutional lawyer, Professor Mike Ozekhome has again insisted that the judgment of the Supreme Court which ordered allocations of funds directly to the 774 local governments in Nigeria is enforceable in all parts of the country. Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist said that there was no ambiguity…

  Kwara State Polytechnic has said that it has expended a sum of N13 million on its 20 hectare of maize and cassava farmland. The polytechnic added that it embarked on aggressive farming this year to ward off encroachers as well as contribute its token to the current food crisis in the country. The institution’s…

  In what appears to be its response to national food crisis and the need to shore up internally generated revenue, Kwara State Polytechnic farm harvested 25 tonnes of maize from it’s maize, which in monetary value is estimated at N30 Million according to market survey. The volume of harvest also amounts to about 10…

  The Kogi State Government has organised capacity building training and conducted examinations for 60 shortlisted most senior Directors in the state’s Civil Service to be appointed as Permanent Secretaries. The Kogi State Head of Civil Service (HoS), Mr Elijah Evinemi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the examination centre on Wednesday at Kogi State…

  On behalf of the Advocacy for People with Disabilities in Politics, the Initiator of group, Ms. Yvonne Pam Jack would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to you on your recent appointment as the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for People with Disabilities by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Your dedication and commitment to…

Kogi Govt Assures of More Support to Health Sector …. As NMA Holds Free Medical Outreach Abigail Ayindero-Oyenibi, Okene Kogi State Government is to embark on free distribution of drugs to public hospitals soon. Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo stated this in a message to the opening of a 2-day medical outreach organized by the State…

  The Pharmaceutical Society Of Nigeria, (PSN) has donated drugs and consumables worth N2,135,360 to the Nigeria Medical Association, (NMA) Kogi State. The Kogi State Chairman of PSN Dr. Lawal Muhammed Omuya disclosed this on Wednesday in Okene at a medical outreach organized by the Nigeria Medical Association, Kogi State branch. Dr. Omuya acknowledged the…

  The Kogi State Coordinator, Social Investment Programme Agency, Hajiya Aishat Oyiza Omade has sent a message of congratulations to the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Dr. Badamasi Lawal. In a statement issued to Newsmen in Lokoja, Hajiya Aishat Oyiza Omade described the appointment as well…