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The Kogi State Government has commended the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for introducing Nutrition into the Nigeria Health Commodities Logistics Management Information System (NHLMIS). The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adams Abdulazeez Adeiza, gave the commendation during a two-day training workshop on Nutrition Commodities Logistics Onboarding into NHLMIS in Lokoja. The…
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has sentenced to death by hanging the five surviving bloody Offa banks’ armed robbery suspects. The convicts are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran. The convicts had on April 5th, 2018 launched bloody attacks on banks and police station…
I cannot believe what I heard from the spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, this morning on Arise TV. According to him, amongst other things, apparently including parking at the carpark of the commission’s headquarters (as if visitors to the their headquarters should park on top of the building, itself) Governor…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged communities in flood-prone areas to immediately relocate to highland as Benue and Niger rivers approached danger thresholds. The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, gave the advice on Thursday when he led the “NOA Flood Sensitisation and Evaluation Team” to sensitise some reverine communities in Kogi State. The…
Hon. KK Denis salutes the brain behind the constitution of the “Mopamuro Campaign Council.” Hon. Denis affirms that the calibre of people on the list is a testament that Mopamuro APC goes for quality and service delivery. He noted that the Chairman, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, vice chairman, Hon. Olawumi Jacob and DG Campaign…
Journalists, bloggers, content creators and social media influencers across Nigeria have been enjoined to embrace the use of arts in reporting climate issues in order to improve public understanding and knowledge about the topical issue. The Executive Director of Pristine SACC Education and Technology Initiative, a nonprofit organisation, Mrs. Umar Aisha, made the call…
A sociocultural group, the Egbira Voice of Nigeria (EVON), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) alleged persecution of former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. In a press conference in Abuja, the Convener, Dr Kenneth Enebe claimed that the EFCC’s actions were motivated by…
….says funds have also been released for STL to boost the drive for 24 hours broadcast of the State Radio. Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has released funds for the restoration of broadcast service to the Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Ochaja. The Commissioner for information who made this known, Wednesday, said it…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arrested an 18-year-old boy for alleged stealing of foodstuffs and setting a residential building ablaze. A statement by the spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, said “the incident occurred on Wednesday, at about 12:11 hours, at No 59, Afenifere…
The chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ilorin West local government council in the just concluded local government election in Kwara State, Comrade Esinrogunjo Musbau, has described the election as “a democratic coup that is not acceptable and will not stand the test of time”. Addressing journalists on Wednesday in…
