December 2024

  Kwara NSCDC Reunites Kidnapped Kogi Varsity Student With Family, Parades Another Suspected Kidnapper The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday reunited a 400-level student of Kogi State University, Anyigba, Muhammed Fauziyah, with her family. The Command also paraded a suspected kidnapper, Abu Umar. Addressing journalists at…

  The Media Advocacy Group (MAG) has exposed Sahara Reporters’ malicious campaign against the Presidential Amnesty Programme, saying it was time to end the madness of Sahara Reporters’ jungle journalism. In a Press Statement on Monday and signed by Mr Abiodun Sobanjo (Convener), for and on behalf of Media Advocacy Group (MAG), the Lagos based…

  The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo has been conferred with another prestigious Chieftaincy title as the Bashorun of Oroke Amuro, Mopamuro Local Government Area, Kogi State. The Chieftaincy Title was conferred on the Hon. Commissioner by the Oroke Traditional Council under the leadership of His Royal Highness, Oba…

  The Heavy Duty and Haulage Transport Association of Nigeria (HDHTAN), Kogi State chapter has enlightened the public on its mandates, activities and scope of operations in the state. The state’s Chairman of HDHTAN, Hon. Trust Okechukwu Chukwuma, disclosed this at press conference on Monday in Lokoja, aim to Address Key Issues in her Operations…

  This awareness is geared towards ensuring that GBV is totally brought to an end in our society. Very soon we shall be embarking on road walk show in collaboration with other stakeholders We have handled numerous cases on GBV cases in Kogi of over 100 cases. Those ones that needed persecution were referred to…

  The National Human Rights Commission, Kogi State office, has embarked on school sensitisation campaign aim to educate students against Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the state. The campaign was in collaboration with Office of Kogi Governor’s wife, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and others, to mark…

  For coming out to disparage a leader from the host community of the Port Harcourt refinery, a group, known as Network of Oil Producing Communities in Nigeria (NOPCN), has come hard on the foremost regulatory agency, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). This was, even as, the group has called on President Bola Tinubu…

  The Muhammadu Buhari Library at Kwara State University, Malete, has been lauded as one edifice that highlights the government’s emphasis on legacies that endure, as it continues to contribute to the teaching, learning, and research activities of thousands of students and staff of the institution. Facilitated by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund, and…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reiterated his administration’s commitment to according traditional rulers their rightful place in the scheme of things in the State to ensure even development, particularly at the grassroots. Governor AbdulRazaq gave this assurance at the 10th Year Coronation Anniversary of the Oloro of Oro-Ago Kingdom, Oba (Evangelist) Johnson Olarewaju…

  The slow pace of judicial process in the country has been said to be discouraging foreign investors from coming into Nigeria, thereby slowing down the country’s much needed economic growth. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and President of Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA), Oluronke Adeyemi, stated this while fielding…