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Across Africa, governments are facing an impossible choice that has now become routine: whether to channel scarce public funds into servicing foreign debts or to invest in hospitals, schools, food security and jobs. Increasingly, debt repayments are coming first. This is the central argument in a new advocacy statement by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)…
A witness for the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how 49 students and teachers abducted from schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State were subjected to what she described as a “dehumanising” ordeal during 56 days in captivity. The witness, identified as AAA…
KWSG Hails Foundation Over Skills Acquisition For Vulnerable People Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Chief (Mrs) Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade has commended the Royal Heritage Health Foundation (RHHF) for the successful completion of its 14-day Vocational Skills Acquisition and Empowerment Training for 20 vulnerable people, noting that the technical support by the…
Sardauna Ilorin: Varsity Founder Hails Gov AbdulRazaq Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Founder of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Alhaji (Chief) (Dr) AbdulRaheem Amoo Oladimeji (OFR), has feliciitated Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the conferment of the prestigious Sardauna of Ilorin Emirate title on him. Oladimeji, who is the Jagunmolu of Igbominaland, Arogundade of Lagos and…
Industrialist Lauds Kwara Gov Over Conferment Of Sardauna Title Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A renowned industrialist, Dr Kamoru Ibitoye Yusuf, has felicitated Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on his turbaning as Sardauna of Ilorin Emirate, describing the traditional title as a worthy recognition of his selfless service and humility. In his congratulatory message, the Industrialist,…
The political gambit that Nyesom Wike hoped would cement his status as the ultimate kingmaker ahead of 2027 has run into a brick wall—and the wall was built by the very party whose president he claims to be fighting for. For months, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has been assembling what he…
A member of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Board of Trustees representing the North Central Zone, Dr. Abdulrahaman Ocholi Hassan, has paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Comrade Joel Salifu in his office in Lokoja, on Thursday. Dr. Ocholi, who led the North Central TETFund delegation,…
The Senate of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, at an emergency meeting held on Wednesday, 9th September, 2026, approved Resit Examination for eligible final-year and spill-over students of the University. The approval which was based on the proposal by the Director of Academic Planning and Development, Professor Joseph Olukayode Ogunbiyi, is aimed at…
Enjema Community in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi, has gotten a new lease of life following the close-out of a sustainable agriculture project implemented by the Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet). The project was funded the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under its Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) to address…
The Kogi State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (Kogi AGILE) Project has opened 61 bids for the construction of 28 combined junior and senior secondary schools across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Project Coordinator of Kogi AGILE, Hon Ahmed Tijani Oricha, in Lokoja,on Wednesday,at a public bid,…
