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Isanlu (Kogi) Lokoja, April 6, 2020 An NGO, Doyin and Susan Foundation on Monday gave cash donation worth N1 million (one million naira) to the less privileged widows and women in some rural communities in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. The communities include: Itedo-oba, Itedo-Irunda and Irunda-Ile communities in isanlu, Yagba…

Covid-19 as blessing in disguise – Cardinal Okogie By Anthony Olubunmi Okogie The outbreak of COVID-19 has been a dangerous yet revelatory moment in Nigeria. It is dangerous because this deadly pandemic has infected over a million and killed thousands of citizens of our planet. No one seems to know when and how it will…

Governor Simon Lalong has directed total lockdown in plateau state for seven days effective from midnight of Thursday 9th to April 15th twenty twenty. The Governor who stated this while briefing journalists at the Government House in Jo’s, explained that this is to enable the government carry out a State-wide fumigation exercise across the state…

  A few minutes ago, I received a press statement allegedly signed by the CPS to the governor of Kwara state, Malam Rafiu Ajakaye via my WhatsApp. Initially, I was skeptical about it’s credibility and almost discredited it. We live in an age of fake news where one needs to doublecheck on his sources before…

  For his excellent performance and exhibition of unblemished track records, a group urder the aaegis of Kogi Local Government Youth Progressive Association (KGYPA) Monday Commended comrade Usman A Salihu,Kogi Local Government Education Secretary .   Spokesman of the group Comrade Ali Isah Ibrahim said   comrade Salihu is commended for his outstanding performance since…

Government through Office of the National Social Investment Programmes (Kogi-SIP), has commenced payment of N20, 000 each to over 34,456 beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) across the state. Hon. Abdulkareem Suleiman Onyekehi, the Focal Person of Kogi SIP, who spoke to journalists after monitoring the disbursement at some payment centres in Lokoja and…

  Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Tuesday, approved the appointment of Professor Marietu Ohunene Tenuche as the acting Vice Chancellor, Prince Abubakar Audu Unversity, Anyigba. In the letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Ayoade Folashade Arike, Governor Bello also approved the appointment of Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman as the Acting…

Federal and state governments have been urged to imbibe the habit of fumigating their institutions of learning even after the Coronavirus pandemic to curb future spread of diseases in the country. Dr. Abdullahi Alabi of the Department of Political and Governance, at the Kwara State University gave the advice in Ilorin. He said the out…

  The member representing Ijumu Constituency in Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon Olusola Kilani Olumo says he will donate his monthly salary to his constituents beginning from March 2020 to cushion the harsh effect of the sit-at-home directive of the state government. The Lawmaker announced this while presenting food items for onward distribution to…

COVID-19: 2020 edition of Ogori Ovia Osese festival cancelled LESS than three weeks to the 2020 edition of Ogori Ovia Osese Cultural Festival, the COVID-19 global pandemic has forced the National Executive Committee of Ogori Descendants’ Union, ODU, last Saturday, to out-rightly cancel the event. The body, arose from an emergency meeting called by the…