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Be The Change Agents For Economic Landscape of Kogi – Gov. Bello Charges CARES Trainees

By Wale Mustapha on October 16, 2020 News, Politics, Society News

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has charged the trainees for the Bello-Kogi Enterprise Empowerment Project (BELLO-KEEP) to be agent of change for the economic landscape of Kogi State. The governor gave the charge at the opening ceremony of One-Day Training, organised for the Electronic Data Capturing Agents for BELLO-KEEP on Wednesday in Lokoja. […]

I will make Okehi peaceful for business to thrive – Hon Musa Siyaka

By Wale Mustapha on October 13, 2020 News, Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate on the fort coming kogi council election, okehi LGA, Hon. Musa Siyaka has said that he’d run an all inclusive government if elected into office as the council boss. Mr Siyaka stated this while addressing youths of the party in his lokoja residence after receiving his certificate of return […]

Flood: Stakeholders Urge FG To Construct Bridge Linking Ganaja to Shintaku in Bassa LGA

By Admin on October 13, 2020 News, Society News

By Stephen Adeleye Some stakeholders and community leaders in Lokoja, have urged the Federal Government to construct a bridge that will directly link Ganaja to Shintaku community in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State. Some of the stakeholders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, said the construction of the […]

FG donates relief materials to victims of flood disaster in Kogi

By Admin on October 13, 2020 News, Politics, Society News

By Stephen Adeleye The Federal Government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has donated relief materials to victims of flood disaster in 10 local government areas of Kogi State. The Minister of the ministry, Hajia Sadiya Farouq disclosed this on Tuesday during the inauguration ceremony at Government House Lokoja. Farouq […]

Kogi Government Set To Immunise Over 1 Million Children

By Admin on October 7, 2020 News, Society News

By Stephen Adeleye Kogi State Government on Wednesday, said it had concluded plans to immunise about 1. 6 million children aganst measles and meningitis disease across the 21 local government councils of the state. The Executive Director, Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), Dr. Abubakar Yakubu, who disclosed during a press briefing in […]

Yusuf Acheku From Kogi Emerges New National Chairman Forum of States’ Health Educators

By Admin on October 2, 2020 News, Politics, Society News

Alhaji Yusuf Acheku, the Kogi State Health Educator, on Wednesday emerged as the new elected National Chairman of Forum of States’ Health Educators, in a keenly contested election held at Frasier Suites Abuja. Acheku, who was among the three contestants nominated for the chairmanship position of the forum, scored 25 votes to defeat two other […]

Nigeria @ 60: We are great because we have what it takes – Governor Yahaya Bello

By Wale Mustapha on October 1, 2020 News, Politics, Society News

BEING TEXT OF AN ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO OF KOGI STATE TO THE PEOPLE OF KOGI STATE TO CELEBRATE NIGERIA’S 60TH INDEPENDENCE DAY ANNIVERSARY ON THE 1ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020 Protocols Fellow Kogites, I will start this address by remembering the victims of a devastating petrol tanker fire at Felele last […]

Kogi Govt. Extends Schools’ Fumigation To Eastern Senatorial District

By Wale Mustapha on August 9, 2020 News, Society News

By Stephen Adeleye The Kogi State Government on Saturday extended the fumigation exercise of schools to the Eastern Senatorial District in Igala land ahead of students resumption for exit classes on Aug. 10 in the state. Speaking with newsmen during the fumigation exercise at Emonyoku Community Sec.Sch., in Ogugu, Olamaboro LGA, the Perm. Sec., Kogi […]

Resumption: Kogi govt. tasks heads of schools on conducive environment

By Admin on August 7, 2020 News, Society News

By Stephen Adeleye The Kogi Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, has urged heads of schools to be proactive, ensure a safe and conducive environment for students ahead of resumption for exit classes on Aug. 10 in the state. Speaking with newsmen on Friday during the fumigation exercise at Abdulaziz Atta Memorial […]

Covid-19: Foundation trains widows on entrepreneurial skills in Kogi

By Admin on July 30, 2020 News, Society News

By Stephen Adeleye An NGO, Ladi Memorial Foundation (LMF) through its institute, Chateko Vocational Institute (CVI), has commenced a five-day training workshop on entrepreneurial skills aimed to empower widows against the Covid-19 pandemic in Kogi State. The workshop was organised under the foundation’s Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Project (LMF-WEP), with the theme: ”Covid-19 Widows Entrepreneurship […]