ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA No fewer than 80 journalists from the print, electronic and online media in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states have been trained on fact-checking to aid the credibility of electoral information as the States set to hold an off-cycle governorship election on November 11, 2023. The fact-checking workshops kick-start the iVerify project of…
NGO Charges kogites to shun oppressive cultural, native practices , to embrace VAPP law. The Residents of Sarkin-Noma community, Lokoja metropolis, Kogi state have been urged to embrace the principles of the new Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Laws to liberate themselves from oppressive cultural, customary and traditional laws. Barr Joy Akinola gave the admonition…
Awoniyi, Ex. Kogi Deputy Governor buries mum , 26th May, 2023. … Family releases Burial Arrangements. The burial arrangements for late Madam Florence Ebun Awoniyi has been released. Late Madam Florence Awoniyi was the wife of Late Sunday Awoniyi, one time Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum, Foundation Member of PDP and Aro of Mopa who died…
To pursue consolidated Workers’ Welfare. Comrade Gabriel Amari has been elected as the new Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kogi council, to pioneer the affairs of the organised labour for the next four years in the state. Comrade Amari, who was elected unopposed, is the Chairman of Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria…
*(A Call for Justice, Dignity, and Responsible Governance)* *By Jerome Aduojo Agi, Ph.D.* A society is judged not merely by how it celebrates those in power, but by how it treats those who have faithfully served it after they leave office. Across Nigeria, and particularly in Kogi State, there exists a painful and often…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has pushed for the training and retraining programmes to boost the technical and forensic capacity of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) Staff on efficient conduct of digital elections. While advocating Gender-inclusive reforms in the electoral process.,the Civil Society group also called for the full implementation of…
*Hon. Aboh, Peace Accord Committee Visit Bagana* By Suleiman Alih cps. Omala Local Government Council Chief Executive, Hon. Chief (Alh) Ibrahim Yakubu Aboh along with the committee he set up to look into crisis rocking Bagana and it’s environs stormed Bagana as part of the committee work. The security conscious Chairman, who would not stay…
Kogi raises budgetary allocation to Education to 30%. As Tijani Sadiq wins PAAYEF Competition. Kogi state Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello has disclosed his administration’s commitment to usher in qualitative education by stepping up budgetary allocation to educational sector to 30% in the 2022 fiscal year. The Governor who noted the importance of education as the…
……….Preliminaries Starts Tomorrow with 20 Schools. In line with the avowed commitment to energise education through intellectual competition the conveners of the Kogi Built Environment and Building Materials Exhibitions has scheduled to host a quiz competition in honour of the House of Representatives member for Ijumu and Kabba Bunu Local Government Federal constituency, Arch….
* To Donate Bus to NUJ, holds Symposium. Praise JULIUS LOKOJA Kogi state Governor , Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has assured Electorate to participate in the forthcoming general elections without fears of molestation or harrrasment as the government is prepared to deal with trouble makers. This is as he has given a pat on his administration…
