Remains of the immediate past Kogi State Security Adviser, Brigadier-General Paul Olushola Okuntimo (Rtd), is to be laid to rest at Makutu Isanlu in Yagba East Local Government Area of the State on September 4th 2021. Brigadier-General Paul Olushola Okuntimo died at Ibadan, Oyo State on the 11th of July, 2021 in a brief…
… Identifies Unemployment, Poverty, Marginalizatiom, Absence of Social Cohesion As Major Issues ActionAid Nigeria has continued to hammer on the need to address unemployment, marginalization, absence of social cohesion and the need to create an enabling environment that would address issues of perceived injustice, key drivers it identified as major drivers of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward Congress Appeal Committee on the just concluded congresses has arrived Lokoja, kogi state to address and resolve any issues that may arise after the congress held across the two hundred and twenty-nine wards, of the twenty-one Local Government Areas of the state. The Chairman of the Committee Patrick…
The Participation Initiative For Behavioural Change in Development, (PIBCID) and Actionaid Nigeria through Scaling up Public Investment Agriculture, (SUPIA) have lamented over the poor budgetary allocation for agriculture in Kogi. The Non Governmental Organizations who made their position known on Tuesday in Lokoja at a one day state level stakeholder consultative meeting on 2022…
The Kogi State Government has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Administrators of Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) to host the 29th Edition of the event in Lokoja, Kogi State tagged “Engaging with Kogi State for a Better Tomorrow”. The event which will hold from 28th – 31st October will have all…
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City. The Esan Descendants Assembly (EDA), has lauded the Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI) for its declaration and determination to support the economic and political development of Esanland. Addressing newsmen in Benin over the weekend, the chairman of the EDA Executive Council, Professor Oyaziwo Aluede, praised the RT. Hon. Mathew Egbadon led…
Journalists have been asked to make deliberate and conscious efforts in distingushing themselves as authorities in their chosen fields through personal branding. Omolola Oladimeji, Lead Consultant, Women in Media gave the charge while making a presentation on Improving Your Personal Brand as a Journalist at a 2- Day Media Master Class on Preventing…
… Appreciates quality of ongoing work The ongoing remodeling of the Kogi State State Specialist Hospital and Building of a New Administrative Block by the Kogi State Government has been praised. The Chairman, House Committee on Works and Housing, Hon. Kilani Olomo, gave the praised during the House Committee’s oversight function to the Specialists…
Journalists have been told to guard against sensationalization of news towards achieving the full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 16. Murtala Abubakar Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals/Focal Person SDG Nasarawa State Government and SDG office respectively made the disclosure at a 2- Day Media Master Class on Preventing Violent…
The media have been asked to remain the defeaning voice in ensuring that violent extremism is reduced to the baerest minimum in the Society. Mrs. Funmilayo Oyefusi, Director Organisational Effectiveness, ActionAid Nigeria, made the disclosure at the opening remarks of a 2- Day Media Master Class on Preventing Violent Extremism In Kogi and Nasarawa…
