The Kogi NGOs Network (KONGONET), the umbrella body of civil society organizations in Kogi State has expressed concern over the crisis between the Association of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) and the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara over the allegations of marginalization in employment and non compliance with disability inclusion laws. This was…
There were jubilations on Wednesday Sept 17, 2025, as Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana Plant, and the Jakura Community sealed an historic Community Development Agreement (CDA) that will enable the company to implement mutually agreed social projects in the next five years. The Community Development Agreement with Jakura community is one of many CDAs that…
A group, Frontier Waves, has strongly condemned Zik Gbemre’s recent criticism of NUPENG and PENGASSAN over their face-off with Dangote. In a press statement signed by Oluwa Vincent (President) and Ramsey Nede (Secretary), Frontier Waves described Zik Gbemre’s comments as uninformed, insensitive, and puppet-like. The group wrote: “From what Zik Gbemre wrote over the…
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has sent 142 qualified beneficiaries on foreign educational scholarship carefully designed to deepen, enhance and broaden the human capacity needs of the Niger Delta Region and country in furtherance of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The PAP Administrator, Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro, disclosed that…
The publisher of the Policy and lawmakers magazine Prince Bolarin Friday Ogungbemi has appealed to Kogi State Government to review downward the astronomical increase in the tuition fees of state owned tertiary institutions. Prince Ogungnemi made the appeal in Lokoja Thursday while reacting to the increment in tuition fees by heads of tertiary institutions…
The Executive Director, Conscience for human rights and conflicts Resolution (CHRCR) Idris Miliki Abdul has condemned the senseless killing of three policemen at Okoloke in Egbe community of Yagba West local government area of Kogi state by unknown gunmen. Miliki who condemned the nefarious act in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja, called…
The Executive Director Finance and Administration Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Hon. Adeyemi Abidemi has called on Kogi State Government to step-up it’s effort in eradicating the incessant attacks and killings in Egbe, Yagba West local government area of the state. Hon. Abidemi made the call while reacting to the killings of three…
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress APC , Hon. Duro Meseko has said that the second term president Bola Ahmed Tinubu will come with ease, saying the APC led administration has performed creditably. Jon. Meseko stated this shortly after a Stakeholders’ engagement of Bunu District in Kabba-Bunu Local Government council…
The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja at its emergency meeting on Thursday, 4th September, 2025, approved the Academic Calendar for the 2025/2026 Academic Session. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director, Public Relations and Protocol of the Polytechnic Uredo Omale which was made available to newsmen in Lokoja. According…
A total of 10,465 students of tertiary institutions from the three senatorial districts of Kogi State have applied for the 2025 bursary award organized by the Senator Sunday Steve Karimi Education Foundation and Tinubu Support Group Bursary Award. In a statement issued by the Central Committee of the scholarship programme, the statement said the…