By Friday Idachaba ONYEDEGA (KOGI) Hydro Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) in collaboration with Cedio Rural Outreach Ministry has engaged over 80 doctors to provide free medical and surgical services for riverine communities in Ibaji and Bassa Local Government Areas of Kogi. Dr Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, Managing Director of HYPPADEC, flagged off a four-day free medical outreach in four LGAs in Kogi on Saturday at Onyedega, Ibaji Local Government Area. Yelwa who holds the Chieftaincy title of “Katukan Yauri” said the flag off marked the first phase of the medical outreach in four out of the 10 Local…
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Executive Director of Conscience for human rights and conflict Resolution, Idris miliki Abdul has Described the banned of charcoal in Kogi State, by the commissioner of Environment, as an after thought and misplacement of priority. The media reports in the last few days suggest that those who came up with that reactionary pronouncement are not in tune with the reality of the situation on ground.The Kogi State government had banned the production of charcoal across the 21 local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Victor Omofaiye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said that…
Considering the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) Act as expressly stimulated, it is mandatory for all parties and organizations across member States to comply in the protection of the rights and dignity of Persons with Disabilities. Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu recently met with the representatives of the Economic Community of West African States at (ECOWAS) Headquarters Abuja.Head Media and Publicity NCPWDMbanefo JohnMichaels quoted the Executive Secretary to have solicited the support of other member countries to recognize the rights and dignity of persons with…
By Titus Foga We read on the social media the promotion by one Joe Igbokwe of a injudicious opinion he copied from one Kurtis Adigba who said Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state will lose his seat if his colleague in Ebonyi state, David Nweze Umahi’s sack by the court is upheld. Igbokwe, I learnt is the Senior Special Assistant on Drainages in Lagos state. That is why it baffles me why a supposed enlightened public persona in a metropolitan state like Lagos will choose to align on an ignoble adventure of promoting misinformation cooked by someone who obviously lacks…
The recent development in the ruling APC has been described as a political coup by the contending forces struggling for the soul of the party ahead of its national convention slated for March 26, and other things being equal. The internal rumbling is expected especially as it relates to who gets what and how in the politics and politicking of the various lords and principalities in the party as the race to 2023 gathers momentum and acceleration. Early in the week news broke that President Muhammadu Buhari had given order sacking governor Mai Bala Buni, as the national caretaker chairman…
By Friday Idachaba Pastoral Resolve (PARE), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on religious leaders, traditional institution and the family to get fully involved in the fight against drugs abuse to address issues of conflicts, violence and crimes in the country. Programme Manager of Pastoral Resolve Muhammad Munji Sanusi, made the call at the end of a two-day sensitisation programme for youths from communities in Lokoja Local Government of Kogi on Friday in Lokoja. The sensitisation programme was themed, “Understanding Spiritual and Social Cultural Context of Drugs and Substance Abuse.” Sanusi said the sensitisation programme was organised as part of…
There is no doubt that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is at the crossroads as it seemed overwhelmed with crisis from all angles as it battles to meet up with it’s national convention deadline..Just as the dust raised by the purported sack of the National Chairman of Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Mai Mala Buni is yet to settle another issue which is very Germaine has cropped up this time from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)The Nigeria’s electoral body, INEC, had rejected a letter of invitation sent by the interim head of the APC, Abubakar Bello, to attend its…
By Senior Fyneface Whether his hailers want to hear this or not, there is something not adding up in the public mannerism of the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and pretending that all is well, will only cheer him up on the current path of self destruct that he is dangerously cruising on. How can a man who is supposed to be a leader by the reason of the office he occupies be the one quarrelling with almost everybody around him? Wike openly insults Rivers state traditional rulers at public functions only to go up north and dobale for the Emirs there.…
The National Chairman,United Patriots (UP), Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika has challenged the National Judicial Council and the Nigeria Bar Association to rise up to the occasion and ensure complete defence of the Rule of Law in Nigeria. He also urged the two bodies to use their offices to device mechanisms that will ensure the independence of the judiciary, and the preservation of the sanctity of Court Orders and Judgments. He was speaking against the backdrop of INEC’s refusal to relist 22 political parties as ordered by the Court of Appeal on 10th of August, 2020 in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/507/2020 between ACD…
***Withdraw supports, to back ‘youth oriented aspirants’ The Orji Uzor Kalu support group in the South-South appeared to have divided over disaffection of members towards the presidential bid of the Senate Chief Whip. It was gathered that some of the members are threatening to withdraw their membership in order to settle-down to pick a widely acceptable aspirant. The group dominated by youths and popularly known as OUK is battling to survive. One of the angry members who disclosed the situation to our correspondent, said “it may not be healthy for us as a nation in this trying times if we…