Category: News

Celebrating International Day of Older Persons – 2025

The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated annually on October 1st of every year. This day is dedicated to recognizing the contributions of older adults to...

Place of Kogi State in Nigeria’s Independence

On October first, nineteen sixty, Nigeria, the Giant of Africa gained her independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the North and South to form an entity now...

Hon Abejide Vows to End Bandit’s Activities in Yagba Land, Introduces ‘Operation No Mercy’

Hon. Leke Joseph Abejide, representing Yagba Federal Constituency, says there will be no mercy for criminals operating in Yagba Land. The lawmaker made this known when...

KOSSIPA CEO, Hajiya Aisha Omade, Bags Two International Awards in Canada

The Chief Executive Officer and Director General of the Kogi State Social Investment Programme Agency (KOSSIPA), Hajiya Aisha Oyiza Omade, has received two prestigious...

But, Who Exactly Do These Politicians Think Nigerian Voters Are ?

By Musa Bakare. For decades, Nigerian politicians have behaved as though the people were a blank slate to be scribbled upon with lies, deceit, and empty promises. Every...

Ibaji Boat Mishap: Kogi NGOs Network Calls for Long-Term Reforms in Marine Transport

The umbrella body of civil society organizations in Kogi State, KONGONET, has bemoaned the tragic boat mishap in Ibaji Local Government Area which claimed 36 innocent...

Dying on the Niger: How Ignorance and Neglect Are Sinking Kogi’s River Communities

In the fading dusk of Kogi’s southern frontier, the River Niger swallowed yet another vessel — another requiem of sorrow, ignorance, and governmental abdication. The...

Insecurity: Mopamuro LG Chairman Issues Executive Order to Cut Off Supplies to Bandits

In a bid to cut off logistics supply to bandits and criminals, the Chairman, Mopamuro local government of Kogi state, Hon. Ademola Bello Destiny has issued an executive...

Bandit Attacks: Abejide Promises Lasting Measures, Gives Cash Support to Police, Bereaved Families

Hon. Leke Abejide, representing Yagba East, Yagba West and Mopamuro Federal Constituency, has sympathized with families affected in the recent bandit attack in Isanlu...

Empty Classrooms, Rising Dropouts: How Kogi’s Public Schools Are Collapsing While Private Institutions Profit (Part1)

In Kogi State, a silent crisis is unfolding — classrooms without teachers, graduates without jobs, and children without a future. “When a classroom is empty, a...