Buhari Govt didn’t deregulate the oil sector, what we have is govt doing oil business A non-governmental organization, the Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation), has faulted the claim by the President Muhammadu Buhari led government that it has deregulated the oil sector. In a statement by the Coordinator, Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation), […]
A civil society organization, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), has bereted the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) for its failure release results of local government polls conduct in December last year. This was made known in a statement issued by the Executive Director of CHRCR, Comrade Idris Miliki in Lokoja on […]
By Olusola Adebayo. Far too long, those who live in the nation’s urban centres have appropriated to themselves all the good things provided by both government and non-state actors to improve the lives of the people. Hardly could it be otherwise, because those who formulate and implement the policies of the government themselves live in […]
By Stephen Adeleye. No fewer than 300 were screened for cancer by a nongovernmental organization, Dove Haven Foundation (DHF), as part of its activities to commemorate the 2021 World Cancer Day (WCD), with the theme: ”A World Without Cancer Threat”. The DHF Executive Director, Dr Ekundayo Samuel, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on […]
By Stephen Adeleye. A nongovernmental organisation, Dove-Haven Foundation (DHF), has trained volunteer health personnel on screening of cervical cancer to enable the organisation reach out to more people in terms of cancer screening and testing. The DHF Executive Director, Dr Ekundayo Samuel, made this known on Thursday in Isanlu, Kogi State, at the official launching […]
The Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN) has appealed to the Police to investigate alleged camping of under-aged girls for trafficking and prostitution Lokoja. Mr Nathaniel Abaniwo, Coordinator of the Kogi chapter of AONN, made the call in a press statement on Saturday in Lokoja. Abaniwo, who was reacting to the […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has been urged to halt the activities of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) accused of harassing private companies in Kogi State and extorting them, claiming to be working for the presidency. The request is contained in a suit by a firm, BN Ceramics Industry Nigeria Limited, which claimed that the […]
By Stephen Adeleye. The Society for Women Development and Empowerment of Nigeria (SWODEN) in collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), on Monday commenced a five-day capacity training for key and vulnerable populations, to improve their access to HIV services and efficiency. Mr Aliyu Christopher, the Programme Officer of SWODEN, told […]
The Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), a Kogi-based civil society organization has called on federal and state governments to re-consider the planned January 18 date fixed for school’s resumption. In a statement issued in Lokoja on Monday, the rights activist said it may be unwise to re-open schools in the […]
A leading non-governmental organization in Kogi Central with visible and life touching projects and programs, Dynamic Ebira Friends Club, has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to implement its plan to sink a borehole on Okunchi community and two others. Speaking at a grand dinner in celebration of the newly sworn Executives of the Club at Tafari […]