A development expert, Opeyemi Famodimu, has called for urgent reforms within Nigeria’s basic education system to address persistent governance lapses, funding bottlenecks, and widening inequalities, especially in access to education for girls in northern Nigeria. Speaking during an interview in Abuja on Monday, Famodimu, who has worked on education-focused projects with international organisations such as
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called for increased collaboration with traditional rulers, religious leaders, and community stakeholders in Kogi State as part of a renewed nationwide campaign aimed at curbing kidnapping and other social vices. The call was made on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the NOA office in Lokoja, as part of
The Kogi State Ministry of Education has officially released the timetables for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Basic Six, and Common Entrance Examinations. According to the time tables signed by the Director of Examination, Admission, and Certification, Mrs. Egbeneye Grace, for the Honourable Commissioner, the Basic Six Certificate Examination will start on Thursday, 26th
A sense of renewed hope filled the air as stakeholders, facilitators, and development partners gathered at the Kogi AGILE Project Office for the launch of the Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Safe Spaces Manual, marking a significant step forward in advancing girls’ empowerment across the state. The five-day training, spearheaded under the Life Skills
Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, on Tuesday, announced a N500,000 education support grant for Master Oluwi Oluseyi, a student from Mopamuro Local Government Area, who scored 337 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Describing Oluseyi’s achievement as a reflection of the excellence and brilliance associated with Mopamuro, the
At Community Secondary School, Abejukolo, in Kogi East, the sound of chalk against the blackboard is often drowned by the shuffling of bare feet on dusty floors. Here, in the heart of rural Kogi, learning takes place on cracked cement, with students crouched on the floor, notebooks balanced on their knees, struggling to catch every
