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Every institution has buildings, classrooms, and administrators. But rarely does an institution get a leader who sees opportunity in crisis. At the Nigeria-Korea Friendship Institute of Vocational and Advanced Technology (NKFI), Lokoja, that leader is Dr Charles Oluwatoyin Williams. In the last few years, his administration has turned constraint into creativity, and neglect into progress.  The clearest example sits quietly on campus: a fully functional, cool, and dignified Campus Clinic built inside what was once a shipping container. It has no government allocation, no intervention fund, and no capital vote behind it. What it has is vision. *   _Vision, sacrifice, and innovation drive transformation at Nigeria-Korea Friendship Institute, Lokoja_   For Dr. Williams, the clinic answers one urgent question: "What happens when every second counts?" THE CONTAINER THAT BECAME A CLINIC For years, NKFI operated without a dedicated health facility. Students and staff ne...

The Kogi State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, has trained facilitators from 65 Mass Literacy Education Centers on life skills to improve learning outcomes for vulnerable adolescent girls in the state. The three-day capacity-building programme, held in Okene, Anyigba and Lokoja under the Alternative Education component, was implemented in partnership with the Participation Initiative for Behavioural Change in Development (PIBCID).  It drew facilitators from the 21 Local Government Areas. Speaking on Monday in Okene, the State Project Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Oricha, FCNA, described the training as a strategic investment in human capital.  He said education must go beyond literacy and numeracy to include life skills that help young people make informed decisions. "The success of this intervention depends largely on the quality of our facilitators. They are not merely instructors; they are mentors, role models and agents of trans...

The Kogi State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, has trained facilitators from 65 Mass Literacy Education Centers on life skills to improve learning outcomes for vulnerable adolescent girls in the state. The three-day capacity-building programme, held in Okene, Anyigba and Lokoja under the Alternative Education component, was implemented in partnership with the Participation Initiative for Behavioural Change in Development (PIBCID).  It drew facilitators from the 21 Local Government Areas. Speaking on Monday in Okene, the State Project Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Oricha, FCNA, described the training as a strategic investment in human capital.  He said education must go beyond literacy and numeracy to include life skills that help young people make informed decisions. "The success of this intervention depends largely on the quality of our facilitators. They are not merely instructors; they are mentors, role models and age...

Nigeria's First Lady and National Chairperson of the Renewed Hope Initiative, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has announced the a ₦100 million empowerment package for 2,000 petty traders across Kogi State to help recapitalize their businesses and improve their livelihoods. Senator Tinubu made the announcement on Saturday during the launch of the National Community Food Bank Programme for the North Central Zone in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. She explained that the initiative is aimed at supporting small scale entrepreneurs, encouraging self reliance and expanding economic opportunities for less privileged Nigerians. The First Lady urged citizens not to look down on any legitimate means of livelihood, stressing that people possess different talents, capacities and aspirations that can be transformed into sustainable sources of wealth. She noted that Kogi  State, like the rest of Nigeria, is richly endowed with abundant opportunities that should be fully harnessed for national development....

The Kogi State Ministry of Health, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Control Programme in collaboration with Sightsavers has concluded a 2-day planning meeting for the 2026 Mass Administration of Medicines (MAM), for Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH), and Onchocerciasis (ONCHO). The meeting held on July 9 and 10 in Lokoja had in attendance Directors of Primary Health Care, Local Government NTD Coordinators and assistants from all the LGAs. Mr Adewale Ayodeji of the Federal Ministry of Health said the FMoH is supporting state NTDs programmes to accelerate the elimination of NTDs through preventive chemotherapy, case management, disease surveillance and morbidity management.   He added that the Federal Government is strengthening health systems with technical assistance, capacity building, supportive supervision and improved monitoring to ensure efficient use of resources and better health outcomes.  The goal, he said, is to reduce the burden of NTDs and contribute to Unive...

The Inclusive Cancer Care Research Equity (i-CCaRE) Consortium for Black Men in collaboration with the Urology Unit of the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Lokoja, has held its sixth monthly support group meeting for prostate cancer patients.  The monthly initiative forms part of a research programme supported by iCCaRE for Black Men  and the Cancer of the Prostate Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC) — both bodies established by Prof. Folakemi Odedina, a hemato-oncology professor at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.  The work is designed to assess how support groups influence quality of life and help lower anxiety, depression, and dropout rates among prostate cancer patients receiving treatment. During the gathering, participants recited their rallying slogan: "United Together! We Stand Strong, We Support Each Other! Together in the Fight, Together in Life." As a highlight of the day's session, members who had shown consistent attendance at previous meetings were rewarded...