By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Operatives from the Kogi State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on its command post in Okene Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this in a statement, said local hunters, men of the...
Governor Yahaya Bello
The Kogi Government on Saturday permitted the state-owned Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) to keep all its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to develop infrastructure in the institution. Gov. Yahaya Bello made the pronouncement during the university’s sixth combined convocation held at the institution’s auditorium in Anyigba. “Considering your prudent...
The Kogi Government on Monday appealed to its civil servants to exercise patience over the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. Mrs Hannah Onyinoyi-Odiyo, the state’s Head of Service (HOS), who made the appealed in a statement, described workers’ threat to go on strike as “very unnecessary” and “uncalled...
Some women from Nigeria’s 19 Northern States have declared their support for the 2023 presidential ambition of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The group, under the aegis Yahaya Bello Network (YBN), made their known on Tuesday when they visited Bello at the Kogi State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. Hajiya Hadiza...
The Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) says that Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi remains the solution to Nigeria’s insecurity, as they join the call urging Bello to run for President in 2023. The VGN made the call on Saturday, when a representation of its membership from across the 36...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Wednesday, in Lokoja presented two houses to the wives of his deceased police escort, Insp. Aminu Salisu, appealing to relevant authorities for continuous support to families of deceased security officers. Bello presented the keys to the houses located in Abuja to the widows...
Kogi House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Okene Local Government Area, Abdulrazak Muhammed Yusuf, with immediate effect over alleged undue arrest, intimidation and torture of indigenes. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the suspension followed the adoption of a letter from the Executive read on...
Some political and religious leaders from Kano State have assured Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi of their support in the upcoming 2023 general elections. The leaders told Bello in Abuja on Sunday that they have seen him a capable hand to fix Nigeria. The group pledged their loyalty when...
Kogi State Government, on Thursday, reaffirmed its support for the state’s physically challenged and other people living with disabilities. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, offered the guarantee when a group from Advocacy for Women with Disability Initiatives (AWWDI) visited him in his office in Lokoja....