The Federal Government has conducted a clearance operation at an illegal mining site in the Jaguna community of Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, in a statement by his media aide, Segun Tomori, said that the exercise was part of efforts...
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The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has said that its 2024 Annual Conference will be held in Kogi state on Thursday, October 3. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of GOCOP, Sir Remmy Nweke, quoted the 2024 Conference Planning Committee Chairman, Danlami Nmodu, mni and Secretary, Mr....
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Stakeholders on good governance drawn from government, civil society organisations, religious bodies and the media have stressed the need for execution of projects that are of community interest capable of having direct impact on the lives of citizens. They made their position known during...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – High Chief Adesina Meka Sylvanus, a Philanthropist from Ogori Magongo LGA, has called on traditional rulers, community, opinion leaders and development unions from both Ogori/ Magongo LGA to rally round support for Hon. Rosemary Maria Ohiezu, the Transition Committee Chairperson of Ogori Magongo...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Some caretaker committee members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State have thrown their weight behind the outcome of the ad-hoc delegates’ election held on Saturday across Kogi State. The spokesperson of the committee Honourable Sunday Shigaba, while addressing the press...
Barely 72 hours to the nationwide mass protest against economic hardship in the country, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Governorship Candidate in the last election in Kogi State, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has urged citizens to exercise restraint and patience to allow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State Government has that it is not resting on it oars in ensuring that the 2024 flood prediction that placed the State on red alert is drastically mitigated in the event that it occurs. The Executive Secretary, Kogi State Emergency Management...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Kogi State has said eight school children were rescued unhurt after an 40-feet articulated container fell on two vehicles on Thursday in Lokoja. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, disclosed this to the News Agency of...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Some Civil Society Groups, under the aegis of Concerned Civil Society Organizations in Kogi State, have called on Nigerians especially the youths in the state not to take part in the planned nationwide protests in Nigeria, slated for 1st August, 2024. Addressing Journalists...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Member Representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Sanni Abdulraheem Egidi, has assured the citizens of Ajaokuta and the Entire Ebira kingdom that Ajaokuta community will not be part of the proposed Okura State. The assurances which was contained...
The Federal Government has shut down an illegal gold mine site in Yagba East Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, stated that the move was part of the Federal Government’s commitment to combat illegal mining and reposition the...
…Urges supporters to remain calm as he Heads to Supreme Court The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, Alh Murtala Yakubu Ajaka on Thursday alleged that some irregularities and manipulations influenced the outcome of the petition he...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Thursday, affirmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor of Kogi. A three-member panel of the court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, held that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship...
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has directed that the request by former Governor Yahaya Bello, for the transfer of the alleged money laundering case instituted against him by the EFCC to Kogi, be heard in open court. In a letter, addressed to...
The train service from Warri to Itakpe is set to resume operations on Monday, the Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said on Sunday in Abuja. NRC Deputy Director, Public Relations, Mr Yakubu Mahmood, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday. According to...
The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Kogi State, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Sheidu as the Executive. Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, saying that his choice would reinforce the integrity and...
The Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in the last governorship election in Kogi State,Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has mourned the death of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi who died on Sunday This was contained in a statement he personally signed by...
The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service says the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile has risen from N6 billion in 2016 to N23.5 billion per annum. Alhaji Sule Enehe, the chairman of the service, announced this in a stakeholders interactive session held in Lokoja on Tuesday. Enehe explained...
The Kogi Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Gov. Ahmed Ododo, has...
The Executive Chairman of Dekina Local Government area of Kogi state, John Urah, has joined other leaders and well wishers to congratulate the Governor of the State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo over his triumph and victory at the State election petition tribunal. Governor Ododo won his opponent in a...