By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – The Organised Labour in Kogi State says it has called off the planned mass protest earlier slated for Thursday 27th January, 2022 against fuel subsidy removal by the Federal government. The state NLC Chairman, Comrade Onuh Edoka announced this shortly after a virtual meeting...
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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...
Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi ll, the President General Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijaniyya), Nigeria, has advised eligible voters in Nigeria to register, get their voters’ card (PVC) and vote the best and competent candidates in all positions in subsequent elections. Sanusi made the call on Saturday in Lokoja, at the last day...
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...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has felicitated with Christians in the state and the country as the world commemorate the 2021 Christmas celebration. Bello in his Christmas message in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, noted that the season signified hope...
The Kogi State Police Command have confirmed Tuesday’s robbery attacks on three commercial banks in Egbe and Odo-Ere in Yagba-West Local government Area (LGA) of the state, killing four persons and injuring several others. The State Commissioner of Police, Idris Dauda Babban, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in...
IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday invaded Odo Ere and Egbe communities in Yagba West Local Government, Kogi State, before attacking two second generation banks and allegedly killing three persons and injured several other people According to eyewitnesses, those killed included two security men and a...
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...
Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by a group of hunters led by Hon. Joseph Salami, Chief Security Officer of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has congratulated illustrious indigenes of the state who made the list of legal luminaries conferred with the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title. Bello in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Muhammed Onogwu, on Wednesday, in Abuja, lauded the new SANs for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has congratulated the recently confirmed Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). In statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, Austine Elemue, said the goodwill message came as the new silks...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – North-Central youths under the aegis of Yahaya Bello Network (YBN) have endorsed Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi for the 2023 presidency, saying that only through him would the Nigerian dreams of unity, safety and economic advancement be achieved. The youths in their thousands who...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed sadness over the death of Pastor Esther Kolawole, wife of the Speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Pastor Kolawole, aged 50, died at a Lagos hospital on Sunday following an undisclosed illness....
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...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said expressed optimism that the dredging of the the Lower Rivers Niger and Benue would provide over two million direct and indirect jobs to the masses upon completion. Governor Bello stated this on Thursday, while inaugurating the commencement...
A political support group, Niger Delta Coalition for Gov. Bello 2023 (NDCGB 2023), has urged the Kogi State governor, Yayaya Bello, to declare his interest to run for the presidency in 2023. In a statement issued, on Tuesday in Abuja, the President of NDCGB 2023, Comrade Sambo Temple, said...
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....