By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Special Adviser on Media to Kogi State Governor, Ismaila Isah has sympathized with Deborah Agbonika, Chief Executive Officer of an online television channel in the state, Akoni TV, over the robbery attack and vandalisation of the Online Television Studio in Lokoja. In...
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Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has said the state is committed to win the war against criminals, and enemies of peace and progress. Governor Ododo stated this in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, on Saturday in Lokoja. “My administration is rising to the...
A group, G-21 Frontiers in Kogi State has berated the Kogi East Critical Elders for their endorsement of former Governor of the state Yahaya Bello and his predecessor, Usman Ododo. Kogi state coordinator of G-21 Frontier, Faruk Ismail in a statement in Abuja on Friday said they were disappointed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State over his handling of recent security situation in the state and the welfare of the people of the state. The President gave the commendation when he received the Kogi state...
Additional six kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi, have been rescued unhurt. This increased to 20, the number of students of the university already rescued by a combined team of security operatives and local hunters. The state Commissioner for Information,...
Some of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Okene in Kogi State, have been rescued, the state government has confirmed. In a statement on Sunday, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said the students were rescued safely by...
The Kogi State Government on Friday deployed security operatives and hundreds of local hunters into the bush on the trail of bandits that invaded and abducted university students Thursday night. The invaders had abducted an unspecified number of students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara,...
Lokoja residents have scored Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi, high in terms of delivering democracy dividends to the people in his first 100 days in office. Across section of residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja described Ododo as promising and committed governor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has pledged to construct network of roads connecting communities in Ogori-Magongo local government area of the state. The Governor disclosed this in Magongo during the Owiya-Osese festival where he was the special guest of honour at the...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in his efforts and commitment to end insecurity. Ododo made the call on Friday in Lokoja while unveiling security vehicles to enhance efficiency of community policing in all local government areas in the state....
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has lauded Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi over the successful conduct of the Ondo State Governorship primaries of the party. Ganduje stated this when he received the report of the State Governorship Primary Election Committee from...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo of Kogi has flagged off another round of distribution of food palliatives to the residents of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution exercise is in continuation of Ododo administration’s commitment to cushion the impact of economic downturn...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday. The governor is to appear to give some explanations on the role of the apex bank in the...
A Lawyer, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has advised EFCC not to act above the law in its efforts to arrest and prosecute former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over alleged N80.2 billion fraud. Onokpasa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a news conference on Sunday in...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo on Saturday called on the Federal Government to urgently assist in tackling the menace of insecurity and incessant flooding in some parts of the State. The governor made the call when he received a delegation of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal commission...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned members of the public against obstruction of its operations, saying it is a criminal offence EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale in a statement on Thursday said: ”It is a criminal offence to obstruct the commission’s officers from carrying out their...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commended the distribution of relief materials in communities affected by recent communal crisis in Omala Local Government area of the state. The Governor, who had directed the State Emergency Management Agency to coordinate a need assessment...
A High Court sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, detaining and prosecuting former governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice I.A Jamil, gave the order in a two hour judgment delivered in suit no HCL/68/M/2020 in Lokoja on Wednesday. The...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo visited his embattled predecessor Alhaji Yahaya Bello at his Abuja residence on Wednesday as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) laid siege to the property. Ododo arrived at Bello’s residence alongside several security operatives and youthful supporters protesting against the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its operatives from the home of former governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over alleged fraud. The EFCC operatives had on Wednesday mounted surveillance around the home of Bello on No 9 Benghazi Street ,Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, apparently...