Kogi State
31 Oct
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the hearing in the money laundering case brought against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to January 21, 2025.
29 Oct
The senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, on Monday, commenced the disbursement of bursary awards to 1000 indigent students in the public tertiary institutions in the county. The students spread across 85 electoral wards in the senatorial district are to receive N100,000 each. According to Karimi, the package, which is designed to assist parents in…
17 Oct
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has commenced a needs assessment of 513 flood-affected communities in Kogi State. Mr. Jimoh Haruna, N-HYPPADEC’s Director of Finance and Administration, expressed concern about the devastating flood effects in Kogi State, while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja. He assured residents affected by the floods that…
12 Oct
The Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has urged Directors of Local Government and Treasurers to uphold the tenets of local government autonomy and professional ethics in the discharge of their responsibilities. Ododo stated this at an interactive session with the forum of Directors of Local Government and Treasurers at the Government House in Lokoja.…
9 Oct
Kogi State Government through its Utility Infrastructure Management and Compliance Agency (KUIMCA) has shut down base transceiver stations (BTS) belonging to telecommunications operators.
8 Oct
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, yesterday, approved with immediate effect N72,500 minimum wage for workers in its civil service and those at the local government level.
4 Oct
Sir: Anecdotal evidence indicates that corruption in Nigeria is culturally acceptable because members of the family, tribe or ethnic group benefit from an individual’s ill-gotten gains.
3 Oct
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has reaffirmed his administration's unwavering commitment to sustain the ongoing clearance operation to defeat criminals in all parts of the state. According to Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Ododo gave the assurance at the commencement of the distribution of the second batch of 100 operational…
26 Sep
The Vanguard for Credible Representation (VCR) has accused federal security agents of frustrating all attempts made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to effect a valid and subsisting arrest warrant on a former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello. VCR Executive Director, Akinloye Oyeniyi who made this observation on Thursday in Abuja,…
24 Sep
Kogi State is divided into three Senatorial Districts; Central, East and West, populated by the Ebira, Igala and Yoruba majority tribes, respectively. In Kogi's 33 years of three dispensations of democracy, the Igala of Kogi East, who according to 2006 census constitute 46 per cent of the state's population have produced three governors who…
20 Sep
The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Russian consortium for the rehabilitation, completion, and operation of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant and the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) in Kogi State. According to a statement by the Head of the Press & Public Relations Department, Ministry of Steel…
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