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10 Jan
Sequel to the harassment of some members of the National Assembly, who were part of the team that paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, at his office in Lokoja, six persons have been arrested on the order of the Governor. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Onogwu Muhammed…
8 Jan
The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has removed His Royal Highness, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah Koto, the Ohimege-Igu Koton-Karfe, who until his removal was the Chairman, Lokoja/ Kogi Local Government Area Traditional. According to Governor Bello, who spoke during an extraordinary executive council meeting in Lokoja, said Mallam Saidu Akawo Salihu has been appointed…
8 Jan
As part of his yearly humanitarian activity, Nigerian singer, songwriter, Oluwajuwonlo Iledare professionally known as Jaywon has again impacted lives in Kogi State. This time around, the humanitarian train took its free health care for widows and orphans in Egbe community, Kogi State. Established to help ease the burdens of existence for widows and orphans,…
1 Jan
Alhaji Chogudo Ahmed, Clerk and Head of Legislative Service of Kogi House of Assembly, says Gov. Yahaya Bello’s investments on security is the state’s huge gain.
27 Dec
Senator representing Kogi West Sunday Karimi, joined by the Elegbe of Egbe and Chairman, Yagba West Traditional Council, Oba Ayodele Irukera, on Monday performed the laying of the foundation stone on which the proposed army barracks in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government, Kogi State, will be built. Egbe is the border town between Kogi and…
21 Dec
About 230,411 households are expected to receive the Federal Government’s N25,000 monthly as palliative for fuel subsidy removal in Kogi. The National Enrolment Manager, National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO), Hajiya Sadiya Abdullahi, said this when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the enrolment for targeted beneficiaries on Thursday in Lokoja. She…
20 Dec
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it has deployed no fewer than use 800 personnel for highway patrol in Kogi as part of its Operation Zero Road Traffic Crash for the yuletide. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, said this in a statement in Lokoja on Wednesday. He said that the operation…
19 Dec
Ten persons have been arrested and 50 trucks impounded by the Kogi government over illegal mining. Speaking with pressmen on Monday, 18 December, 2023, Bashiru Gegu, commissioner of solid minerals and natural resources, said the arrest was carried out by the special task force on smuggling and related crimes. Gegu said the arrest is in…
18 Dec
Veteran journalist and politician of note, Durosinmi Meseko, alongside five other new members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), was sworn in as Deputy National Publicity Secretary (DNPS) of the ruling party on Friday, August 25, 2023. The events preceding the inauguration ceremony are better forgotten. The initial opposition to Meseko's…
13 Dec
In a bid to complement the various efforts by both the Kogi State and Federal Governments to ease the hardship currently faced by the people of his senatorial district, Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi has requested the compilation of the list of 4,250 constituents towards assessment of the Federal Government palliatives. According to a…
8 Dec
Kogi State Government and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and other human rights abuses have expressed worry over rising cases GBV and other human violations abuse in the state.
2 Dec
Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Bethrand C. Onuoha, has ordered for a thorough investigation into the attack on the residence of the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Gabriel Longpet, in the early hours of yesterday.

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