Kogi State
19 Sep
The media office of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has claimed that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) surrounded the Kogi Government Lodge in Abuja on Wednesday night in an attempt to arrest the ex-governor. This comes just hours after Bello’s media team stated that he had voluntarily honoured an invitation…
18 Sep
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were at the Kogi State Government House to arrest former governor Yahaya Bello, his spokesman Ohiare Michael said. Michael, a spokesman to Bello, said in a statement that EFCC operatives on Wednesday night laid siege at the Kogi Government Lodge, Asokoro in an attempt to arrest…
18 Sep
Stakeholders working on the Kogi State 2025 Agriculture Budget, have tasked the government to invest more in Agriculture to boost food security and promote agricultural business in the state. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the Consultative meeting by stakeholders on the Kogi State 2025 Agriculture Budget organised by the…
14 Sep
Kogi State Government has promised to pay the 2024 bursary to students of Kogi origin in higher Institutions across the country who registered for the 2024 State Government Bursary Award. The Commissioner for Education, Wemi Jones, made this known when he received the Executive of the National Association of Kogi State Students (NAKOSS), led by…
11 Sep
68 years old Chief Olayemi Sunday Steve Oluokun is the Ighare-Elect of Ijalu, who doubles as Asalu of Egbeland, Kogi State. He has lived in the United States for 41 years. Recently coronated the Asalu of Egbeland, Kogi State, Oluokun who also is National President, Titcombe College Egbe Old Students Association (TCEOSA) shared his journey…
8 Sep
The federal government has demolished an illegal mining site located at Jaguna, off Iye and Odogbe communities in the Yagba East Local
7 Sep
The Federal Government, on Saturday, intensified its crackdown on illegal mining operations with a recent clearance exercise carried out by the Mining Marshals in Jaguna, off Iye/Odogbe communities in Yagba East Local Government Area, Kogi State. This was made known in a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid…
4 Sep
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has felicitated with the former Deputy Governor of the state and leader of the All Progressives Congress in Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, Architect Yomi Awoniyi, on his 64th birthday anniversary. In his congratulatory message to the former Deputy Governor, signed by his Media Adviser, Ismaila Isah, Governor Ododo praised…
4 Sep
Second term member of the House of Representatives and Chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise, Leke Joseph Abejide, on Sunday, in Abuja, met with the Yagba Action Group (YAG). The body consists of professionals and technocrats from his home, Yagba federal constituency in Kogi State. During the interaction, the group tabled issues of pressing…
3 Sep
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has assured Kogi indigenes of more Federal Government-driven initiatives under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu's administration, aimed at cushioning the hardship faced by the people. The minister stated this during the flag-off of the distribution of bags of rice and fertilisers as…
2 Sep
Gunmen on Sunday attacked travellers on the desolate Takete Ide to Aghara Road in Kogi State, inflicting severe injuries and dispossessing them of their valuables. The Ak-47-wielding marauders numbering about a dozen were said to have seized the road in the afternoon and operated till evening. They detained travellers and forcefully collected their properties. Those…
2 Sep
Middle Belt Youth Council has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged financial mismanagement of the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State. The council maintained that despite being a critical national asset that was established in the 1970s to drive industrialisation, the project was plagued by massive corruption and…
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The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Prince Abimbola Owoade. This comes days after Makinde announced Prince Owoade as the new Alaafin to succeed the late Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, who died on April 22, 2022. The presentation of staff of office…
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The troops of Sector 2 of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fansan Yamma have successfully dismantled terrorists’ hideouts in Fakai area of Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi.…
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The President of MAAUN Group of Universities, Professor Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has endorsed Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as AU Chairperson. The African Union Commission election, which is scheduled for February 2025, has three candidates vying for the Chairperson position: Mahmoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti, Raila Amolo Odinga of Kenya, and Richard Randriamandrato of Madagascar. In a…
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Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has urged residents to actively condemn criminal activities in society, emphasising that security is a collective responsibility. Soludo made the call on Sunday during the thanksgiving service to mark the beginning of the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day commemoration in Awka. He stated that addressing insecurity required the involvement…
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The National Agricultural Development Fund (NAFD) has signed a contract agreement valued at $70million for the direct procurement of 2000 John Deere tractors. NAFD was mandated by the Federal Executive Council to spearhead the deployment of 10,000 John Deere tractors across Nigeria, with an initial rollout of 2,000 units scheduled for the first and second…
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A report by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has revealed that state governments allocated a meagre 1.22% of their health budgets to medical equipment over two years, raising concerns about the prioritisation of healthcare infrastructure across the country. The review of health sector expenditure from 2021 to 2023 showed that the bulk of health funding—61.83%—was…
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Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has charged Nigerians to shun inflammatory remarks and divisive tendencies to ensure sustainable peace, unity and development of the nation. The governor gave the charge at a special Interdenominational Thanksgiving mass in commemoration of the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration held at the Emmanuel The Saviour Catholic Church, on…
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Lecturers at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) have asked the federal government to launch a probe into the missing N3 billion revenue uncovered by a June 2021 presidential visitation panel to the institution. A 2021 presidential visitation panel to the UniAbuja chaired by Bujar Goni Aji and inaugurated on April 13 of that year submitted…
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Ifeanyichukwu Eze, Personal Assistant to the Deputy Speaker, Ebonyi House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Onah, has died in a road accident on the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. Mr Chinonso Nwede, the Secretary of the Deputy Speaker’s Legislative Aides Forum, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the incident occurred whilst Eze was returning…
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The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has urged private companies, government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other employers of labour in the territory to file their employee annual tax returns for 2024. The acting Executive Chairman, Mr Michael Ango, who made the call in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said that…