Kogi State
5 Apr
Bandits killed 19 persons and injured several others at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi on Thursday.
3 Apr
Youths from Kogi State have cautioned those they called embittered politicians not to turn the state into an enclave of crisis. The youths from the three senatorial districts, under the aegis of the Kogi Independent Youths Association (KIYA), made this known after an emergency leadership meeting in Abuja. Speaking on behalf of KIYA, Mohammed Abdulrazaq, who…
3 Apr
Philanthropists, Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu, has given out financial support to 500 beneficiaries during the holy month of Ramadan through her NGO Sam Empowerment Foundation (SEF) initiative known as the SEF Ramadan Soft Grant initiative in the Aloji Community in Kogi State. This initiative is an act of utmost generosity and compassion that characterize the Ramadan…
18 Mar
On the 27th January, 2016, former governor Yahaya Bello was sworn in as the fourth executive governor of Kogi State and led the state uninterrupted for a sterling period of 8 years which ended on the 27th January, 2024. Bello handed over power to his worthy successor Ahmed Usman Ododo who emerged winner of the…
12 Mar
The Kogi State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of two Commissioner nominees sent to the house by the Executive Governor of the State Ahmed Usman Ododo. The eight Assembly confirmed the Commissioner nominees on Tuesday during the house plenary in Lokoja. The Commissioner nominees confirmed by the hallow chamber include Dr Adeniyi Helen…
10 Mar
The 2024 Annual General Congress of the umbrella socio-cultural organization of Yoruba people in Kogi State, Okun Development Association (ODA), ended in Egbe, Yagba West Local Council on Saturday with former Nigeria's High Commissioner to Sri-Lanka, Ambassador Akenson Rotimi elected as President-General of the association. Rotimi, who succeeded the immediate past President-General, Chief Femi Mokikan,…
7 Mar
Nigeria's pioneer High Commissioner to Sri-Lanka, Ambassador Akenson Rotimi, has declared his intention to succeed Chief Femi Mokikan as President-General of the Okun Development Association (ODA), umbrella socio-cultural and developmental organization of the Yoruba people in Kogi State. ODA is gearing up for its annual national congress scheduled to take place on Friday, March 8th,…
7 Mar
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has promised to provide adequate security and welfare to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the state for the one-year mandatory national service.
6 Mar
The 2024 Annual General Congress of the Okun Development Association (ODA), umbrella socio-cultural and developmental organisation of the Yoruba people in Kogi State, which comes up in Egbe, Yagba West Council, this weekend, is an opportunity to reflect on the past six years of the outgoing executive of the ODA and celebrate the resilience of…
5 Mar
Security agencies in Kogi State have recovered 53 stolen electrical transformers and arrested criminal gangs responsible for the theft .
29 Feb
Kogi State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is set to distribute another batch of Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps to 30 beneficiaries from Ajaokuta, Kogi, and Lokoja Local Government Areas. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Timothy Ojomah, who performed the distribution ceremony at the Kogi State Fadama CARES Coordination Office, Lokoja, stated that in the…
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