The National Industrial Court, yesterday, in Abuja, ordered the reinstatement of 170 workers of the Kogi State Government. The claimants/workers had joined the state governor and attorney general as co-respondents in the suit. The presiding Judge, Justice Edith Agbakoba, held that provisions of the law guiding and regulating the termination of employment in the civil…

More than one year after beneficiaries of the Fadama programme, an initiative of the Federal Government and the World Bank were validated and promised disbursement of fund for agricultural purposes, the FADAMA III AF authorities have again asked beneficiaries of the Graduate Unemployed Youths and Women Supports (GUYS) for another revalidation exercise across the participating…

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter, on Friday commended the state for the payment of two and three months’ salary arrears of its workers. Dr. Kabiru Zubair, the NMA Chairman commended the governor for living up to expectations while speaking in Lokoja. According to Zubair, NMA has been monitoring the smooth conduct and progress…

The United States Agency for International Development, (USAID) has concluded a five-year activity that provided support for 500,000 children orphaned or made vulnerable by the AIDS epidemic, and 125,000 of their caregivers. At a ceremony yesterday in Abuja, USAID disclosed that since 2013, the $45.3 million Sustainable Mechanisms for Improving Livelihoods (SMILE) activity, funded by…

The Senate has resolved to investigate the Kogi State government over alleged borrowing of $500 million (N180 billion) from the United Arab Emirates without the required constitutional authorisation from the upper chamber. It, therefore, mandated its committee on local and foreign debts to probe the allegation and establish the approach used to access the loan,…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), yesterday, confirmed two new cases of Lassa fever in Ondo State and one in Edo. One has reportedly died in Ondo. This is despite efforts by the federal government through NCDC to rid the country of Lassa fever, monkey pox and yellow fever. According to the latest figures…

The Justice, Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Ondo State chapter, has faulted the poor priority given to agricultural extension services in the state, warning that it will serve as an obstacle to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in 2030.   The JDPC Director, Rev Fr. Damian Adesegha, said this yesterday in Akure at the…

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected hoodlum who was alleged to have snatched Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC) from electoral officers with his gang members in Dekina. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRP), William Aya, who confirmed the arrest yesterday, said the police recovered 55 PVCs from the suspect as…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has kept Nigeria “safer than it was before the advent of his Administration in 2015”. The minister stated this on Monday in Abuja at a ceremony to bid farewell to foreign bikers who had undergone a tour of the nation’s monuments, museums…

A state financier and flag bearer of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Yagba Federal Constituency, Kogi State, Leke Abejide has said that majority of members of the ADC in the state were members of the breakaway faction of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), who decided to seek an alternative in the aftermaths of the…

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has been asked to remove the state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Paul Maiwada, as well as re-organise the ministry for effective performance. Participants at a one-day stakeholders’ budget summit by Centre for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, (CHRCR) in partnership with Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Foundation and support…

Genera Manager, Engineering Services of Ajaokuta Steel Company, Babajide Suru, says another $652million would be required to complete the project. Suru also disclosed that about $6billion has already been sunk into the project, which puts it at 95 per cent completion. He disclosed this while briefing Finance Correspondents and Business Editors at the weekend, when…