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  Kogi State House of Assembly has been urged to graciously approve the sum of three hundred million naira for the building of an Audit House for the state. Acting Auditor General for Local Government, Mr Chris Emmanuel who also appealed to the House to prevail in the Accountant General Office to release approved overhead…

    Speaker Kogi state House of Assembly Aliyu Umar Yusuf says the house will investigate the recent recruitment exercise carried out by the Kogi State Science, Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission (STETSCOM). The speaker disclosed this when the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Cicilia Cook led other management staff to defend the commission’s…

  PREAMBLE In view of the just concluded governorship election held on11th November 2023 in Kogi State and the emergence of Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo as the governor elect who will be inaugurated on 27th January 2024. The Nigerian post brought together stakeholders from the various segments of the state in order to come up…

  The Kogi State Government has begun the clampdown on illegal miners in the State. The Commissioner For Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr. Bashiru Gegu began the enforcement of the State Government directives to stop illegal mining taken place in the State. As at time of press, the State Government impounded trucks loaded with…

  ,,,Seeks approval for haulage fees collection The Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Alh Bashiru Gegu has assured Kogites that the ministry was capable of generating the needed revenues that will lead to the growth and development of the state in 2024 and beyond. Alh Bashiru Gegu who was represented by his Permanent…

  Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reiterated the commitment of his administration to championing the course of women empowerment, liberation, elevation, emancipation and the well-being of the Kwara child. The Governor stated this on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, at the inauguration of the Child Right Implementation Committee to ensure protection of children…

  Stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry in Nigeria have lamented the non implementation of the over one week federal government’s directive exempting the LPG and accessories imports from Value Added Tax (VAT) by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Worried by this development, the stakeholders, who rose from an emergency meeting of the…

  Mr. Abejirin Peter Olajide, with Address: No 9, Lokongoma Phase1, Lokoja, from Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, Kogi State, who formerly worked at Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Lokoja as Health Attendant is no more our staff. We hereby urge the general public not to transact any business with him in the name of the Federal…

  The Chairman House Committee on Appropriation Economic Planning And Budget Monitoring  Hon Sam Olawunmi Jacob has promised to ensure that public funds are Judiciously used for the people of the state. He stated this while addressing assembly press corps on the budget defence exercise at the assembly complex. He said Ministries Departments and Agencies,…

  The Chief Medical Director of the Kogi State Hospital Management Board Doctor Ayo Olayemi has said that there is need to sustain the achievements in the health sector. He made this know while defending the boards twenty twenty four budget estimate at the assembly complex. He said there was urgent need to recruit doctors…