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  A PUBLIC STATEMENT BY DR MATHEW KEYI , ECONOMICS DEPT,.FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA ( FORMER CHAIRMAN, OGORIMAGONGO LGA) INTRODUCTION The creation of Kogi State on August 27, 1991 was an age- long fulfilment of the dream of the people of the old Kabba Province to have a State that would bring socio-economic development to the…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Nigerian Army and people of Eruku in Ekiti Local Government over the death of Major Segun Abiodun Oni, who was killed in an anti-banditry operation in Niger State. Major Oni, a well-decorated and forthright army officer, was killed on August 13, 2023 alongside other soldiers…

  The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kwara State chapter, has expressed its readiness to partner with the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) towards tackling the menace of fake and substandard drugs in the state. The Society said though it is not within its…

  A civil group, the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Foundation (NACAT) has dragged the Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi and a Deputy Governor of the bank, Edward Adamu before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged failure to declare their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Master Adesina Shalom Ololade, a Kwara student who recently scored As (excellent) in all the nine subjects he sat for in the West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE). Ololade also recorded an impressive 298 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), again confirming his extraordinary brilliance….

  The Kogi state House of Assembly member representing Okehi constituency in the 8th Assembly,Hon.Otokiti Alhassan Zakariya Felicitates with his Excellency, Alh.Yahaya Adoza Bello, the Executive governor of Kogi State on the auspicious occasion of 32years anniversary of the state creation The chairman on Public Account in his goodwill message to celebrates the anniversary of…

  An oil and gas monitoring group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has rained heavy knocks on the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara for saying it was wrong to award such the pipelines Surveillance contract to ‘one man’. The Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday, August 26th, 2023,…

  A political group, Ododo Sure Movement, (OSM) has described Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Kogi Stste APC Gubernatorial Candidate, as the awaiting Moses that will lead the State to the promised land. This assertion was made by the Convener of the group , Alh. Ibrahim Isa-Amoka when the group paid a solidarity visit to…

  The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aliyu Umar Yusuf has assured stakeholders in his state constituency, Lokoja II, of the genuine commitment of the current administration of Governor Yahaya Bello to the construction ofJamata-Asawa-Budon-Kupa Road project because of its importance to the socioeconomic development of the area. The Speaker stated…

  The Chairperson of House Committee on Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon Comfort Ojoma Nwuchiola Egwaba has disclosed that gender based violence and child labour in mining industries of the state will be brought to an end . According to her the House Committee on Women Affairs and…