2024

Kogi State government says it has received the approval of the National Assembly to obtain a foreign loan of $100 million (N36 billion). The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, confirmed this to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday. Àccording to him, the state needs the loan to establish a food processing zone and…

  Moments before the former Administrator of Okene Local Government Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad hands over the baton of power to the Director of Local Government (DLG), the former Council boss received in audience Local Government Elders Advisory Council, Party Stakeholders, Women groups and leaders of GYB support groups in Okene. The stakeholders were in his…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has appealed to Kogi Government to hasten the completion of the ongoing renovation projects at the permanent Orientation Camp in, Asaya, Kabba/Bunu LGA of the state. Mr Olayiwola Lasaki, the State Coordinator of NYSC, made the appeal during the closing ceremony of 2019 Batch ‘A’ 1400 Corps members, posted…

The DLG Okehi Local Government Area, Mr. Abraham Oshanuwa (JP) has appreciated the executive Governor of Kogi State, Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello for the opportunity given him to serve as he takes over the mantle of leadership of Okehi Local Government Area. The DLG  also appreciated his erstwhile administrator of the Local Government for his…

The Director of Local government in Idah local government, Mr. Musa Ali has taken over the affairs of the council with pledge to be examplaey to meet the yearnings of Idah people. Mr. Musa Ali made the pledge at Idah Council Secretariat while taking over the affairs of the local government from the immediate council…

  The attention of the Office of Distinguished Senator Smart Adeyemi has been drawn to an online news circulating since yesterday where Dist. Sen. Smart Adeyemi was said to have made a submission that “Military government is better than a Democratic government”. One would have ordinarily ignored this attempt at deliberate misrepresentation of the people’s…

  Sequel to the dissolution of the 21 Local Government Administrators ahead of the forthcoming Council polls, the former Administrator of Okene Local Government, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad on Wednesday 4th March, 2020 hands over the baton of power to the Director of Local Government (DLG) in line with the state government directive. In a brief…

MATTER OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE A CALL ON THE KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT TO HELP IN TACKLING THE INCREASING SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS IN KOGI STATE The Rt. Hon. Speaker, distinguished honourable colleagues, the fear is palpable and heightening because the disease, tuberculosis is real in the State and in particular, in the eastern part of the…

The federal fire service says it will continue to strengthen its operations to reduce effects of damages resulting from fire disasters in Nigeria. Controller General of the federal fire service, Mr Liman Ibrahim Alhaji stated this when he presented a new fire truck to the Kogi state government for use by the State Command of…

Kogi state House of Assembly has appealed to the state government to urgently constitute a Coronavirus Emergency Response Team. The appeal came under a motion of urgent public importance sponsored on the floor of the house by the member representing Yagba West state constituency, Aderonke Aro. He said that the COVID-19 team would be saddled…