2024

  …As IGP deploys Police Helicopter to Kogi State. In furtherance to the ongoing Rescue Operation and to sustain the onslaught, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM on Tuesday 14/05/2024 deployed the Air Component of Police Security Apparatus made up of Helicopter Crew specially trained for Aerial Surveillance, Monitoring Team as…

  Kwara State Local Government Council Elections will be held across the 16 local government areas of the state on September 21, 2024, according to a statement by Okanla Baba, the chairman electoral body. “Arrangement is being put in place to make this happen within the set date. We will give further breakdown on the…

  Wife of Kogi State Governor, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo has enjoined parents in the state to instil sustainable environmental practices and climate change awareness in their children. The Wife of the Kogi state governor made the call in a message to commemorate the 2024 International Day of Families in the state. Hajia Sefinat who…

  No fewer than 22,000 beneficiaries in Kogi will get N50,000 each, under the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme (PCGS) to boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA), Hon. Muhammed Kadiri Okeji, disclosed this on Thursday during enrollment exercise…

  In its efforts to nip crimes and criminality in the bud in Kwara state, the State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it has successfully dismantled a notorious burglary syndicate responsible for series of break into warehouses, stores, and supermarkets in Apalara area, along Al-Hikmah University road in the…

  The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Nigerian Army (NA), Maj. -Gen Obinna Onubogu, has assured residents of Kogi of adequate security and protection of lives and property. Maj Gen. Onubogu gave the assurance while addressing newsmen during his maiden and operational visit to 12 Brigade NA, at Chari-Maigumeri Barracks Lokoja, on Tuesday. The…

  Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja will on June 27 deliver judgment in a suit by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha challenging the revocation of the property of the former Military ruler in the Maitama District of Abuja. Justice Lifu on Wednesday fixed the…

  The Association of Nigerian Student Authors (ANSA), has launched anthology of voices to promote Nigerian literature, titled, “100 Days of Stories”. Speaking on the initiative on Wednesday, the Founder/CEO of PENKUP International, Dr. Kennedy Obohwemu, said the analogy was launched Virtually on May 11, 2024. Obohwemu, a multiple international award-winning author, said the anthology…

  Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of 16 local government area development officers (LGA-DOs). The LGA-DOs are Adisa Jimoh Olarewaju (Asa); Asaburu Umar Mora (Baruten); Mohammed Haruna Likpata (Edu); Ajiboye Yemisi (Ekiti); Ayanshola Benjamin (Ifelodun); Ajao Omotayo Garba (Ilorin East); Yisa Abdulrauf Ayodeji (Ilorin South); Abdullahi Abdulfatai Ajia (Ilorin West); Awodiji Omotayo Felix…

  As security challenge continues to wear different colours of operation, a Government that has the zeal to secure the lives and peoperties of his people must engage different indices to curb the menace of such unwanted elements in the society and as a proactive and dynamic Governor of dear Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman…