News Update
The Kogi State Governor, His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello, hereby issues the following directives to guide the response of Government and citizens to the stark realities of the coronavirus outbreak: 1. All entry points into Kogi State (land and waterways) are now closed. Entry and transit by any vehicle is subject to successful health…
A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Doyin and Suzan Foundation, has again distributed foodstuffs to over 300 vulnerable women in some rural communities in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. It would be recalled that the Foundation had in September fed over 250 widows in some other rural communities in Isanlu. The…
KOGI STATE POLYTECHNIC MOURNS AS ACTING BURSAR, MR ADEBOLA OSHO DIES AT 58. On behalf of the Academic Board, Management, staff and students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, I deeply commiserate with the family of the Acting Bursar of the institution, Mr Adebola Osho, who died on Sunday 14th February, 2021 after a brief illness….
The Supreme Court was on Monday, pointedly told the fundermental need to accept and consider the fresh additional evidence brought against President Bola Tinubu in relation to qualifications for the 2023 presidential election because the evidence is rooted in the 1999 Constitution. The fresh evidence brought by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
The Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mrs Comfort Nwuchiola Egwaba has once again praised former Governor Yahaya Bello for supporting women to be elected and appointed into political offices during his tenure. ” Even if former Governor Yahaya Bello is the worst human being to others , he is…
… Family releases Burial Arrangements. The burial arrangements for late Madam Florence Ebun Awoniyi has been released. Late Madam Florence Awoniyi was the wife of Late Sunday Awoniyi, one time Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum, Foundation Member of PDP and Aro of Mopa who died on 28th November, 2007. Born in Mopa, Mopamuro LGA on…
HAPPY ROYAL BIRTHDAY! OBA (AMB.) DR. FREDRICK DUROJAIYE BALOGUN JP, IREDE I, OLU-LAGEDU VI, OLU OF ÀPÁTA (IPATUN) – ÒWÓRÒ KINGDOM. I celebrate your unrelenting effort for the peace and progress of your DOMAIN… I wish you many more years of divine wisdom and good health on the throne of your forebears and In the…
As 2024 budget implementation witnesses exponential execution across the length and breath of Kogi State under the consolidation agenda of the chief servant of Kogi State, *Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo*, it is yet another Appropriation season which is the first of its kind under the Governor for further fulfilment and consolidation on campaign promises…
The Kogi State Government on Tuesday, said that it was taking proactive steps to ensure that flood victims in Lokoja and other parts of the state are temporarily accommodated. NAN reports that some houses, roads and farm lands in communities in the Confluence city like Adankolo, Ganaja, Kabawa and Gadumo, among others, have been…
Kabba (Kogi), March 1, 2022 (NAN) The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has urged corps members to distance themselves from cultism, drug abuse and other social vices. The director general gave the advice on Tuesday, at the Swearing-in ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream 1 Corps members…
