Council Poll; Okene APC Stakeholders Endorsed Abdulrazaq As Party’s Candidate Ahead of the December 12 Local Government election in Kogi State, the stakeholders of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Okene on sunday endorsed the candidature of the former council administrator and chief security officer, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad as Chairmanship candidate of the party for Okene…

JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON THE RESOLUTION OF TRADE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA (FGN) AND THE ORGANIZED LABOUR REPRESENTED BY THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) AND THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS (TUC) HELD AT THE STATE HOUSE BANQUET HALL ON SUNDAY, 27TH SEPTEMBER 2020 A Bipartite Meeting between the FGN and the two Labour Centres…

Okene LG teachers commend Senator Oseni The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Yakubu Oseni has been described as a quintessential leader whose stock in political trade is to stealthily develop people for self-reliance. This commendation was given recently by the Chairman, Okene Local Government Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade…

THE OKARAGA THAT I KNOW. The man OKARAGA means a lot to me and to other people. To me he is gentle, kind and generous. In politics, OKARAGA is all about bringing rapid development and galvanizing the masses towards achieving greater opportunities.In 2014/15 during the formation of the present APC, his financial and moral support…

Fuel/Electricity hike: We are not in a banana republic- TUC tackles Head of Service The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has blasted the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi Esan for warning civil servants against participating in the planned nationwide strike called by the organised Labour. TUC chairman in Kogi State, Comrade Ranti…

Customs To Cough Out N3.8B, $4.9M Over Unlawful Rice Seizures. *As Appeal Court upholds N3.8b, $4.9m verdict.   The Nigerian Customs Service NCS is to cough out a whopping sum of N3.8B and another $4.9M for engaging in unlawful seizures of containers of rice legally imported into the country by a trading company. This followed…

Bayelsa Deputy Gov Asks Appeal Court to Dismiss Certificate Forgery Suit against Him *As court reserves judgment Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to dismiss alleged certificate forgery suit brought against him by Governorship candidate of the Accord Party, Mr Ebizimo Diriyai. Diriyai is challenging…

IDAH PEOPLE COMMENDED FOR PARTICIPATIION IN SANITATION EXERCISE. The Idah Director of local government Mr. Musa Ali has commended the people of the local government for coming out enmass to participate in this month environmental Sanitation exercise Mr. Musa Ali made the commendation at Idah Native town and Ega districts while monitoring the Sanitation exercise….

KOGI NEWMAP TRAINS COMMUNITIES ON CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN The Nigerian Erosion and Watershed management project, Kogi state office has trained communities living in the six(6) priority sites of intervention on the various aspects of catchment management and how it affects the lives of our communities. Speaking at an inception meeting at the Project’s headquarters, the…

Kabba Junction Gridlock: Commuters appeals to FG, Governor Yahaya Bello to fix the bad portion on the road BY SUNDAY AJAYI – LOKOJA It was a horrible experience at the Kabba junction axis of Okene – Lokoja highway where the deplorable state of the road has left hundreds of commuters plying that routes stranded for…