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  Kogi State House of Assembly has passed into law the twenty twenty four Appropriation Bill of over two hundred and fifty eight point two billion naira. The passage followed the adoption of the report of the House Standing Committee on Appropriation Budget Monitoring abd Economic Planning. At the clause by clause consideration by the…

  Kogi State House of Assembly has repealed and reenacted the state Local Government Law 2000 and all matters connected therewith. This was after a clause by clause consideration of the bill by committee of whole on the floor of the State House of Assembly. The reenacted law gives the state government the power to…

  The November 11, 2023 governorship election was a watershed in the political annals of Kogi state. First, the election was not violent as predicted by many. Also, the election reinforced the notion canvassed for long that no single tribe can singlehandedly make one of her own governor without support of other tribes in the…

    The Kogi State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Hon Sulieman Abdurazak has congratulated Suberu Khalid Ohiani’s Who scored a 331/400 UTME to excellent SSCE and Post-UTME results and secured To Study Medicine and Surgery(MBBS) In ABU Zaria.   According to a statement released by the Majority Leader he said “I got the exciting…

  Chairman Kogi state House Standing Committee on Physical Planning, Urban and Rural Energy Development, Obaro Emmanuel, says there is need for government agencies to think outside the box to achieve their core mandate. The Lawmaker stated this when the Kogi State Town Planning and Urban Development Board appeared before his committee to defend it’s…

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Ogwu James Onoja, has challenged Nigerian students to always strive to be at the top of their academics and in life generally to enable them contribute to the general development of the country.. According to Onoja nothing would be difficult to achieve for a determined individual with a…

  The Ministry for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs on Saturday defended their 2024 appropriation before the Kogi State House of Assembly. Speaking during the budget defence, the Chairman, House Committee on Ministry for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs Hon. Yusuf Zakari Eneve disclosed that the Assembly is not out to witch hunt anyone but…

  The Kogi State House of Assembly on Saturday re-invited the ministry of Solid Mineral to appear before it next week Tuesday to defend her 2024 Budget estimate. Also re-invited to appear before the house is the Director General, Kogi State Solid Mineral Development Agency. The Chairman, House Standing Committee on Solid Minerals Hon. Omotayo…

  Kwara state University (KWASU), Malete, has cried out over massive encroachment of its land mass, ceded to it at inception by the state government for research and future expansion, by communities and individuals. Disclosing this on Saturday at the 10th and 11th combined Convocation ceremony of KWASU, the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh,…

  The Kogi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development Hajia Fatima Kabir Buba has appealed to the State Assembly to give an express passage to the proposed 2024 budget of N1,243,139,413 of the ministry. Buba made the appeal on Saturday in Lokoja when she appeared before members of the Kogi State House of…