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  Kogi state House committee on Health has charged the state ministry of health and parastatals under it to ensure proper management of the ultra- modern facilities provided by Governor Yahaya Bello in the sector. Chairman of the committee Ochidi Usman Shehu stated this when the ministry of health and it’s parastatals appeared before his…

  The Chief Medical Director of Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Prof Isah Yahaya Adagiri has lamented the dearth of medical Doctors in the state and attributed it to Japa syndrome. Adagiri who praised Gov Yahaya Bello for giving a standing approval to the management of Specialist Hospital to replace any Medical Doctor that leaves the…

The Chief Medical Director of the Reference Hospital Okene , Professor Solomon Avidime says the hospital is tailored towards carrying out primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services to meet the health needs of the people. Professor Avidime disclosed this when he led other management staff to defend the twenty twenty four budget estimate of the…

  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  Kogi State House of Assembly has repealed and reenacted the state Local Government Law 2000 and all matters connected therewith.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…