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  Kogi Speaker Greets Hon. Jethro Funsho Oni on his Birthday Anniversary Celebrations Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole has joined family members, associates and well wishers to celebrate an astute politician, former lawmaker and current Federal Board member on the auspicious occasion of his birthday celebration. He…

Court Grants Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde N200M Bail   A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday admitted former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde, to bail in the sum of N200 million in his alleged N5B fraud trial. Justice Obiora Egwuatu in a ruling on Ojerinde’s bail application held…

Abducted ceramic workers regain freedom in Kogi The eight ceramic workers kidnapped in Emiworo, under Ajaokuta Local Government of Kogi State have been released by their abductors. It could be recalled that, eight workers of West African ceramic company were kidnap last week Wednesday while gathering stones for their factory located in Itobe. But the…

Hon . Danga receives award of Excellence, Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon (Dr.) Abdulmumin Danga today received an award of Excellence from National Youth Women Empowerment and Education in Nigeria. It’s an organization whose aims and objectives is targeted generally at empowering women educationally economically and politically in all the States of Nigeria…

Ogun Assembly passes anti-open grazing law, prescribes jail term In an attempt to address incessant clashes between herders and farmers in Ogun State, the State House of Assembly has passed the Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Law, 2020 into law. Part of a section of the bill prescribed a jail term of not…

Dangote Transport rolls out CSR schemes in Kogi Relief came to communities in Kogi State as the Transport Division of the Dangote Cement Plc rolled out a plethora of community intervention activities to mark its ‘Sustainability Function’ for 2021. Dangote Cement had doled out billions of naira in its ‘highly structured’ community relations schemes over…

WASUSS Chairperson task Women on Self Development Women in Kogi State have been admonished to develop their learning and academic skills so as to build their stamina and confidence in the pursuit of gender issues. The National Chairperson of Women in Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools(WASUSS), Comrade Ranti Gbenle Oluwemimo, gave the admonition during…

    The Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday night, confirmed that a joint team of security agencies raided the residence of the Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, saying the raid was carried out because there was information that he stockpiled arms in the house. The DSS also said…

SPECIAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT RAPID RESPOND REGISTER (RRR) FOR COVID-19 CASH TRANSFER- KOGI STATE: In most parts of the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused many low income earners and small business owners to lose their income, pushing many already vulnerable people deeper into poverty. This is why the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management…

FG Injects Over N17 B Into Kogi Economy Through NSIP–Focal Person   Prince Abdulkareem Suleiman Onyekehi, the Focal Person of National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Kogi State, said the Federal Government had injected over N17 billion into the state’s economy through the programme since its inception in 2016. Onyekehi told our Correspondent on Friday in…