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Kogi State Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello has charged farmers in the state to be more committee to food production in order to attained the national food sufficiency policy of the country. Governor Bello who gave the charge in Lokoja on Wednesday during the official flag-off ceremony for the distribution of 100 tractors and educational materials…
OPCI President berates FG on lingering ASUU strike ***Urges the two parties to parley to end the strike By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin. The National President of the Yoruba sociocultural organisation, the Oodua Progressive Care Initiative (OPCI), Dr. Marouf Olanrewaju, has condemned the lackadaisical attitude of the federal government to the ongoing strike by the…
A three day Special Program tagged: Egbola TA NE’E ANE IGALA begins today at the Mountain of fire and Miracles Ministry, North Central 3 Region, Regional Headquarters, Lokoja begins today. In a statement issued by Barr. Agatha Adejoh Eleojo, Co-ordinator of program, Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello would be the Special Guest of…
The Kogi State Congress of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), held on Saturday August 31, in Lokoja, has been described as ‘illegal, fraudulent, null and void’. Capt. Joe Agada rtd, who made the declaration at a press briefing on Wednesday in Lokoja, told newsmen that the purported state congress was illegal, lack credibility and…
There was jubilation in Kogi Local Government as Engr. Bashiru Gegu today reunited with his Leader, Hon Saidu Akawu Salihu (SAS), former Commissioner For Budget and Water Resources in Kogi State. The Commissioner who was reunited with the former House of Assembly Member, described the reunion as the signpost of greater things to come….
A Civil Group, Incorporated Trustees of Center for Reform and Public Advocacy has dragged the Inspector General of Police before a Federal High Court over his alleged refusal to prosecute the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, over allegations bothering on perjury. The suit dated and filed on July 4…
A suspected fraudster trading under the business name “Capital Plus Investment Services Ltd”, owned by Paul Demudia Eigbefoh, is reportedly on the run after allegedly defrauding a leading oil and gas company in the country to the tune of N67.5m last week. The affected firm has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
The Accountant General of Kogi State, Alhaji Jibrin Momoh has picked the All Progressives Congress ( APC) Kogi State governorship form for the office of the governor under the party. Alhaji Jibrin who was represented by a group of like-minds, speaking through a former Hon. Commissioner for Culture and Tourism ,Hon Ugbede Ebije ( Iron),…
In the meantime, the speaker Prince Mathew Kolawole before the commencement of plenary today re-arranged the sitting position of the lawmakers in compliance with social distancing. He appreciated God for the safe return of members from the long recess. The speaker said the coronavirus is real as it has claimed so many lives and crashed…
Worried by the devastating impacts of perennial flooding in Kogi State, the Geohazards Risk Mapping Initiative (GRMI), a nonprofit organisation, has launched a youth-driven Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme to equip children and young people in the State with the knowledge and tools to lead their communities in flood preparedness and resilience-building. This initiative…
