Multi-Million Naira Bridge Collapses a Week After Construction in Kogi
The multi-million Naira Ozuma bridge constructed by the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello in the Central Senatorial District of Kogi State has collapsed in less than a week of its construction. In a statement signed by the Director, Media and Communication of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Comrade Dayo Onibiyo, the party […]
Atmospheric Research Centre Inaugurated In Kogi By FG
As part of efforts to propel Nigeria into the orbit and become a force to be reckoned with in scientific innovation through space development, the federal government has inaugurated the Centre for Atmospheric Research (CAR) in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State. Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Ogbonanya Onu, performed the inauguration of […]
Bombers Attack Kpanche Community In Kogi State
No fewer than 16 persons have been reportedly killed in the Sunday attacks on Kpanche and other communities in the Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State. The traditional ruler of Mozum community in the area, Alhaji Khalid Bukar, who put the number of casualties at 16, told newsmen in Lokoja that the attacks started […]
HerdsMen Attack Community In Kogi State, Kill 25 Persons
The Audu/Faleke Political Organization has condemned the recent killings of the people of Ogane-Nigu and Aloko in Dekina and Bassa Local Government areas of the state. A statement signed by the leader of the group, Hon James Abiodun Faleke described the killings of over 25 people in those communities and destruction of houses as the […]
ICPC Detains Four Kogi Ex-Commissioners Over N11bn Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission says it has arrested four former commissioners who served in Kogi State during the administration of ex-governor Idris Wada. ICPC said in a statement by its spokesperson, Mrs. Rasheedat Okoduwa, that the suspects were allegedly involved in fraud to the tune of N11bn. The ex-commissioners include: […]
Kogi Doctors Serve Strike Notice
Doctors in Kogi state have given Governor Yahaya Bello a strike notice. The doctors under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, said they would embark on an indefinite strike midnight 13 January, 2017 if the state government failed to pay all doctors working with the state government their outstanding salaries. The threat came […]
FG Approves 13% Derivation To Kogi and Edo State As Mineral Producing States
The federal government has given approval for the implementation of the constitutionally guaranteed 13 per cent derivation from mineral revenues to deserving states. This will lead to fresh revenues for Kogi and Edo States, which produce limestone in large quantities, and other Nigerian states producing non-oil minerals. According to online news medium, The Cable, the […]
Kogi Awards N31 Billion Road, Electrification Projects
THE Kogi State government has approved over N31billion for the construction and rehabilitation of roads in Lokoja, the state capital and the eastern part of the state. Apart from road construction, the state government also approved N450 million for the improvement of electricity in Agassa community in Okene Local Government and Ogori/Magongo council areas of […]
80 Patients Get Free Surgeries In Kogi
No fewer than 80 patients in Lokoja received free paediatric and general surgeries, as well as dental services and gynaecological procedures, offered by an NGO, Mark Anumah Medical Mission (MAMM). The programme coordinator, Prof. Felicia Anumah, disclosed on Saturday after a week-long free medical treatment offered to patients at the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja in Kogi. […]
Audu’s Family Rejects Gov Bello’s Award
The family of late Prince Abubakar Audu has described the award given to the family by Governor Yahaya Bello in commemoration of the silver jubilee anniversary of the state as self-serving and diversionary. A statement issued in Abuja by the son of the late Prince Audu, Alhaji Muhammed Audu, advised the governor to pay entitlements […]
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