About 150 telecommunications base stations have been closed down in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory as a result of unmet tax demands. The umbrella body of telecom companies, the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, which disclosed this on Monday also raised the that there would be total communications blackout in Kogi […]
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The ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for Kogi East Senatorial district in the 2019 general election, Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji, got a major boost recently when immediate past governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada and his predecessor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris gave their endorsement to his nomination to run for the seat. […]
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Three operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been shot dead by gunmen in Okene. The Commandant of the NDLEA in Kogi, Alhaji Idris Bello, told reporters on Sunday in Lokoja that the three operatives were gunned down while on patrol. He said that they were killed at about 8:30 p.m. on […]
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Workers in Kogi have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue them from their current hardship resulting from non-payment of their salaries, by sending them food, drugs and other materials. The workers made the appeal on Wednesday in Lokoja in a statement jointly issued by the state chapters of the NLC, TUC and the Joint […]
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Kogi Government has released ₦2 billion to the 21 local government councils in the state as their share of the ₦6.2 billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the Federal Government. A statement issued in Lokoja on Saturday by the Commissioner of Finance, Mr Idris Ashiru, said the government’s share of the […]
Read More Kogi State Government on Friday named the 50-km Shintaku-Gboloko-Dekina Road in Bassa Local Government Area of the state after the fallen Book Haram war hero, Lt.-Col. Mohammed Abu Ali. Gov. Yahaya Bello, who announced this in Bassa, said the honour was part of efforts to immortalise Ali, who was killed in Maiduguri, Borno, on Nov. […]
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The Kogi Government on Sunday confirmed a case of Lassa Fever in Angwan Kura Community, in the old market area of Lokoja, the state capital. Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, disclosed this in a statement. He said a patient (male) who is a resident of Angwan Kura, Lokoja, reported at the Accident and Emergency […]
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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson as his new Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on entertainment, arts and culture . Johnson’s appointment was announced with 62 others in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government ( SSG), Dr Folashade Ayoade. The appointments take effect […]
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The Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the war path with Governor Yahaya Bello after passing a vote of no confidence in him. The party has also reported the governor officially to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Bello is accused of sidelining members of the state executive council and other […]
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KOGI State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of a former Deputy Speaker of the State House of assembly, Mr Simeon Achuba, as the state’s deputy governor. The approval was immediately followed by Achuba’s swearing-in behind closed doors as journalists were barred from the Banquet Hall of the Government House, the venue of the inauguration […]
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DEPUTY Governor-elect of Kogi State, Mr. James Faleke, has said he was not invited to Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony and that he had no reason to attend the event. He explained that this was because he was challenging the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare the November 21 governorship election inconclusive in court. […]
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JOE Igbokwe, the publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, has faulted the ruling party for picking Yahaya Bello to replace the late governorship candidate of the party, Abubakar Audu, in the November 21 governorship poll in Kogi State. Bello who was inaugurated today amidst the crisis within the Kogi APC as […]
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