The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has adopted Indirect Primary method ahead of its governorship primary election for Kogi State. Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, National Publicity Secretary of the party, in a statement on Friday, said the approval was given after a meeting of the NWC yesterday “where a formal request from […]
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Governments of states Kano Zamfara, Kwara, Rivers, Kogi and Edo, have confirmed their readiness to pay the new N30,000 minimum wage. On his part, Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano State, confirmed to The Nation that, “we are ready to pay N30,000 monthly salary, because the welfare of our workers is paramount to anything and we […]
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says authorities have approved the establishment of a ‘Special Forces Battalion’ Barracks to be located in Okene, Kogi. Buratai disclosed this on Friday to journalists in Okene after inspecting the proposed site of the new barracks at Okene Secondary School in Okene Local Government Area. Represented […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Saturday, postponed the state House of Assembly election across Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi state. The Electoral Officer, Mopamuro LGA, Opanachi Ojodale, told the News Agency of Nigeria, at the INEC office in Mopa, that the election was postponed to Sunday, March 10, due to wrong ballot papers […]
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The helicopter which conveyed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo from Abuja to Kabba in Kogi state, crash-landed as a result of unusual weather condition. Caverton Helicopters, owners of the aircraft, said this in a statement issued on Saturday. Osinbajo was on a campaign trip to Kogi when the chopper crash-landed in Kabba. There were no injuries recorded during the […]
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Former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has debunked the story published by some online and print media that he is the father of the member Representing Ajaokuta Federal constituency, Lawal Mohammed IDRIS. The ex governor who made this known in a statement signed by his media office said aside the coincidence in the names […]
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Mr Abdullahi Kirawa, Deputy Comptroller and National Coordinator, Comptroller General Strike Force, said the team seized 4,200 50kg bags of smuggled rice in Mopa village, near Kabba in Kogi. Kirawa made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja. He said the seizures were as a result of synergy between the Nigeria Police, Army, […]
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Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, who was last week, assumed to have been abducted after his associates claimed he ran into unknown assailants as he travelled towards Kogi State, has narrated his ordeal. The senator said he was on his way to court for a third appearance in his ongoing trial for […]
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The Kogi State Police Command has summoned Senator Dino Melaye to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his armed guards fired on a team of policemen on patrol duties in the state. A police sergeant was the victim of the shooting, the police said and is recuperating in the hospital. The Kogi […]
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A Deputy Director in the Kogi Ministry of Education, Mr Haruna David, suddenly collapsed and died in his office on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lokoja that late David collapsed at about 3 p.m. He was immediately rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where he was pronounced dead by medical officials […]
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