Who is talking about salaries in Kogi State? The talk of the town is Governo Yahaya Bello’s newly completed state-of-the-art country home on Mahmoud Atta street, GRA, Okene. Dignitaries at the house-warming ceremony included Abdul Rahman Ado Ibrahim, Ohinoyi of Ebira land. The mansion is described by some as a thing of beauty. Below are […]
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Senators on Wednesday, resolved to alleviate the plight of workers in Kogi following the non payment of salaries by the state government and have therefore donated 1,260 bags of rice to the workers. The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Dino Melaye made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. As a followup, 40 […]
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The abductors of Sam Unwuchola, a Magistrate with Kogi judiciary, have demanded for N100 million ransom. He was kidnapped at Jimgbe, near Salem University, on the Ajaokuta-Lokoja road around 7pm on Thursday. According to a source in the state judiciary, the gunmen shot and wounded the magistrate’s friend whose name was yet to be known, […]
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Two persons died on-the-spot on Sunday in an accident which occurred on the Ajaokuta/Ayangba Road in Kogi State. The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Olusegun Martins, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that the accident, which involved a car and a mini-bus, occurred at the Ogbabo/Ojodu-Idah […]
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A federal high court in Abuja has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to proceed with the process of recalling Dino Melaye, Senator representing Kogi West in the upper legislative chamber. In June, the government of Kogi state claimed it had got the signatures of 188,588 of Melaye’s constituents for his recall from the […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Sept. 11 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by Sen. Dino Melaye (APC- Kogi), challenging his planned recall by some voters in his constituency. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, fixed the September date after listening to arguments from all parties involved in the suit. The Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) on Saturday said the death toll in the Friday petrol tanker accident in Felele area of Lokoja, has risen to 13. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Olusegun Martins, told journalists in Lokoja that three other victims died Friday night. He said a staff of the Kogi state Polytechnic […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is not aware of any moves to recall Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Explaining the processes involved in […]
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Two million and two hundred thousand Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs are to be shared to Kogi communities in the campaign to eliminate malaria in the state. Mr Godwin Aidemagbon, Team Lead, National Campaign Immunisation Team/Presidential Malaria Initiative, said at the inauguration of LLIN Coordinating Campaign Network (LCCN), on Tuesday in Lokoja. The News Agency […]
Continue ReadingSix people , including a mother, three of her children and two of their neighbours on Tuesday lost their lives in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi after eating a meal made from cassava flour. The Public Relations Officer of Adavi Local Government, Abdulhamid Salahudeen, told journalists on phone that three of the victims died […]
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