The immediate past Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Yomi Kolawole has condemned some section of people claiming to be member of Okun Development Association who had visited President Ahmed Bola Tinubu demanding for governor. Recalled that the group led by Professor Michael Ikupolati, visited the President at the Presidential Villa…
Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aliyu Umar Yusuf has appealed to the state government to provide succour to citizens of the state to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal by the federal government. The Speaker made the appeal in an address he delivered during the state legislature’s plenary on…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been charged to adopt a comprehensive development agenda as a piecemeal approach to deal with the challenges facing the country. The charge was contained in a Communique issued at the end of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Leaders Intervention meeting on Petrol Subsidy Removal and Palliatives by the Federal Government…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has received the second list of President Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial nominees for confirmation. The list that was delivered by the former Speaker of the House of Representative and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, towards the tail end of the screening of the first batch had…
Following the planned Nationwide Labour protest across the country, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of zone 8, AIG Babatunde Ishola has appealed to the organized labour in Kogi State for a peaceful protest scheduled for today Wednesday. The appeal was contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relation Officer…
Kogi State Government has declared free education for Basic and post primary education in the state. Governor Yahaya Bello made this known at the Government House Lokoja while addressing Kogi state Executives of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA and Medical students from Federal University, Lokoja. According to the governor , the decision was…
The Nigerian Ambassador to Togo, Adebowale J. Adesina, has urged Nigerians at home and abroad to promote good image of Nigeria in their chosen fields of endeavors as great representatives of Nigeria in other Countries. Ambassador Adesina stated this in Lome when a group of Nigerians bestowed with academic honours paid visit to the…
The Dekina old Boys Association, (DOBA), class of 77, said it was putting measures in place to restore the lost glory of the school which used to be a reference point in the past. The old boys stated this during their meeting to celebrate the silver jubilee of the school in grand re-union,…
Ahead of November 11th, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, five political parties under the aegis of United Progressive Political Parties in the State and their respective candidates have endorsed the candidature of the All Progressive Congress (APC) flag bearer, Ahmed Usman Ododo. The political parties and their candidates are APP – Onaji Sunday,…
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, receives the new Commander of the 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Lokoja, Brigadier General H.I Dasuki, at his office in Lokoja on Friday. Speaking during the meeting, Governor Bello reaffirmed his administration unwavering commitment to supporting the security agencies in the state, including the vigilantes group, in…