Kogi State Bureau of land and Urban Development has warned communities within Lokoja’s sixteen kilometers radius to desist from selling or allocating land without government approval. The Director General, Bureau of Land Alhaji Samari Teina Abdulmalik gave the warning during a stakeholders meeting on land administration held in government house Lokoja on Thursday. Abdulmalik,…
As part of effort to ameliorate the current hardship, Kogi State judiciary has received 200 bags of rice as food palliative from the state government. Addressing journalists during the inspection of the food palliative by the Chief Judge of Kogi State Hon. Justice Josiah Majebi at High court in Lokoja, the Chief Registrar High…
A Human Rights Activist based in Kogi State Chief Haruna Ahmed Osike has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Assembly to release fund for the ministry of steel development to enable it commence work in some part of Ajaokuta Steel plant. The Activist also cautioned the federal government and the National…
Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has warned political appointees to steer clear of the food palliatives distributed to alleviate the suffering of the downtrodden in the state. Governor Ododo gave the warning on Tuesday during the flagg-off ceremony of the first quarter 2024 food palliatives distribution in held in Lokoja. The governor who…
The Kogi State Governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has promised to address the problem of food security and economic downturn frontally by embarking on quarterly food palliatives and cash incentives for every household in the state. Governor Ododo who stated this shortly after the meeting of Nigeria Governors forum with President Ahmed Bola Tinubu…
The Executive Director, Conscience For Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, CHRCR, Idris Miliki Abdul has called for more proactive and result oriented sanitation policy that will keep Kogi State clean. Abdul made the call in a statement he issued in Lokoja on Thursday. According to him, there is the need for a review of…
When it comes to the matter of Ajaokuta, it can be incredibly frustrating to witness the facts on the ground. These facts should ideally facilitate the work of those in charge, yet they seem to consistently veer in the opposite direction. This leaves one wondering what knowledge, or perhaps ignorance or concealment, could be…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has condoled with the management and staff of Access Holdings over the death of it’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Herbert Wigwe who died in a helicopter crash in California, the United States of America last week at the age of 57. In a Condolence message personally signed by…
The former Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole has said that Almighty God is the only one that gives position, saying he will never be desperate for any political position. Kolawole who stated this while reacting to a publication by a group, known as Okun Unity and Progressive Group (OUPG)…
The Member Representing Warri Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Rt Hon Thomas Ereyitomi, has hailed Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited and Chief Government Ekpemupolo ( Aka Tompolo) on the onslaught against oil thieves, seeking renewal and expansion of Tantita’s contract. The Lawmaker who is also the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum…