Tag: Kogi State Government
Forum reassures on projecting Kogi government activities
While having a press briefing shortly after the meeting, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Communications, Jacob…
Kogi govt to citizens: Shun violent protests, Tinubu means well
Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, who stated this in a statement on Sunday, noted that both the…
Kogi to demolish houses, hotels housing Yahoo boys, other criminals
According to him, security agencies will soon go after hotels used by Yahoo Boys, saying appropriate sanctions will be handed…
Kogi govt bans procession in Kotonkarffe, environs
"Acting on security reports to maintain the peace enjoyed in Kotonkarfe and its environs in Kogi Local Government Area of…
Kogi: Ododo flags-off wet season farming with over 100 tractors
Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Geregu, Ajaokuta local government area, governor Ododo noted that investment in agriculture is…
Kogi govt expresses shock over murder of 2 kidnapped students
"The Kogi State Government expresses deep shock and sorrow over the callous killing of two of the yet-to-be-released students of…
Kogi govt confirms rescue of 6 more abducted varsity students
Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The students were whisked…
Kogi govt, NGO to launch vaccination against cervical cancer
The Focal Person for Social Behavioural Change, JSI, Kannah Ibrahim, called attention to dangers of HPV and charged participants to…
Kogi govt raises alarm as EFCC goes after ex-gov. Bello
It called on the President to step in to save the integrity of the EFCC from those “pushing the Commission…
Kogi govt stops salaries of 231 civil servants
Odiyo said that the affected civil servants failed to comply with Kogi State government’s directive to update their records.
Kogi clamps down on illegal miners: Arrests 10, confiscates 50 trucks
By Richard Elesho As part of efforts to sanitise the mining industry and implement its economic blueprint, the Kogi State…
FG flags off cash transfer to the vulnerable, as Kogi gets new ministry
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, while flagging off the distribution of grants to the…
Kogi govt queries traditional ruler over ‘partisan role’ during election
Dated 22 November and signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Salami Ozigi Deedat, the letter…
Kogi freezes all State, LG accounts
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris said no impress or any form of payment should…
Governorship poll: Kogi govt plots takeover of all hotel rooms
The Kogi government has initiated move to take over all hotel rooms in the state from Saturday 4 to Sunday…
Kogi govt accused of hijacking FG’s palliatives for APC members
However, on Wednesday evening, the state government, in a statement, clarified that the palliatives would be distributed to citizens across…
Kogi govt clears air on subsidy removal palliative plans
Kogi government said it is working on an inter-ministerial approach that will address short, medium, and long term concerns over…
Kogi Govt. reacts to vandalisation of SDP campaign office
The Commissioner assured that Gov Yahaya Bello’s administration would continue to support law enforcement agencies to ensure free, fair and…
Kogi govt accuses opposition of protesting in support of criminals
Kogi government claimed that the protesters are supporting criminals, while insisting that there are no extrajudicial killings in the state.
Insecurity: Kogi govt knocks ACF chair Gabriel Aduku
Fanwo said the Arewa Chief was "promoting tension, fear and division in a state that is largely peaceful."
Flood: NIWA donates cash, food items to Kogi govt
By Richard Elesho/Lokoja The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has donated food items and N5 million cash to Kogi state…
Kogi NMA decries poor welfare package
The NMA also expressed dismay over the human resource gaps in various health Institutions at all levels in the state.
Gov. Bello sets up committee on third Kogi varsity
Professor Obafemi, chairman of the committee, expressed the committee's commitment to diligently fulfilling the dreams of the Governor and the…
Kogi govt signs family court rules, practice direction into law
The family court came into existence about 10 years ago and needed to have the rules of the court and…
‘Suspects apprehended’ – Kogi govt reacts to death of traditional ruler in kidnappers’ custody
Obadofin who was abducted alongside a lady in his cashew farm died in custody of his kidnappers after being held…
Court orders EFCC to seize 14 property in Lagos, Abuja, Dubai linked to Kogi Govt.
The presiding Judge, Nicholas Oweibo granted the order following an ex-parte application filed before the court by the EFCC's Legal…
N3bn fraud allegation: Kogi tackles EFCC, asks IGP to arrest Bawa
But the Kogi state government, in the statement, also called on the Inspector-General of Police to immediately arrest of Bawa…
Buhari: Ohinoyi tackles Kogi govt, accuses Governor of lying to President
He therefore described the allegations against him as very unfortunate” and “unfair to his ripe age and experience."
Kogi govt opens up on arraignment of Gov. Bello’s nephew for 10bn fraud
Bello and Sulaiman are accused of fraudulently withdrawing a sum of N10, 270,556,800 (Ten Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy Million,…
Shafiu Ibrahim: DSS exonerates Kogi govt from terror suspect’s ordeal
She had also claimed that despite being pregnant, the DSS personnel that broke into their house assaulted her and others…