Tag: Kogi State
Staff screening: State to prosecute workers with fake certificates
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday received the final report of the staff screening exercise, with a vow to…
Fleeing Car Thief Arrested in Kogi
A suspected car thief, Matthias Isha, 28 who allegedly stole a Toyota Camry car with registration number SMK-318DD valued at…
Gunmen attack Kogi police station, kill two policemen, detainee
Some gunmen in the early hours of Friday, attacked a police station at Eika community in Okehi Local Government Area…
Dangote sacks 109 workers
The Dangote Group has dismissed 109 workers at Obajana Cement Company in Kogi State, after being found guilty of various…
Arrest of Journalist: Kogi NUJ boycotts govt activities
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi council on Monday directed journalists in the state to boycott government activities to…
Governor Yahaya Bello is not sick – Fanwo
The Director General, Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, has dismissed rumour that Governor Yahaya…
Death toll in Kogi ‘Amala’ meal poison rises to 9
Three more that partook in the cassava flour meal in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi have lost their lives.…
Kogi polio-free, says State Immunisation Officer
Mr. Amaje John, the Kogi State Immunisation Officer, on Thursday said that the state had been polio-free since 2009. John…
NUT urges Kogi to pay teachers’ salaries
The Chairman of the Kogi State Branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr Abdullahi Suleiman, on Monday appealed to…
Suspected kidnap syndicate arrested in Kogi
The Department of State Services’ Command has intensified efforts towards eliminating the threat of lives following the increase in kidnapping…
Imam emerges new Kogi Speaker, as Momoh-Lawal resigns
The legislative brouhaha that hampered activities in the Kogi State House of Assembly has finally come to an end following…
N1.4b Fraud: Ex-Kogi LG boss loses post-conviction bail bid
Convicted former Caretaker Chairman of Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State, Gabriel Daudu, on Monday lost his post conviction…
Only civil servants with correct information will be paid – Auditor General
The Government of Kogi State has directed the heads of Teaching Service Commission (TSC); Science, Technology, Technical and Education Board…
Kidnapping: IGP orders deployment of special strike force to Kogi
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris has ordered the immediate deployment of a Special Strike Force…
Yahaya Bello is Kogi Governor for a purpose, says Kumuyi
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry Worldwide, Pastor Williams F. Kumuyi, has said the emergence of Alhaji…
Kogi state: Auditor-general blames council staff for salary delay
Alhaji Ahmed Ododo, the Kogi Auditor General for Local Governments, on Monday, blamed council staff for the delay in payment…
NDLEA arrests 94, seizes 2 tons of Cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kogi Command, said on Saturday that it had arrested 94 suspects, including seven…
Kidnapping: Army deploys special forces to Kogi
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said the Nigerian Army would soon deploy special forces to…
Gov. Bello sends commissioner-nominees to Assembly
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has named fifteen commissioner nominees, about four months after he took over the affairs…
Kidnapping: IG deploys helicopter, mobile cops to Kogi
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, has approved the deployment of a helicopter and more policemen to Kogi…
Kidnapped judge, retired judicial worker regain freedom
Mr Timothy Salihu, Area Court Judge and Alhaji Aliyu Okeme, retired Chief Inspector of Area Courts in Kogi, kidnapped on…
Lawyer, judicial worker kidnapped in Kogi
A lawyer and a judiciary worker in Kogi State have been abducted by gunmen believed to be kidnappers and taken…
Gov. Bello signs N99.9b budget of change
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Monday signed the state’s 2016 appropriation bill of N99.9 billion into law. He…
Kogi state: Gov. Bello warns new council administrators
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed and inaugurated a five-member caretaker committees for each of the 21 local government…
Kogi workers to resume strike over non-payment of salaries
Organised labour in Kogi said on Monday in Lokoja that it would resume strike to impress it on the state…
N1.4bn fraud: Ex-Kogi lawmaker jailed 154 years
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State on Monday sentenced a former member of the Kogi State House…
Education standard in Kogi is unacceptable – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has reiterated his determination to prioritize educational development in the state, noting that, the…
3 Osun State officials kidnapped in Kogi
Three Osun Government officials were on Friday kidnapped by gunmen on the Obajana – Lokoja road in Kogi. The victims…
We met Kogi in shambles, says Gov Bello
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi said on Thursday that he met the state in shambles, but expressed the determination of…
I won Kogi governorship election, Wada insists
Ousted governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada on Wednesday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that he…