Kogi Govt. committed to providing quality education
The Kogi Government is committed to providing a conducive learning environment for pupils and students in its educational institutions, the Deputy Governor, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, has said.
Kogi Council Polls, Wada Warns Mischief Makers
Ahead the May 4, 2013 council polls, the Kogi State Governor Captain Idris Wada, has warned trouble makers to have a rethink, saying the law enforcement agents are properly equipped to handle any ugly situation. Wada who g...
Kogi Sacks Council Bosses Ahead Of Polls
Ahead of the May 5 Local Government elections in Kogi State , Governor Idris Wada has dissolved the interim management team for the 21 councils in the state . The dissolution followed the public outcry over their continued stay in office with election ...
Drunken Lecturer Kills 3 Students At Kogi Poly
At least three students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja were killed by a suspected drunken driver said to be a lecturer in the school. The lecturer was said to have knocked down one miss Taiwo Edilola Omolola, an HND1 student as she...
Kogi Govt. Bans Female Teachers From Wearing Trousers
The Kogi Government has banned female teachers in public primary and secondary schools from wearing trousers during school hours. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Grace Elebiyo, made this known in a statement in Lokoja on Wednesday. According to Ele...
Kogi Govt To Resuscitate Moribund Cassava Processing Plant
The Kogi Deputy Gov, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, says efforts are ongoing to resuscitate the abandoned cassava processing plant in Ijumu Local government Area of the state. Awoniyi disclosed this on Tuesday when he received the Nigerian Representatives of the Kor...
Reps Order SSS, Police To Shut Down Kogi House Of Assembly
The House of Representatives has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Ekpenyong Ita, close down the Kogi State House of Assembly pending the report of its mediation in...
Kogi Assembly Crisis Deepens
The crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly is far from over,as one of the factional groups yesterday flouted the directive of the national assembly,holding session at the assembly complex. LEADERSHIP gathered that 11 out of the 12 members of t...
Kogi Assembly Removes Speaker, Leadership
In a controversial and dramatic manner, the Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday removed the principal officers from office. Twelve out of the 25- member assembly attended the session where the speaker and other principal officers were impeached. 17 ...
FG Approves Kogi Govt’s Plans To Relocate Flood Victims To Estates
Mr Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of Kogi, said that the Federal Government had approved plans to relocate some flood victims to Federal Government Housing Estates in Ajaokuta and Lokoja. The deputy governor disclosed this in a statement issued by h...
No Hope In Sight For Lokoja Gridlock
As travellers continue to count the number of manpower lost to the gridlock on the flooded Abuja-Lokoja highway, there are indications that the situation may grow worse. This is as a result of a truck that fell on the alternative road created by the re...
Car Explodes Near Church In Kogi
Tragedy was averted yesterday in Okene in the central axis of Kogi State, when a car suspected to be on a suicide mission exploded near Living Faith Church with the worshipers escaping bywhiskers. No one seemed to know the actual destination of the sui...
Police Disrupt Activities At NUJ Press Centre In Lokoja
Gun-wielding policemen on Tuesday in Lokoja paralysed activities at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in an attempt to arrest hand-set traders protesting against alleged police manhandling of their members. The News Agency of Ni...
Gunmen Kill Masquerade Custodian In Okene
The 58-year-old custodian of a popular night masquerade in Okene, Kogi, Malam Muhammed Jaguda, has been killed by unknown gunmen who allegedly kidnapped him from his residence. The body of Jaguda, the Ogu Clan night masquerade custodian, was discovered...
Free-For-All, As Tribunal Begins Sitting In Kogi
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal commenced its inaugural sitting in Lokoja yesterday on a sour note, following a clash between the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN). The ...