…Law Students, Undergraduates To Earn N300,000 And N30,000 Respectively. In his commitment to education and welfare of Kogi Students, the Chief Servant of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has approved the sum of ₦316 million as bursary allowances for 8,750 already verified undergraduate students of Kogi State origin. As part of this initiative, law students…
Senator I. D. Gyang has charged the newly elected PDP State EXCO in Kogi State to quickly rise to the challenge of providing good leadership which will engender reconciliation and inclusion in so doing, earn the confidence of the critical stakeholders and members of the party in the state. Senator Gyang made the remarks in…
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on the appeals filed by Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) regarding the 2023 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. The appeals challenge the declarations made by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on the outcome of the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted INTERPOL over plans by former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to escape from Nigeria to North African Sources within the anti-graft agency revealed that various strategies are being considered to address the situation, including the possibility of storming the Kogi State Government House in Lokoja, where…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the successful rescue of seven abducted students from Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi State. This is part of the ongoing rescue operation and efforts to combat insecurity. A statement by the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, SP William Aya,…
The Kogi State Government has shut down 17 tertiary institutions operating without formal accreditation in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones disclosed this during an oversight function of the House of Assembly standing Committee on Education, Science and Technology, led by Hon. Idris Aliyu Mekudi. The Commissioner maintained that…
Wonders they say shall never end. How else can one describe the action of the new deputy governor of Kogi state and his wife during the inauguration of governor Usman Ododo The deputy governor Salifu Joel Oyibo and his wife left tongues wagging on Saturday after they prostrated before the immediate past governor of the…
Usman Ododo, has been sworn in as the Kogi State Governor. Ododo, a member of the All Progressives Congress, took his oath of office as the state governor in Lokoja, the state capital on Saturday, following his victory on November 11, 2023. The new governor took over from his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, whose second term…
A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics ha revealed that Kogi, Lagos, and Rivers are the most expensive states in Nigeria NBS’s November latest Consumer report L stated that Kogi (33.28 per cent), Lagos (32.30 per cent), and Rivers (32.25 per cent) states recorded the prices on a year-on-year basis. Meanwhile, Borno (22.47…
In a jubilant atmosphere that echoed hope and promise, thousands of residents in Kogi State erupted in joy as President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Renewed Hope Grant for the Vulnerable Groups, a beacon of optimism for the poorest of the poor. The ceremony, graced by dignitaries, radiated a sense of renewed commitment to the welfare…
