The Police Command in Kogi has enjoined officers and men to be professional and human rights-compliant in the discharge of their duties during Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. The instruction was given by Yekini Ayoku, the Commissioner of Police…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has debunked online reports that there was a bomb explosion in its offices at Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. The Kogi State Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Gabriel…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund, Dr Sanusi Ohiare, has declared his intention to join the race for the Kogi State governorship election. Sanusi made his intention known through a letter on Monday submitted to the leadership…
The Kogi Government says it is raising its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base to N36 billion this year. The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Asiwaju Idris,disclosed this on Thursday in Lokoja. He spoke at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),…
…Asks IGP to immediately arrest EFCC boss, commit him to prison … Says Nigerians know Commission’s media trial is politically motivated The Kogi State Government has lambasted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for…
The Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara State governments have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to halt the full implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s naira redesign policy. The lawsuit…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has deployed no fewer than 3,508 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, (BVAS) for the 2023 general election in Kogi State. The electoral body subsequently announced Saturday, February 4th 2023 for the conduct of mock accreditation…
Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) candidate for Yagba West Constituency in the Kogi House of Assembly, Mr Opeyemi Ajagun, has resigned from the party. In a letter dated Jan. 25 and addressed to his Ejiba Ward, Yagba West chairman, Ajagun also…
A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Southwest states to court over the state of insecurity of the inhabitants of the region. The group also joined Kwara, Kogi and Edo states, with…
A non-governmental organisation — Challenged Parenthood Initiative — has expressed concern about what it describes as poor response to COVID-19 vaccination by the residents of Kogi. The Executive Director of the organisation, Mrs Eunice Abimbola, expressed the concern in Lokoja…
