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…
The Kogi State Government has reinstated its commitment to eradicating all forms of Gender-Based Violence. The Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Fatima Kabir-Buba disclosed this on Thursday at a one-day Awareness Creation on Prevention of Gender-Based Violence, organized…
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Zakari Usman, told newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja, that Kogi outshined 10 other states assessed for the project’s Community-Based Nutrition Service Delivery. Usman said the state government received the Certificate of Achievement as Best…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Kogi Area Command says it has seized 15 vehicles valued at about N163 million in different parts of Kogi and Niger. The command also said that it collected about N22.6million as internally-generated revenue (IGR) in…
