Governor Bello to establish Confluence University in Kogi 

Governor Yahaya Bello led Kogi State Government has initiated a legislative bill for the establishment of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, in the state. The move was aimed at training manpower in science-related courses to feed available industries in the state. The State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, disclosed this at…

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No WAEC this year, says Federal Government

The Federal Government has declared that final year students won’t participate in the forthcoming West African Examination Council, WAEC, examinations,slated from 5th of August 2020. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known while speaking with State House Correspondents shortly after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. According to the minister, schools…

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Geemony Global Kleener workers protest over non-payment of over one year salaries

‌Workers of Geemony Global Kleener,a waste management company,on Wednesday staged a peaceful Protest in Lokoja to demand the payment of their over one year outstanding salaries from Kogi state Government. The workers who walked through Aliyu Attah Road to Government House Lokoja carried placard with various inscriptions. Some of the placards read, “Pay us our…

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Resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company: Federal Govt to Spend $1.45bn Ajaokuta and Iron ore Company

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, in Abuja said that the resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) projects will gulp about $1.45 billion (about N522 billion). The minister who made the disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja, said the fund would be sourced…

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