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Kogi NGO Network, KONGONET, has raised alarm over the growing insecurity in the state, saying they have lost confidence in the security architecture put in place by Governor Yahaya Bello to address recent upsurge in Crime in Kogi State. KONGONET chairman, Idris Ozovehe Muraina in a statement on Saturday, called on the governor to change…
By Tom Ohikhere The Nigerian businessman, founder and chairman of an industrial conglomerate in Africa ” Dangote Group” who is also the richest man in Africa, Alh. Aliko Dangote owns the biggest cement factory in sub-Saharan Africa ” the Obajana plant” in the Western Kogi State expected to produce about 10 million tonnes of cement…
The Kogi state council of the Nigeria Union of journalists has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to restore military checkpoints on Okene – lokoja- Abuja road to check the activities of blood thirsty criminals on the road. A statement signed by the council chairman Adeiza Momohjimoh and Secretary Ademu Seidu said the road has become…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says there will be flood in 102 local government areas in 28 states across the country. In a statement on Friday, Muhammadu Muhammed, NEMA director-general, said the yearly seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) and annual flood outlook (AFO) released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) predicted the floods in…
‘Late Yawa was an intelligent teacher and a respected senior brother,that was loved by all,he served very dutifully deligently. We are all very sad when we heard of his demised” Those were the words of Engineer Danladi Farouk,the Director of Lokoja Local Administration,earlier today when he paid a condolace visit to the family of Late…
The Lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly Hon. Tunde Braimoh is dead. Braimoh died at the early hours of Friday, barely one month after the death of another lawmaker from Kosofe, late Senator Bayo Osinowo. Senator Bayo Pepperito Osinowo dies at 65 Lagos hints Senator Osinowo dies of coronavirus…
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…
A media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Salihu Tanko Yakasai has mocked Dino Melaye, former Kogi West Senator. Yakasai said the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has relegated Melaye from a Senator to a cheap clown. He noted that governor Bello has relegated the former Senator into making videos from his home….
A 29 year-old suspected kidnapper and killer, Lekan Raheem, has told newsmen that he and his nine man-gang specialised in kidnaping children. The gang which consists of two females and seven males killed their victims and sold their body parts to ritualists. Raheem, a resident of Ojo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, made the confession…
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…
