Senate passes bill to establish orthopedic Hospital in Dekina, The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish orthopaedic hospital in Dekina, Kogi State and Federal Medical Centre in Deba, Gombe State. In the red chamber, a bill to establish the federal colleges of Education in Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State and Bassambiri, Bayelsa State also scaled…
National Library steps up Campaign On Reading Culture among students in Kogi The National Library of Nigeria (NLN), has embarked on awareness campaign drive across the country with a call on school children and youths to have attitudinal change and imbibe reading culture. The National Liberian/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Chinwe Anunobi, made the…
Breaking ; 4 dead , 13 rescued alive, one missing as 18 seater bus plunged into river in kogi ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA. No fewer than Four corpse have been recovered and 13 others rescued alive while one person still missing as an 18 seater bus plunged into the Black River a tributary to river Niger…
International Peace Day; Bello blames insecurity on Compromise by Elites. ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA. Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello has attributed the increase in banditry and kidnapping in some parts of the country to compromise by some individuals across the country. Governor Bello stated this on Tuesday in Lokoja to mark 2021 International Peace…
2023: Presidency: PDP not in power to rotate power – Hon. Alfred Bello. A former Kogi State Lawmaker and Treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the State, Hon. Alfred Bello, has advised proponents of power rotation to have a rethink as the party is not in power at the centre that would warrant…
NEWMAP: Kogi Govt Inspects Ongoing Erosion Control Projects, Expresses Satisfaction With Work Done The Kogi State Government has embarked on the inspection and monitoring of the ongoing erosion projects being executed by the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (Kogi-NEWMAP) across the state. The members of the Steering and Technical Committee of Kogi…
NSCDC Commandant Commends Gov. Bello For Establishing Citizens’ Rights Commission In Kogi The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, Suleiman Mafara, has applauded His Excellency, Gov. Yahaya Bello for establishing the Office of the Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission (PDCRC), to promote fundamental human rights in the state. Mafara gave…
The Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, has congratulated the State’s Caretaker Chairman of APC, Hon Abdulahi Bello, on the occasion of his birthday celebration. A statement by the Commissioner in Lokoja on Monday, described the APC State caretaker Chairman as a great politician and dependable leader with fantastic qualities….
Says, NSCDC officer in kidnap saga a deserter.. The Kogi state Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC on Monday said it has arrested an electrical cable thief and an Impostor of Abuja Electric Distribution Company AEDC who specialises in defrauding unsuspecting customers in Lokoja metropolis. This is just as…
Mailafia ; MBF, Wife suspect foul play. The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) on Sunday narrated how the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Mailafia Obadiah died of negligence. The Forum, which said that his death at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Sunday came as a…