* Dedicates Award to Gov. Ododo. The Senior Special Assistant SSA to Kogi state Governor on Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Hon. Sunday Paul, has been bestowed with 2026 centre for Ethics and value self reorientation leadership award . Other recipients of the highly coveted award are Dr. Sandra Mimi, Ahammed Saba ,…
Regulation by Sunlight: How Transparency Is Changing Nigeria’s Telecoms Sector Bad behaviour does not fare well under exposure. People, institutions, and systems tend to be at their best when the spotlight is on them. A United States Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, captured the power of transparency aptly when he observed in a 1913 article…
NVMA shuts Quack Vet.clinic in kogi The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Kogi State chapter has shut down a veterinary store, Geo-Vex Agroventure, in Sango community, Kabba, for operating illegally and providing quack services to unsuspecting customers. The store was found to be mixing antibiotics in plastic bottles and storing vaccines improperly, posing a health…
The dare devil kidnappers have killed two persons and abducted thirteen others in series of coordinated operations across Kogi East Local Government Areas of state. The attacks which took place on Wednesday 4th of March, 2026 and early morning on the following day left two people dead. According to the locals, traders from Kogi East…
Kakanda, Kogi State – The Kakanda Kingdom has a new traditional ruler, as His Excellency Usman Ahmed Ododo, the Governor of Kogi State, has approved the appointment of Engr. Dr. Faruk Muhammad Kakanda as the Agankyu of Kakanda, a First-Class Traditional Ruler, effective March 4, 2026. The appointment, made in accordance with the Kogi…
A new grassroots movement, Working People United, was officially unveiled in Abuja on March 6, 2026, with the aim of mobilizing Nigerians to support the continuation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms and policies geared towards national development and economic stability. The movement’s coordinator, Comrade (Prince) Williams Eniredonana Akporeha, stated that Working People…
South-South Governors Earn Praise from PAP Boss for Smooth APC Congresses The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, has commended Governors of the South-South zone for the peaceful conduct of the just-concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) ward and state congresses in their states. He noted that the pragmatic efforts of the…
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has been commended for expanding healthcare services to hard-to-reach and underserved communities across the state. According to a report by kogistate.gov.ng , the Senior Health Specialist of the World Bank, Dr. Onoriode Ezire, gave the commendation during a monitoring and assessment visit to selected facilities under the…
As VP call for Unity, Support The Technical Adviser to Ministry Of Information & Communications, Kogi State, Comrade Ebenezer Adurodija on Wednesday hosted working journalists in Kogi state to Muslim Ramadan and Lent Breakfast, urged them to continue to support Kogi state government in all its activities. The breakfast was held at…
The leadership of Kogi Civil Society Organization, have praised the current administration of Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo for placing transparency and accountability on the front burner of his administration. This is as the Kogi State Commissioner For Water Resources Engr. Yahaya MD Farouk assured that fairness and transparency will not be compromised in the…