PEACE GRADUALLY RETURNS TO OMALA AFTER YEARS OF HOSTILITIES AS FULANI HERDERS EMBRACE PEACE INITIATIVES. Over the years, Omala people have lived with many settlers including the fulani herders. Like in other human relationship, there were occasions of rifts between the indigenous farmers and the herders. How ever, in the past, such cases of clashes…
The Kogi State Government has expressed her readiness to collaborate with corporate organisations to enhance educational development of learners in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology Hon. Wemi Jones, disclosed this when Mr. Olorunleke Ojo, the Super Eagles 3rd Goal Keeper in the just concluded 2023 African Cup of Nations…
James Sani Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has assured NYSC members of its commitment to providing adequate security of their lives and property throughout their service year in the state. The state Governor gave the assurance during the Swearing in ceremony of the 2024 Batch A Stream One Corps members deployed to…
Election petition: Court strikes out APP petition against Gov’ Ododo. ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja has struck out the Petition of the Action Peoples Party (APP), challenging the Election of Alh Ahmed Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State in the November 11, 2023 Governorship Election…
* Lokoja notorious for soaring prices _ Speaker. … As Gov. Ododo warns political appointees against sharp practices. ATABOR Junior The Kogi State Governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has flagged off the distribution of bags of rice to the vulnerable citizens to cushion the current economic hardship. The Governor equally warned those saddled with the…
Gunmen hoard 9 in Oshokoshoko, kogi state. No fewer than 9 persons were violently hoarded into the bush at Oshokoshoko, along Kabba/Obajana/Lokoja road by unknown gunmen. The incident occured on Saturday between 4 and 5pm. An eye witness said the kidnappers were six in numbers, two women and four men brandishing lethal weapons attacked the…
Subsidy removal: UniAbuja, Futm lose 46 professors , more to follow- ASUU. No fewer than 46 professors working with University of Abuja and Federal University of Technology Minna, have died due to hardship experienced after the removal of petroleum subsidy, even as more are expected to follow suit , if drastic economic measures not put…
*Laments proliferation of incompetent personnel in civil service.* The Chairman, the Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof Tunji Olaopa, has said a policy of hiring a thousand mediocre individuals for tasks that could be efficiently handled by 150 experts as well as the poor compensation and pay structure have discouraged skilled professionals from joining…
As part of efforts by the Kogi State Government to cushion effect of water scarcity, occasioned by the ongoing maintenance work on Greater Lokoja Water Works, kogi state government has commenced free supply of portable water to residents of Lokoja using water tankers. The State Commissioner For Water Resources Hon. Engr. Yahaya MD Farouk made…
African welter weight wrestler, commends Gov’ Ododo over appointment of Anyebe , commissioner for Youths, Sports Development. An African Middle Weight wrestling Champion, Aliking Attai Muhammad, has praised kogi state Governor Ahmed Usman over the appointment of Hon. Monday Anyebe , a youthful youth as Commissioner for Youth and sports Development. Boxer ,Aliking Attai Muhammad…
