By Matthew Ochada The Forum of former political appointees who served under the previous Wada administration in Kogi State has pledged to go back to farming in order to tackle the issue of food scarcity in the state. However, they are requesting that the new governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, pay them their outstanding salaries so…
Hon. Matthew Ochada (HMO), an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain from Omala Local Government Area, has conveyed his heartfelt felicitations to Hon. Atuluku Victor Levi, who has been nominated as the Commissioner designate for the Kogi State Ministry of Transportation. In an official statement issued today, Hon. Ochada expressed unwavering confidence in Hon. Atuluku’s…
Gunmen kill police , Civil Defence , Traders, abducts expatriate construction workers in Kogi. In a well coordinated and simultaneous attack by gunmen on some banks at Anyigba,a University town in kogi East and on a construction site at Obangede , headquarters of Okehi LGA left a civil defence officer, policeman and some road side…
TRIBUTE TO A MAN OF GOD AND A PRINCE OF OGORILAND: REV. BENNETT ABEGBOYE OLABAYO. By Emmanuel Bolaji Boro Rev. Bennett Adegboye Olabayo, was born on February 20, 1951, in Ogori, in Ogori/ Magongo Local Government of present-day Kogi State, Nigeria, to Pa. Joseph and Ma. Esther Olabayo both of blessed memories. He…
* Appointment well deserved The entire people of Omala Local Government Area of kogi state have expressed utmost appreciation to his excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, for the appointment of Atuluku Victor Levi as commissioner designate for ministry of Transportation from the area. Addressing a world press conference in Lokoja on Thursday , a…
_…Commends Tinubu’s Efforts. Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs), has emphasized the necessity for increased investment and dedication to initiatives aimed at empowering women and promoting gender inclusion across Nigeria. Orelope-Adefulire made this assertion in a statement released by her Special Assistant on media, Desmond…
The Federal Government through its Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP-AF) assisted by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has distributed input to 534 farmers to boost rice production in Kogi State. The items distributed include: NPK and Urea fertilisers, selective and non selective herbicides, free energy water pump and solar-ppwered water pump and high…
Alleging Senator Sunday Karimi’s Eight Months In Office Of Non-Performance Unnecessary, Callous, Political, Needless And Untimely -Kogi West Coalition Youth Group A front-line coalition of youth groups in Kogi West Senatorial District has condemned in totality the alleged condemnation of the Senator representing the good people of Kogi West by some constituents describing it as…
Abiodun Muftau Yunusa: SA on Agriculture, Synergizing To Resolve Nigeria’s Food Crises. BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF. Before now, an adage says two heads are better than one, but in the current dispensation going by tue digital age and demands of the 21st century, many heads are now better than one hence thr on going collaboration in…
30 Salem University graduates call to bar – VC Prof Alewo Johnson-Akubo, Vice Chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, on Wednesday said 30 graduates of the University have been called to Bar by the Body of Benchers (BOB) in Nigeria. The VC, who made the disclosure in Lokoja, described the development as a “cheering” and “encouraging news”…