Kogi State

Ayodele Olalere In late September this year, Kogi State began to experience one of the flood disasters in Nigeria. The Niger and Benue rivers broke their banks and overran the state. Hundreds of homes were submerged, in the state…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a governorship campaign council for the Kogi State governorship election, the state party chairman has said. The state’s APC chairman, Alhaji Haadi Ametuo, who announced this, last…

The Senate has passed a bill to enable the Federal Government takeover the staff, assets and liabilities of the Holley Memorial Hospital Ocahadamu, Kogi State. The passage of the bill was sequel to the consideration of a report by the…

A first-class traditional ruler in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adebayo Joseph Ikusemoro, the Olubunu of Bunuland and Chairman Bunu Traditional Council, has accused some of his children of defrauding the public using his name and…

Joy Anyim Ahead of 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), have warned politicians against what they described as politics of destruction. The two-highly respected…

Wife of Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Mattew Kolawole, Mrs. Esther Zeinab Kolawole, is dead. It was gathered that Mrs. Kolawole died, on Sunday morning, after a brief illness. According to a press statement issued by…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited a former commissioner for education in Kogi State, Oluwayomi David Atte, over his recent comment on the visit of Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to Okunland. Mr. Atte claimed the DSS…

Kogi State Police Command says it has arrested and detained four officers who were filmed collecting bribes and assaulting commuters. A statement on Sunday by the Command’s spokesman William Aya said the police personnel in the video…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday withdrew its suit seeking the forfeiture of the N20billion bailout funds granted to the Kogi State Government by Sterling Bank. Premium Times reports that the money was meant…

A group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Progressives Consolidation Group (PCG), has asked Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Governors Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and Babagana Zulum of Borno State  to support Vice President Yemi…