Minders of Ahmed Usman Ododo, the governor of the confluence state of Kogi, flung him into the public square of opprobrium and derision last May. Ododo, by the way, was the Auditor-General in-charge of local government councils under Yahaya Bello. The orchestra of sycophants he inherited from his benefactor and predecessor, Bello, eager to ingratiate themselves to him articulated a …

The Heritage and Legacy Foundation has urged girls in Kogi state to embrace information technology to enable them to function properly in leadership positions in whatever sector they find themselves in future. The founder of the foundation, Hassan Abdul stated this on Saturday at the 2024 edition of Kogi ‘Girltech’ 2024 event, an annual “Girls in ICT” commemorative event that …

The Kogi State police command has said two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, have been killed. Earlier reports revealed that gunmen invaded the university on 9 May and abducted students, who were preparing for their examinations. On 14 May, Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo said 20 students were rescued with …

An additional six kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi State, have been rescued unhurt. This increased to 20, the number of students already rescued by a combined team of security operatives and local hunters. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made this known yesterday in a statement in Lokoja. The …

The organised labour in Kogi State has demanded the immediate implementation of N35,000 wage award for workers in the state. Addressing the May Day rally on Wednesday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Gabriel Amari, said the current N30,000 national minimum wage fell short of meeting workers’ basic needs in view of the current …

There’s always the tendency to ascribe our failings and flailings in our developmental and democratic growth as a nation, to our amoeboid leadership recruitment process. I differ slightly though from this perspective. My contention is that prospective leaders must first be identified and groomed before they can be deployed to the various sectors we expect them to function. Tunji Olaopa’s …

Two persons have been confirmed dead while two others were hospitalised in Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba East council area of Kogi State after drinking a concoction. The event happened on Tuesday evening when the four of them decided to experiment on combining some fruits and roots. According to Information gathered from one of the youth leaders of the area, the …

Kogi State Government has raised the alarm over what it described as a desperate attempt by ‘criminals masquerading as politicians’ to tarnish the image of the immediate past governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, the government wondered why the EFCC had, in …

On the heels of the 2023 climate change summit, codenamed COP28, the Federal Government has established a Bamboo Processing Factory in Karara, Kogi State, to bolster local content development in the production of toothpicks and other products. Minister of Environment, Mallam Balarabe Lawal revealed this at the 2023 World Bamboo Day in Abuja. According to him, in pursuant to this, …

Ekiti and Kogi state governments have directed hospitals and medical facilities in their respective states to receive victims of gunshots for immediate treatment in their facilities even without a police report. The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti State, Dr Oyebanji Filani, said the directive followed the order of the Inspector General of Police on the treatment of gunshot victims and …