Gunmen have abducted 23 pupils and the wife of a school proprietor following an attack on an orphanage and school facility in the Zariagi area of Lokoja, Kogi State. Newsmen gathered that the incident, which occurred late Sunday, targeted a facility identified as Dahallukitab Group of Schools. Confirming the development in a statement on Monday,…
The Kogi State Government has ordered the temporary closure of selected markets and motor parks across parts of the state as part of intensified security operations aimed at flushing out terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements. The decision was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo,…
The Kogi State Government has reiterated its commitment to tackling erosion and flooding through the deployment of infrastructure designed to provide lasting solutions to ecological challenges across the State. Speaking in Lokoja on Saturday, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, said the Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo-led administration is determined to change the…
Twelve inmates escaped in a jailbreak in the early hours of Monday in Kogi State. Kogi State Government confirmed this in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Femi Fanwo. He commended the swift response of security agencies to the jailbreak at the Federal Correctional Center in Kotonkarfe, where 12 inmates…
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo, has directed the immediate cessation of the policy mandating the presentation of parents’ Tax Clearance Certificates (TCC) as a prerequisite for students’ enrolment in state-owned tertiary institutions. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), Alhaji Sule Enehe, during a media briefing…
The Acting Executive Secretary, Kogi State Agency for the Control of Aids, Ibrahim Anate, has declared that no fewer than 50,000 people are currently living with HIV/AIDs in the state. Anate disclosed this in an interactive session with journalists during a road Walk in commemoration of the 2024 World AIDS Day in Lokoja, the state…
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo, has approved the sum of N10,000 as harmonization allowance for all pensioners in the state. The governor made the approval after the presentation of the pension report by the Head of Civil Service, Elijah Evenemi. Odoso said his administration is committed in prioritizing the welfare of senior citizens in…
By Yetunde Oke Two Public Affairs Analysts, say the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is not ready for free and fair governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states, considering its antecedents. The Public Affairs Analysts, Comrade Abiodun Bamgboye and Engineer Kemi Babawale said this while featuring on Pensioners’ FM political programme, “The Searchlight.” According…