Category: News
Kabba Day Debacle; Our Collective Hypocrisy and Rapacious Proclivities
adminNov 06, 2017
For a while I deliberately activated observation mode and stayed on the sidelines watching events unfold in my state, Kogi State. I have been asked why the silence and...
Okene Killings Not Politically Motivated – Administrator
adminNov 06, 2017
The Administrator of Okene local government, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad has declared that murder of the two community leaders in Okene has no political undertones. In an...
Conditional Cash Transfer: 213 Facilitators Receive Training in Kogi
adminNov 06, 2017
No fewer than 213 facilitators have received training for the implementation of the Federal Government Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in Kogi State, the News...
Opinion: Kogi Workers Living in Pathetic Condition
adminNov 06, 2017
The fact that workers’ salaries have not been paid for many months in Kogi State is troubling. Workers across the state are living in pathetic and inhuman conditions...
Re: Adavi APC Youths Call for Replacement of LG Administrator
adminNov 06, 2017
I write as a rejoinder to the publication of the proported Adavi APC youths calling for replacement of Adavi L. G.A Administrator Hon. Ajoge Enesi Abu. Hon Ajoge Enesi...
Over $4.5b Investment in Ajaokuta Steel Will Be Recovered – DG
adminNov 06, 2017
Ajaokuta Steel Company Director-General Sumaila Abdul-Akba has said the over $4.5 billion investment in the company would be recovered as efforts are being made to...
Opinion: Fire-Fighting In Nigeria, A National Disgrace
adminNov 06, 2017
Twelve years ago, while I was an undergraduate of the University of Ilorin a fire incident occurred very close to my off-campus residence. The fire started from a spark...
Dwindling Revenue: Kogi Govt Plans to Halt Proposed Recruitment of 500 Teachers
adminNov 06, 2017
The hopes of employable, qualified teachers in Kogi state is about to be dashed as the state government plans to abandon the proposed recruitment of 500 teachers....
NLC Wants Kogi Labour Leader’s Murderers Fished Out
adminNov 06, 2017
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged security agencies to fish out the murderers of Comrade Abdulmumuni Yaqub killed at Okene, Kogi State. He was the branch...
Ex-Kogi Governor in EFCC Custody Over ‘Diezani’s N500m’
adminNov 06, 2017
Captain Idris Wada, former governor of Kogi state, is currently at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. The anti-graft...