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Kogi Clears Salary Arrears
adminDec 21, 2016
Kogi State civil servants in Lokoja, on Wednesday took to the banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATM) celebrating the clearance of their salary backlogs by the State...
An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
adminDec 20, 2016
It is the responsibility of government everywhere in the world to provide the enabling environment for the citizens to earn a living. In the case of our country Nigeria,...
Igala Land: A Region In Dire Need of Unity, Development and The Urgency of NOW
adminDec 20, 2016
…the lamentations of Usman Okai Austin Igala people are the dominant ethnic group, located at the Kogi east senatorial district of Kogi state with a projected...
Ajaokuta Steel to Operate at Full Capacity by 2017 – FG
adminDec 20, 2016
The Federal Government yesterday assured that Ajaokuta Steel Company would operate at full capacity in the second quarter of 2017. The Minister of Mines and Steel...
Kogi Govt. Suspends Collection of Taxes on Trucks
adminDec 20, 2016
The Kogi government has suspended collection of taxes on trucks carrying produce pending the resolution of the crisis that led truck drivers to block the...
Malabu Oil: EFCC Files Charges Against Mohammed Adoke, 8 Others
adminDec 20, 2016
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday filed nine charges bordering on alleged mismanagement of $1,616,690,656.78 Malabu Oil cash against a...
Opinion: The Alarming Rate of Teenage Pregnancy in the Rural Areas
adminDec 19, 2016
The incessant increase is rate of teenage pregnancy in the Rural area is so alarming and obnoxious, this societal problem is as dangerous and damaging as other social...
ASUU Urges Gov Yahaya Bello to Rescue Abducted Member
adminDec 19, 2016
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Agriculture, Makurdi (ASUU-FUAM) chapter has called on the Inspector-General of Police and the Kogi State...
Kogi Ministerial Slot: Non-replacement of Ocholi, Buhari Erred in Law – Court
adminDec 19, 2016
Justice Phoebe Ayua of a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, has held that, the non appointment of another Minister from Kogi state, after the demise of James Ocholi...
Truck Drivers Block Road, Protest N10,000 Daily Tax by Kogi Govt
adminDec 19, 2016
Protesting truck drivers have blocked the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highways since the early hours of Monday over the N10,000 tax. Daily N10,000 tax was imposed by the Kogi...