Category: News

Another PDP Politician Arrested in Kogi

The family and lawyer of an opposition politician arrested in Kogi State on Saturday have called on Governor Yahaya Bello to help secure his release. The wife of Etudaye...

Administrator Raises Alarm Over Imminent Collapse of Ajaokuta Steel Company

The Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, built at a cost $4.6 billion, may eventually collapse unless the country quickly confronts foreign and local interests working...

A Note To Kogi State by Natasha Akpoti

I understand you suffer lack in the midst of plenty. I suffer too… I know you feel miserable at the disconnect between you and those sworn to serve you … I...

Code Of Conduct Bureau Investigating Senator Melaye Over Illegal Operation Of Foreign Bank Account

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has disclosed that it has opened an investigation into an allegation that Senator Dino Melaye, who represents Kogi West constituency in...

Kogi Doctors Resume Strike

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi has directed its members to resume a strike they suspended two weeks ago. The association said in a statement after an...

Dino’s Bribery Allegation; Concerned Kogi West Lawyers Calls for Thorough Investigation

Concerned lawyers from Kogi West district has called for full and thorough investigation of the allegations that Senator Dino Melaye bribed the Chairman of 2015 National...

Double Registration; Youth Leader Accuses INEC of Doctoring Reports on Kogi Governor

Usman Okai, leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths frontier, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of doctoring pending reports...

The Many (Mis)adventures of Gov. Yahaya Bello

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, assumed duty on January 27, 2016 under circumstances many have described as “miraculous and divine.” However, rather than...

Family of Six Under Attack in Kaduna for Criticizing APC Govt

The lives of members of Alhaji Isah Umaru’s family, from Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State, is in great danger following series of attacks by...

Opinion: Kogi Generating Revenue Through Tourism

Several days ago I wrote on Kogi internally generated revenue (IGR) generation through agriculture as a youth and several folks called me asking why I am opening up...