Category: News

Iron And Steel As The Economy’s Backbone by Mohammed K. Ajanah

There is no doubt that Nigeria is now at a critical crossroad concerning her economy. Noisy discussions have continued to remind us about the enormous wealth in the...

In Search of Buried Amulets

Residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital awoke last Friday and Saturday to find that the state government sent bulldozers during the night to destroy the city’s...

Kogi Prepares for 2017 Census

In preparation for the 2017 population census, the National Population Commission (NPC) has begun the second phase of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise in...

Taxation and Development: Beyond Federal Allocation (Kogi in View) by Dr Temidayo Olorundare

Meaning Taxation is derived (from the Latin word taxo; meaning ‘rate’) is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon an individual or legal entity by a state....

Governor Bello’s 30 Days in Office: So Far, Fairplus Has Achieved a Great Feat!

Let’s revisit his inaugural speech on the day of his swearing-in ceremony on January 27th, 2016: “Prince Abubakar Audu, the late icon whose foresight and...

National Association of Okun Students Inaugurates 2016/2017 Executives

National Association of Okun Student (NAOS) has inaugurated her new exco for the 2016/2017 session.   The inauguration was organised on the 20th of February 2016 at...

Kogi Assembly Crisis: No Honour Among Thieves?

“Even among thieves, there should be honour”. That was the tragicomedy one-liner Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe relied on in 2002 when he slammed a N300 million...

The Corruption War and Politics by Nwuchiola Vincent

The problem of corruption in Nigeria is as old as Nigeria itself, especially with the political class. This was the problem that triggered Major Chukwuma Kaduna...

Demolished Monuments: Re-order Kogi Priorities! by Dr Tom Ohikere

Any policy that will bring food on the table of our people should be the utmost focus of the government in Kogi state now. And we need to engineer the process with every...

Kogi Assembly Crisis: Any End in Sight?

By Itodo Daniel Sule, Lokoja. In recent times, the Kogi State House of Assembly has been embroiled in deep leadership tussle. There has been crisis over who occupies the...