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Kogi To Evict Illegal Occupants of Flood Estate

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello yesterday said all illegal occupants of the 235 housing units constructed for victims of the 2012 flood disasters would be...

Gov Bello’s Aides Bars Labour Leaders From Meeting Governor After Suspension of Strike

Since the suspension of its strike action, efforts by leaders of the organized labour in Kogi state to meet with Governor Yahaya Bello to table some of the challenges of...

Kogi Govt To Launch New Security Outfit

Kogi State government yesterday said it would  launch a new security outfit code named ‘Operation Total Freedom’ in its efforts to address security challenges...

Politicians Fueling Insecurity in Kogi – Attah Igala

The Attah Igala and chairman of Kogi State Traditional Council of Chiefs, Dr. Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni has blamed politicians for some of the security challenges...

Concerns Over Rising Kidnappings in Igalaland

Stakeholders and inhabitants of Kogi East Senatorial District  yesterday expressed grave concerns over rising cases of kidnappings witnessed in the zone in recent...

FG Launches Graduates’ Agric Scheme In Kogi State

The federal government in its quest to create jobs for unemployed graduates and diversify the nation’s economic mainstay from oil, yesterday launched the Graduate...

Cassava Production Picks Up in Kogi

The Fadama III Additional Financing (Fadama III-AF) agricultural programme of the World Bank being implemented for farmers in Kogi State to boost cassava cultivation and...

Propaganda and Cheap Blackmail By State Govt Can’t Deter Us, No Going Back On Strike – Kogi Workers

The organised Labour in Kogi State yesterday vowed to continue with its strike action despite what it called “propaganda and cheap blackmail” by the state government...

Power Outages Cripple Businesses in Kogi

Business owners in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and its environs yesterday lamented the misfortunes befalling their businesses following the persistent power outages...

Kogi: West African Ceramics Firm’s Workers Grumble Over Labour Violation, Exploitation

The establishment of two ceramics firms, namely West African Ceramics Limited and BN Ceramics Industry Nigeria Limited, to create jobs for the unemployed people was the...