By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI Non-governmental Organisations Network (KONGONET) has called on all Nigerians to exploit the opportunity to amend critical portions of the Nigerian Constitution by sending their Memoranda to the National Assembly. The Network made the call in a Communique issued at the end of a “One-day Stakeholders’ Townhall Meeting On The Call For Memoranda”, on Wednesday in Lokoja. The Communique noted that the current effort has provided forum for Nigerians to make their inputs in addressing age-old national issues and providing opportunities to right the wrongs in national issues. The Communique, signed by Amb. Idris Ozovehe Muraina,…
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The 7-man panel set up by Hon. Justice Daniel Okungbowa, the Chief Judge of Edo State to investigate the impeachment allegations against the Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu on Wednesday in a ruling by the Chairman has decided to discountenance an interlocutory order that debarred the Chairman and three other members from participating in the impeachment proceedings on account of bias. The suit was filed on behalf of the Deputy Governor by his legal team at the Federal High Court Abuja, and was able to secure the order stopping the panel Chairman and members from proceeding with…
**Unveils Metropolitan Quick Response Squad In his bid to taming the upsurge in emerging criminal activities in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital and major towns in the state, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of the State has launched a security initiative. According to Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, the operation code named Metropolitan Quick Response is in partnership with the Rapid Response Squad of the Nigeria Police and the joint task force of security agencies in the state. At the flag off of the initiative at the government house in Lokoja, Ododo restated the commitment of his…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. A Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court has remanded in prison custody three accused persons for allegedly terrorising and dispossessing students of valuables including smart phones, computers and others worth millions of Naira. The accused were arraigned on a four-count charge of Criminal Conspiracy, stealing, dishonestly receiving stolen goods and belonging to gang of thieves. The accused, Abbas Salisu, 22; Gimba Danlami Ibrahim, 25 and Mamud Lawal Kwara, 26, all male, who were arraigned on Tuesday allegedly committed the offence in February, 2024, in Lokoja. The Prosecution counsel, Olanrewaju Yahaya who filed the case before the Magistrate Court…
Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has indicated that he is not oblivious of the economic situation hence his determination to invest massively in agriculture to feed the people. He said with agriculture the lot of the people of the state will be improved in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He spoke when he hosted leaders of the Muslim community in Kogi State to Iftar at the Government House in Lokoja. Iftar is an evening meal after sunset that breaks the daily fast during the month of Ramadan. Over a billion followers of the…
***lauds directors for carrying out government policies In order to assist in evolving and promoting programmes and policies that will impact on the lives of the citizenry, the Federal Government has urged civil servants in the country to imbibe the age-old virtues of training, retraining and adoptive skills in consonance with modern work practices, ethics and processes. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Lydia Shehu Jafiya gave the charge in her office in Abuja during a familiarization visit to the Directorates under her Ministry. The Director Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga in a statement quoted her to…
***Rewards 2700 persons with N54m Not less that 3,000 Households across the 9 Local Government Areas that made up Kogi East senatorial district have benefited as the senator representing the district Senator Isah Jibrin (Echocho), has distributed truckloads of rice to them. At the Yuletide, the senator also reached out to constituents with similar gesture across the 9 local governments The distribution this time which took place at Echocho’s residence in Anyigba, cut across all the wards in the nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) that constitute Kogi East. In a statement issued on behalf of the senator by his Media…
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has distributed another six trucks of grains to her constituents to cushion the effects of the economic hardship ravaging the country. At the Yuletide, the senator had distributed six trailers of rice, 20,000 notebooks, and 10,000 wrappers to her constituents for Christmas and New Year celebrations Additionally, she provided 5,000 branded bags to school children in the senatorial district’s five local government areas. In that round of empowerment programme she targeted widows and the underprivileged, with the senator stating that the items were not exclusive to PDP members but for…
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has sent a condolence message to families of victims of the accident that claimed the lives of 13 bus passengers and two injured others at the Obajana market on Sunday night. Governor Ododo who received report of the accident upon his return to Lokoja on Monday condoled with families of the victims and promised that the state government will not abandon them in their moment of grief. In a statement by his special adviser on Media, Ododo said he was disturbed that the accident which occurred when an articulated truck rammed into a…
***Hands over the Plantto Dekina LGA Acharu Palm Oil Mills which remained moribund for over 30 years is now ready for production as Senator Isah Jibrin (Echocho), representing Kogi East has made real his promise to revive it and has handed it over to Dekina local government area after its turn around maintanance In the 1950s and 1960s, Kogi State was a significant producer and exporter of palm oil and palm kernels. Pyramids made of palm kernels were present at that time in the John Holt Warehouses in Idah. In addition, Idah River Port loaded palm kernels every year for…