With the timetable for APC primaries now out, Governor Yahaya Bello, Kogi State, has counseled his appointees seeking electives offices to resign their appointments. The decision, he said, was to enable those aspiring for various elective positions in the forthcoming…
Kogi government to pay NYSC members N5,000 extra monthly allowance – Aide
Yahaya Bello, the Kogi state governor, Monday, promised National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state N10,000 each for transport fare, and another N5,000 on a monthly basis. It was learnt that the N10,000 is a one-time lump…
In Kogi, Bello grabs APC structure; uncertainty over Dino, Faleke, others (Vanguard)
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State finally regained the state leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The party structure is now firmly in his control. But it took him two years and four months, and fresh ward, local government…
Melaye condemns burning down of his school projects in Kogi (Punch)
Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday condemned the burning down of a block of four classrooms he donated to Government Girls Secondary School, Sarki Noma, Lokoja by unknown arsonists. Melaye, who spoke with journalists shortly after inspecting the burnt section of…
Hoodlums destroy, burn Senator Dino Melaye’s Constituency Projects (SUN)
Hoodlums in the early hours of Tuesday destroyed and set ablaze some constituency projects embarked upon by senator Dino Melaye representing kogi west senatorial district of the state. The four Melaye’s Constituency Projects destroyed are part of the projects to…
We raped corpse of our victim, ate her flesh – Ritualists (DailyTrust)
A prime suspect and his two accomplices who allegedly collaborated in killing a 19-year-old girl for ritual in Adavi LGA of Kogi State said they raped their victim before killing her and also raped her corpse after the killing. Self…
Let’s treat education with the seriousness it deserves, says Obi
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has called for attitudinal change towards education among Nigerians. He decried the subsisting situation of, in his words, “the lack of treating education with the seriousness it deserves by classifying money spent on…
Melaye’s assassination attempt: Court drops criminal charges against defendants (Punch)
A Kogi State High Court on Tuesday struck out the assassination case involving the chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Taofiq Isa, and four others for want of diligent prosecution. This was the decision of the trial judge, Fola…
Remi Olutimahin is so lost in Lagos
Remi Olutimahin, a producer of animation has not been home to Kogi State in a very long time. Find out how long in the video where he confesses that he is lost in the city of excellence.