The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kogi Command, has destroyed a 10-hectare Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) plantation in Okula community, Ofu Local Government Area of the state. Mr Alfred Adewumi, NDLEA Commander in the state, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen shortly after the destruction of the farm on Wednesday in Okula. He decried
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Respite came the way of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Monday, as the Supreme Court, dismissed two separate appeals that challenged his re-election. The appeals were lodged against the outcome of the gubernatorial election that held in the state on November 16, 2019, by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Musa
Read moreThe Supreme Court on Monday upheld the governorship election that produced Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Details coming…
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An alliance of civil society groups have actually accused Dr Saka Haruna Audu currently the Kogi State Commissioner for Health, for purportedly awarding contract to a company he has vested interest. A petition was addressed to the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the group accusing the Commissioner of using his office to gain
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The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has vowed never to negotiate with criminals operating in the state. Bello spoke on Friday at a valedictory court session in honour of the late Justice Shuaib Yakubu, Justice of the Appeal Court. He said rather than negotiate with criminals, his administration would fight them. “We are
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Unknown gunmen have abducted no fewer than 10 travelers along the Obajana-Abuja Highway in Obajana, Kogi State. The identities of all the victims were still unknown but the owner of the commercial bus which the victims boarded, Mr Abdulganiyu Hakeem, said the vehicle took off in Ajowa Akoko and was stopped by the bandits on
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The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the state about a month ago. Dr Austin Ojotule, the State Epidemiologist, disclosed this in statement in Lokoja on Sunday. According to Ojotule, the state’s statistics on Lassa fever outbreak
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Zacchaeus Atte, a former commissioner for agriculture in Kogi State. ICPC spokesperson Rasheedat Okoduwa said Atte was convicted on corruption charges by a Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State and presided over by Justice J.J Majebi. According
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The Kogi State government says over 300 ghost workers have, again, found their way into its payroll. The state Head of Service, Mrs. Deborah Ogunmola, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday. She said the development was at the centre of the meeting she held with permanent secretaries and
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An All Progress Congress member of the House of Representatives from Kogi State, Mr Zacharias Idris, decried his rejection at the burial of the Peoples Democratic Party’s woman leader, Salome Abuh, who was burnt to death after the November 16 governorship election in the state. Abuh’s remains were laid to rest in her hometown, Aji-Obala,
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