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Kogi Govt Reassures Citizens on Security, Vows to Neutralize Threats

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BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN The Kogi State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the security and wellbeing of its citizens, assuring the public that it is intensifying efforts to safeguard lives and property across the state. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Commissioner for

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Alleged insubordination: Kogi Assembly threatens arrest warrant against KOSSIPA boss

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 7 May 2025 0

BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN The Kogi State house of Assembly has threatened to issue a bench warrant of arrest against the Director General, Kogi State Social Investment Programme Agency (KOSSIPA), Hajiya Aishat Oyiza Omade. DAILY TIMES gathered that the embattled appointee of the State Government for several months had failed to appear before the house adhoc […]

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LG Autonomy sacrosanct in Kogi, says Auditor-General for LG

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BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN Kogi State Government has assured Local Government chairmen in the state of its preparedness towards the full implementation of autonomy for that tier. The Auditor General for Local Government, Hon Yakubu Siyaka Adebenege gave the assurance in his address during the just concluded induction course for local government officials and

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Agbomhere blasts Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for mudslinging Akpabio, Senate

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By Ukpono Ukpong All Progressives Congress (APC), chieftain, Blessing Agbomhere, yesterday came hard on the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, saying that her mudslinging habit targeted at the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the National Assembly as an institution will never yield her

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‘Ododo’s Second Term, Sacrosanct, not Negotiable’ says Ex-Kogi Gov, Bello

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 26 April 2025 0

By AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello, has declared that there will be “no vacancy” at the Kogi State Government House, popularly known as Lugard House, in the 2027 governorship election. Bello made the declaration on Wednesday during a courtesy visit by members of the Kogi Central Journalists Guild (KOCJG) […]

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Kogi Govt Mourns His Holiness, Pope Francis

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 22 April 2025 0

BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN The Kogi State Government has joined millions of Catholic faithful and Christians around the world in mourning the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis. The state’s Governor, Usamn Ododo In a Condolence Message signed by the state’s Information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, on behalf of the Government and the good people of Kogi […]

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Security forces raid bandit camps in Kogi, govt assures continued crackdown

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 21 April 2025 0

BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN The Kogi State government has confirmed the success of recent coordinated security operations across key flashpoints in the Western Senatorial Districts of the State, describing the raids as part of a strategic, sustained offensive against criminal elements, threatening public safety. According to official sources, the operations, which took place

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Kogi Speaker decries Effects of Climate Change on the State’s Capital

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BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Aliyu Umar Yusuf decried the effects of climate change on Lokoja, the State capital. He stated this while contributing to a motion of urgent public importance on the floor of the House by the member representing Kabba/Bunu State Constituency, Seyi Bello on Wednesday. According […]

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Ododo Reaffirms Commitment to Media Partnership in Kogi

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 10 April 2025 0

By AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has applauded media professionals for their dedication to promoting transparency and keeping citizens informed about Government activities. Governor Ododo who was represented by the Secretary to Kogi State Government, SKSG, Folashade Ayoade made this known during the official launch of the State’s first Annual

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Witness Narrates How N3bn Kogi LG Funds were Allegedly Laundered

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BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN The Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, Remigius Egu in the trial of Ali Bello, Yakubu Isiaka Adabenege, Abba Adaudu and Iyada Sadat on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, narrated before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how funds belonging to various Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Kogi State […]

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Kogi Govt to Launch First Annual Media Performance Report

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By AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN Kogi State Government will on Wednesday, April 9, release its comprehensive media performance report for the period, spanning January 2024 to January 2025. This was made known by the Office of the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Kogi State in a statement on Saturday. The report, which is first […]

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Kogi seeks NEZPA support to establish Free Trade Zone

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BY IDRIS AHMED Kogi State Government has urged the Nigeria Export Promotion Zones Authority (NEPZA) to make the proposed Special Economic Zone proposed over ten years ago a reality. Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, made the appeal when he visited the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NEPZA, Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi […]

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Kogi HOS cautions youths against ‘quick money syndrome’

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BY IDRIS AHMED Youths in Kogi State have been urged to be visionary for a better tomorrow, instead of engaging in activities of “quick money syndrome”. Kogi State Head of Civil Service (HOS), Mr Elijah Evinemi, gave the caution on Thursday, during sn interactive session with the youths at Ihima Civic Centre, in Okehi Local […]

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Flood: N-HYPPADEC urges Kogi riverine communities to relocate

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 24 September 2024 0

The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has urged Kogi State riverine communities at the banks of Rivers Niger and Benue to relocate to upland due to impending floods. Mr Sadiq Yelwa, Managing Director of N-HYPPADEC, gave the advice at the palaces of the Atta Igala, HRM Alaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche-Akpa, and the […]

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Drought: Kogi Govt, AFAN seek divine intervention

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The Kogi State Government and All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Sunday, called for prayers for rainfall following the devastating effects of drought on farm crops and food security in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Timothy Ojomah and AFAN Chairman, Alhaji Salihu Adobayi made the call in an interview with the News […]

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Kogi LGAs Elections: APC aspirant rejects endorsement of special candidate

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 16 August 2024 0

By Tom Okpe An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming Kogi State Local Government Elections Chairmanship, Olamaboro Local Government, Bashir Ibrahim has rejected the purported endorsement of Comrade Ameh Williams as the party’s special candidate. Addressing journalists at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Friday, Ibrahim said

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Kogi group declares support for INEC over Nov 2023 guber election

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 29 June 2024 0

BY IDRIS AHMED A group, Election Transparency Advocacy Coalition, (ETAC), has expressed disappointment with some politicians in Kogi State who continue to direct their frustration on the Independent National Electrical Commission (INEC), over their defeat during the November 2023 governorship election. Sponsoring campaign of calumny against the Commission by the losers of

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Stay away from Kogi or pay the price, Ododo warns criminals

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 17 June 2024 0

Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State has told criminal elements to stay away from the state warning that Kogi is not a fertile ground for criminality. Ododo gave the warning while speaking to newsmen shortly after observing his Eid-el-Kabir prayer on Sunday at Okene Eid Praying ground. The governor said the perpetrators behind the kidnapped […]

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Kogi stakeholders task EFCC on timely prosecution of ex-gov Bello

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 3 April 2024 0

By Ukpono Ukpong Some politicians and elders from Kogi state under the auspices of the Kogi East Forum have called on the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure the timely trial of former Governor Yahaya Bello, on his financial management of the state. The former Deputy Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Sule Iyaji, who […]

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Kogi election: Group knocks Senior Advocate of Nigeria over comments, calls for NBA sanctions

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2024 0

The Youth Advocacy Network has expressed deep concern over recent developments in the aftermath of the Kogi governorship election. The group queried the ethical breaches in the legal profession regarding the election, especially regarding comments made by some senior lawyers. In a statement signed by its convener, Comrade Seun Adeaanu, the group said: “As an […]