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Kogi: Clamour To Cancel Third Term Session Rises

Kogi: Clamour To Cancel Third Term Session Rises

October 3, 2020 8:24 am

Parents and guardians in Kogi State, have appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello, to cancel the third term for 2019/2020 session to enable their wards commence first term for 2020/2021 academic session as it is being done in other States of the federation.

Parents in Kingdom Heritage Model School, KHMS, owned by the Living Faith Church became the front for what is obviously a statewide demand.

The Parents Teachers’ Forum (PTF), Kingdom Heritage Model School (KHMS) Lokoja branch at an emergency meeting issued a Communique urging the Governor to cancel the third term in view of the difficulty they face about …

Kogi Govt To Immortalise Late Attah Igala

Kogi Govt To Immortalise Late Attah Igala

August 30, 2020 1:02 pm

Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy on Sunday hinted that the state government plans to immortalise the late Attah Igala, Michael Ameh Oboni II.

According to the government, the death of the monarch is shocking and a colossal loss to the state and Nigeria.

This is contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja.

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Fanwo stated that the late monarch ruled with great courage and with fear of God during his …

Suspense As Kogi Awaits Supreme Court Ruling On Gov Tussle

Suspense As Kogi Awaits Supreme Court Ruling On Gov Tussle

August 30, 2020 12:54 pm

Palpable apprehension has gripped residents and indigenes of Kogi State over the outcome of legal tussles over the Governorship of the state. There are petitions against Governor Yahaya Bello,’s occupation of the iffice. All things being equal, the Supreme Court will give judgement on the matter tomorrow, Monday 31st August.

The Apex court had adjourned ruling in two cases to the new date last week, after it dismissed the case of the Democratic People’s Party, DPP alleging undue exclusion from the November 16th Governorship poll.

The pending cases are those of candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Engr. Musa Wada …

Gunmen shoot family of 13 dead in Kogi

Gunmen Shoot Family Of 13 Dead In Kogi

July 29, 2020 4:08 pm

Gunmen have shot 13 members of the same family dead in Agbudu, Kogi-Koton-Karfe Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Fourteen people were killed in the attack, with six persons serious injured.

Ede Ayuba, State Police Commissioner, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Lokoja, said he got the report about 2: 00 a.m.

Ayuba said that 13 of the slain victims were from same family.

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“This morning around 2 am, my Area Commander called me to report that he received information that there was an

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Army Court-Martials Sergeant For Brutalizing Wife, Son

Army Court-Martials Sergeant For Brutalizing Wife, Son

April 22, 2020 2:31 pm

The Nigerian Army has court-martialed one Sgt. Abdulrazaq Moshood, a Military officer with command Army Records, Charimaigumeri barracks, Lokoja, Kogi State, for allegedly assaulting his wife and his six-month-old baby.

The victim of the assault identified as Mrs Firdause Abdulrazaq while demanding justice from Nigerians, said she had been suffering in the hands of her husband since 2014.

Mrs Abdulrazaq, who admitted that she has no home or business, told DAILY POST that she has to cry out for help, to put an end to the domestic violence meted on her by her husband.

DAILY POST gathered that Sgt. Abdulrazaq

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Spate of kidnappings in Kogi reduced – Gov Yahaya Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello Lifts Ban On Religious Gatherings

April 9, 2020 2:32 pm
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has lifted the ban on religious gatherings.

Gov. Yahaya Bello on March 20, ordered the closure of public and private schools (tertiary, secondary and primary) in the state indefinitely as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The governor also banned all gatherings involving 30 people and above.

However, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday, Yahaya Bello said that the lifting of the ban was to enable religious bodies to resume their normal worship and services.

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The statement was signed …

Kogi - Governor Bello’s Mum Dies In Abuja

Kogi: Governor Bello’s Mum Dies In Abuja, Aged 101

March 16, 2020 6:37 am

The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Sunday lost his mother, Hajia Hawa Bello.

The governor’s mother died in Abuja on Sunday after a brief illness.

It was further learnt that her body is expected to be buried today in Okene, Kogi State according to the Muslim rite.

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Late Hajia Hawa Bello survived with children, grand children and great grand children, among whom is the governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.

Governor Bello who confirmed this in a statement he personally signed on behalf of the family

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Hon. Wemi Ojo Jones, Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology.

Kogi Education Commissioner Calls For Cultism Eradication

February 19, 2020 3:29 am

 

 

The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Ojo Jones has charged all heads of institutions in the state to intensify action in eradicating cultism in schools as directed by the Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello.

The Commissioner gave the charge at the inaugural meeting he held with stakeholders in education on Monday in Lokoja. This was disclosed by Adamu Seidu, the Information Officer of the Ministry of Education.

Jones said that the purpose of the meeting was to interact with all the relevant stakeholders and brainstorm on how to take education to a greater height …

Chief Medical Director of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Attah.

Insubordination: Gov. Bello Suspends CMD Kogi Hospital

February 9, 2020 7:17 am

The alleged cold war in Kogi State Government House took a new twist weekend, following the suspension of the Chief Medical Director of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Attah.

DAILY POST, on Sunday, learnt that Dr Attah was suspended with immediate effect on Friday and has been directed to handover to the most senior officer of the hospital.

Sources at the Government House told our correspondent that the suspended hospital CMD is a staunch loyalist of the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja.

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Another source who …

Court

Land Cannot Be Revoked Through Radio Announcement – Court

February 6, 2020 5:38 am

The Kogi State High Court of Justice have told the two defendants in a civil land matter, Kogi State Town Planning and Development Board and the State’s Ministry of Agriculture that revocation of land cannot be done through mere radio announcement without recourse to the owner of the land.

This was the judgement given by the State Chief Judge, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, on Wednesday, in a land dispute, with suit number HCL/76/2013 which was instituted in 2013 by one Olorunfemi Mohammed against the two agencies and the Attorney-General of the state, who was the third defendant.

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