Subsidy Removal: Implement Agreement With Labour – Senior Staff Association Urges FG

  By Blessing Odega The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) has called for the immediate implementation of resolutions reached between the Federal Government and the organised labour. SSASCGOC President-General , Mr Kayode Alakija, made the call on Saturday in Jos, at the end of the association’s National Executive Council…

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Bello Sues For Calm Over Mining Dispute In Kogi

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Friday called for calm and understanding among stakeholders in Okobo-Enjema Community in Akpa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the community got embroiled in crisis with a mining company in the area, Eta-Zuma Group (W/A) Limited. The…

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Kogi Governor Harps On Security, Welcomes New C

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Friday harped on the need to prioritise security of lives and property of the citizens;  just as he received Mr Onuoha Bethrand, the newly posted Commissioner of Police to the state. Bethrand recently took over from Akeem Yusuf, who had been posted to Force Headquarters, Abuja…..

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Kogi 2023: SDPs Zonal, LG Chairmen Defect To APC

By Thompson Yamput The three Zonal and 21 Local Government Areas  Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP)  have defected to the APC in Kogi, an official has disclosed. M Onogwu Mohammed, Media Aide to Gov.  Yahaya Bello, made the disclosure in a statement  in Lokoja on Thursday. He said  the SDP top executives, who…

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FRSC Begins Special Patrol Against Traffic Offences In Kogi

  By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday started a special patrol against traffic offences to drastically reduce the rate of road traffic crashes. Its Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, in a statement, described as “unacceptable”, the numerous traffic offences causing the death of innocent citizens and destruction…

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New Kogi FRSC Sector Commander  Tasks Officers On Discipline 

  By Thompson Yamput Corps Commander Samuel Oyedeji, newly posted Kogi Sector Commander, on Monday assumed duty in Lokoja with a call on the personnel to be disciplined. A statement by the Command’s Public Education Officer, Superintendent Route Commander, Peter Onyekwuo in Lokoja, said that Oyedeji  took over from Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, who had…

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Impending Strike: AIG Urges Kogi Workers To Be Peaceful 

  By Thompson Yamput Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest. The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday. Ishola explained that the meeting became imperative…

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Mixed Reactions Greet Tinubu’s Broadcast In Kogi

  By Thompson Yamput Mixed reactions have greeted President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast with some stakeholders applauding and some berating his policy statements on the nation’s economy. Prof. Alewo Akubo, the Vice Chancellor of Salem University, Lokoja, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday that aside of “dowsing the tension and anxiety…

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