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By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday approved 100 per cent increment of the allowance of Youth Corps Members serving in the state. The governor also announced a donation of N37.7 million to support the corps members’ logistics as they passed out after serving the one year mandatory service in the state….
By Thompson Yamput The nationwide 2-day strike observed by NLC from Tuesday has crippled some essential banking and medical services in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in Lokoja, virtually all the commercial banks locked their gates to customers while the government-owned hospitals suffered total neglect as medical doctors, nurses and attendants…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi East Senatorial Election: Tribunal on Tuesday sacked Sen. Jibrin Isah, the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tarriffs on the ground that elections were cancelled in some 94 polling units. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja that the tribunal also ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday ordered the state works ministry to commence immediate rehabilitation of Ogori-Ageva road in the State Central Senatorial District. The governor gave the order while welcoming some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors led by former Ogori Magongo Local Government Chairman, Mr Gabriel Daudu, in Lugard House,…
