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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly on Wednesday passed into law, the state’s 2024 N258.2 billion Appropriation Bill into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passage of the budget followed adoption of the report of the House Standing Committee on Appropriation, Budget Monitoring and Economic Planning during plenary. The…

By Thompson Yamput Prof Isah Adagiri, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Kogi Specialist Hospital, on Wednesday lamented the dearth of Medical Doctors in the state, which he said, calls for concern and drastic measures. The CMD, who cried out during the 2024 budget appraisal and projection on the floor of Kogi House of Assembly in Lokoja,…

By Thompson Yamput Lokoja, Dec. 20, 2023 (NAN) The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has deployed 800 personnel for highway patrol in Kogi as part of its Operation Zero Road Traffic Crash for the yuletide. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, said this in a statement in Lokoja on Wednesday. He…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi government has arrested not fewer than 10 persons over illegal mining, according to Mr Bashiru Gegu, solid and natural resources commissioner. He told newsmen on Monday in Lokoja that the Special Task Force on Smuggling and Related Crimes, which made the arrests, also impounded 50 trucks carrying Coal. Gegu added…

By Thompson Yamput No fewer than 70 candidates jostling for the stool of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi are being screened by a committee to replace late Alhaji Ado Ibrahim who died on Oct. 29. The late Ohinoyi died at the age of 94. Alhaji Yunusa Sule, Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council, made this known…

By Chris Gyang Ordinarily, the Yuletide should evoke the spirit of love, goodwill and hope for all mankind. But as Christmas approaches, a menacing sense of foreboding, borne out of a feeling of unjustified loss and mutual suspicion, still looms over Plateau State. The usual boisterousness is subdued and muted at activities in the lead-up…

By Thompson Yamput The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) on Thursday inducted Builder Jeremiah Satmark as a certified professional builder licensed to practice anywhere in Nigeria. Builder Satmark, who is also the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Plateau State, Barr Caleb Mutfwang,was among 420 inductees honoured and decorated by the council…

By Thompson Yamput The former Governor of Osun, Chief Bisi Akande has attributed the peaceful conduct of the  Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi  to  acceptability of the APC  candidate, Usman Ododo, by residents. Akande, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  made the remarks while receiving the Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello…

  By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has lauded the existing peace and unity amongst the people of Bassa Local Government Area of the state. “The existing peace and unity in Bassa LG is one of my administration’s major accomplishments over the past seven years,” Bello declared. The governor made the remarks on…