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Another civil servant, a 47-year-old Abdullahi Uye Zhiya from Oguma in Bassa Local Government Area of the state has also taken his own life, barely one month after a top civil servant committed suicide in Kogi State allegedly over non-payment of salaries. DailySun reported that Zhiya was said...

Governor Yayaha Bello of Kogi State has reshuffled his cabinet as well as cave out the Kogi State Lands and Housing Bureau out of the Kogi State Ministry of Works, Lands, Housing and Urban Development. Governor Bello said a Director General will soon be appointed for the Bureau. These changes...

The Constituency Office built by Senator Dino Melaye in Kabba, Kogi State has been marked for demolition. Dino Melaye revealed this on Instagram where he posted the picture of the building that has been marked for demolition. He alleges that the State Government has plans to demolish his...

The Kogi State government on Sunday said it would follow the path of Kaduna state government to conduct competency test for public school teachers across the state to ensure that only capable hands teach in government-owned schools. The director general on media and publicity to the governor...

Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has paid no less than N129m for 300 pages of a national newspaper to publish names of civil servants that have been paid their salaries in the state. A black and white advert page on a national daily newspaper costs about N430, 500, according to Daily Post...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has proscribed activities of trade unions operating in all the state-owned tertiary institutions of learning forthwith. Bello who made the proclamation on Wednesday said the decision to proscribe activities of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Trade Unions...

The House of Representatives has mandated its Ad Hoc Committee on Bailout Funds to investigate non-payment of salaries of Kogi workers and report back within one week. The House also mandated the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) to within one week report and explain the utilization of Salary...

The Kogi State Government says Mr. Edward Soje, the late director who recently committed suicide after his wife gave birth to triplets, was last paid salary in December 2016. The government, however, dispelled rumours that Soje took his life because he was being owed salaries. The Kogi State...

Kogi State Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello has reiterated the determination of the people of the state and Nigerians in general to ensure President Muhammadu Buhari continues his “good work for the nation beyond 2015”. Addressing a cross section of the media in Abuja, Sunday, Bello said President...

Yesterday, the organized labor union in Kogi State threatened to start again the strike over the government's failure to respect the agreement reached between them before. From September 22, all workers have been intended to embark the strike when a week strike notice to the government would...

Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the appointment of chairman and members of 32 Commissions, Boards and Agencies in Kogi State. This is to fast track development in the state. Announcing the appointments, the Secretary to the State Government of Kogi State Dr Ayoade Folashade...

No fewer than 3,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other registered political parties decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state. A former chairman of Olamaboro local council, Mr Gabriel Olofu, who led the defectors, said their decision was a...

As condemnation continued to trail the public holiday declared by the Kogi state government over the return of President Muhammadu Buhari, the government said the holiday was to celebrate the coming back of Mr President alive. The director general, media and publicity to the governor, Kingsley...

The Kogi State People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has described as an aberration, the public holiday declared by the government in honor of the return of President Mohammadu Buhari. The party in a statement, signed by Achadu Dicson, Director Research and Documentation, lamented that while it is...

A 32-year-old man, Johnson Musa has been arraigned before a Lokoja court for exposing the multi-million Naira Abuja mansions of Gov Yahaya Bello. He allegedly took the aerial pictures of the houses with a drone camera and posted them on social media. He was said to have posted the pictures with...

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act” - George Orwell. Having taken a detailed insight into the recall exercise against Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District where I hail from and the fact of me being a bonafide Kabba son with a...

Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi west senatorial district on Tuesday informed the Nigerian Senate about those sponsoring his recall move. He said the recall process was instituted by the Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi led state government. The embattled Senator urged the Senate not to...

Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has said that his seemingly unhealthy grouse with the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, had to do with Bello’s penchant for owing workers’ salaries and pension. According to Melaye, his fight was for Kogi workers and pensioners, who were suffering and...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon return from his medical leave overseas. Bello made the disclosure when he led eminent people of the country to pray for the quick recovery of President Buhari, who is on medical vacation in London. The...

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare a state of emergency in Kogi State, following an alleged assassination attempt on his life. Melaye made the call on the floor of the Senate, on Tuesday, when he...