Estimated Reading Time: 1A doctor at the General Hospital, Ugwolawo, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, was abducted on Monday, when gunmen invaded the hospital. Dr Solomon Nidiamaka was said to have been forced to an unknown destination by the invaders. Confirming the incident, Dr Omakoji Simeon Oyiguh, and[Read More…]
Tag: Kogi State
Finally, Kogi state begins COVID-19 vaccination
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Kogi State government has finally commenced the vaccination of residents against COVID-19 in the state. This comes one month after the Nigerian government launched the exercise with the vaccination of four front-line healthcare workers in Abuja on March 5, 2021. Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello,[Read More…]
In Kogi, Police have arrested anti-Buhari protesters
Estimated Reading Time: 1Two individuals have been arrested in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital, for carrying posters with the inscription “Buhari Must Go.” According to the state commissioner of Police, Ayuba Ede, painting walls, buildings and pasting anti-Buhari posters can not be termed as a peaceful protest. Confirming the arrest[Read More…]
We spent N890,000 not N90.7 Million on COVID-19 software – Kogi Government
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Kogi State Government has denied reports that it acquired the controversial ‘self-assessment COVID-19 software’ for N90.7 million; saying that the software was purchased at a total cost of only N890, 000. The Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, made the denial in a statement he[Read More…]
SERAP asks Buhari to ‘probe alleged misuse of N4.5bn COVID-19 funds by Kogi govt’
Estimated Reading Time: 4Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate alleged misuse of the N4.5 billion donations, loans and support the Kogi State government obtained[Read More…]
How Kogi Government spent N90 Million on COVID-19 software
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Kogi State Government in 2020 spent a whopping sum of N90 million for a COVID-19 software which the contracted company, an Abuja-based technology company, Telnet Technology Limited, now offers for N300,000. This was revealed in an investigative report by Premium Times published on Friday. According to[Read More…]
Kogi Government says PTF report on COVID-19 is an attempt to scare investors
Estimated Reading Time: 2 The Kogi State government has responded to the report that it is a high-risk state for COVID-19 in the country. Recall that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had on Monday declared Kogi State as a high risk for the COVID-19 pandemic for refusing to acknowledge[Read More…]
Federal Government declares Kogi State COVID-19 high risk zone
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday declared Kogi State as a high risk for the COVID-19 pandemic for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the disease, not reporting testing and not having isolation centres. National Incident Manager of the PTF, Mukhtar Muhammad, who declared this[Read More…]
People are calling Yahayah Bello to run for presidency in 2023, Kogi commissioner says
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Kogi commissioner for information and communication, Kingsley Fanwo says many people have asked Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, to rin for president in 2023. In a Twitter post on Saturday, Fanwo said the desire of Nigerians for a great country aligns with that of Bello, “so we[Read More…]
“APC has come to stay, we are developing the country” -Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello
Estimated Reading Time: 1The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) does not stand a chance to win the 2023 election. He said this is because the All Progressive Congress (APC) has impressed Nigerians with their development stride since they came into power.[Read More…]
