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Kogi State Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engineer Abubakar Bashir Muhammed has applauded the decision of the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to pay a visit to the ambassador of Russia to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin. The Commissioner made the comment in an interview with our reporter in his office in Lokoja where he described the visit as a step that would encourage the completion of the steel project. He said the present administration is committed to ensuring that every economic opportunity that would increase the revenue of Kogi State is enhanced, noting that when fully functional, Ajaokuta Steel Company is capable employing citizens of the State and assist in drastically reducing unemployment. Engineer Bashir, who further applauded the Governor for his show of passion to the over all development of the State said he had no doubt that the state would witness progress in the second tenure of the administration. The commissioner reiterated his com...

The chairmanship ambition of Okene Local Government Administrator, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad received another boost as the leadership of the seven clans of Okovi descendants endorsed his aspiration. The clan leaders made this known when they paid the Administrator a courtesy visit on Monday. The commended his style of leadership, adding that the council boss has performed excellently well and deserve to be elected back to office as Executive Chairman.  In a letter of endorsement presented to the Council Administrator by the National Chairmen of the seven clans of Okovi descendants, the forum maintained that their desire to support the Chairmanship ambition of Hon. Abdulrazaq were born out of his efforts to transform the Council to a more habitable environment for the citizenry. According to the clan leaders, Hon. Abdulrazaq has consistently pilot the affairs of the Council and maintained security of lives and property, making Okene one of the safest towns in Kogi State...

Some Kogi State Government officials on Friday afternoon had hectic time controlling angry Participants protesting alleged poor handling at a two weeks STEP UP training and empowerment programme inside the Glass House, Lokoja. The about 400 beneficiaries drawn from the 21 Local Governments in the State were unhappy over their inability to access funds and tools which organisers had allegedly promised to give them at the end of the programme. The STEP UP skill acquisition training programme is an intiative of Her Excellency Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice President, with support from Kogi State Governor’s wife, Rashida Bello. It was conceived to compliment the All Progressives Congress, APC, Social Investment Programme, SIP and has been carried out in 21 states with Kogi being the 22nd. Participants were given basic training in sewing and soft furniture. After a difficult selection process, the training took place inside the Amusement Park and participants enjoyed free...

Former Watford coach, Quique Sanchez Flores, has warned Manchester United that Odion Ighalo will need “one month to recover full rhythm”. Flores worked with the Nigerian striker at Vicarage road, where he netted 39 goals across two-and-a-half seasons, with 16 of those coming in the Premier League. Ighalo has  signed a six-month loan deal  with United and arrived in the UK over the weekend from Chinese side, Shanghai Shenhua. “Mainly, the problem is how they train in China. It is not the same as in England. “Is he really ready for first-team matches in the Premier League because the physical difference is so big? He probably needs one month to recover the full rhythm. “The good thing is he knows his body well, works hard on injury prevention and he is always working after training. “I should say, also, that I felt in China, he gave exactly the same effort and quality as he gave me four years ago. We had the feeling in China that he could recover a high leve...

The Nigeria Police on Monday said GUO, Ezenwata and Young Shall Grow luxury buses were not hijacked by bandits on the Lokoja-Okene road. This was contained in a statement in Lokoja by the Kogi State Police Command spokesman, DSP William Aya. He said some persons were attempting to manipulate “the mindsets of Nigerians and the good people of the State that, Kogi State is not safe.” “Such incident never occurred in Kogi State and the Command has not received any such report. “The Commissioner urged the law abiding citizens of the state to go about their lawful businesses and to always avail the security agencies with credible information on the existence of criminal elements in the state,” he said. Aya also assured residents and Nigerians travelling through the state of police renewed commitment to the protection of lives and property.

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Monday paid a courtesy visit on the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Alexey Shebarshin at the Russian Embassy in Abuja for discussions ahead of the planned completion and revival of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex.  The governor who was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Jamiu Abdulkareem Asuku; Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Idris Asiwaju Asiru; State’s Accountant General, Jibrin Momoh and state’s Audutor-General, Okala Yusuf  arrived the Russian Embassy at noon.  Governor Bello said his visit to the Russian Ambassador was to convey the goodwill message of the people of Kogi state to the Russian Government through her embassy for the Oct 22, 2019 Sochi Agreement between the Russian Government and Nigeria to revive Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited.

A 23-year old man, Okwudili Ayogu, has been convicted of raping the daughter of his “master” and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja. The Chief Judge of the state and presiding judge of the High Court 1, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, found the defendant guilty of the offence committed on the 28th October, 2018 behind the Mountain of Fire Church, Phase II, Lokoja, within the Kogi State Judicial Division. The case with number HCL/04C/2019 was determined on the strength of its successful prosecution by the Director of Public Prosecution in the Ministry of Justice, Kogi State, on a one count charge of rape under Section 283 of the Penal Code. A summary of the offence showed that on the 28th October, 2018 the victim took her bath in preparation to go to church, but on coming out of the bathroom, was confronted by the defendant who forcibly removed her cloth and raped her. The victim further told the court that after committing the ac...