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Many Nigerians have written their names in gold and posterity will definitely remember their sacrifice in the struggle for the country's Independence that eventually came to a reality 60 years ago on October 1,1960.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has quashed allegation that her ministry was part of N2.67bn school feeding fund, uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. 

The Kogi State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has made nomination forms for female politicians who would be running for elective position in the forthcoming 2020 local government elections in the state free. 

Ahead of the December 12, 2020 local government elections in Kogi State, the stakeholders of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Okene on Sunday endorsed the candidature of the former council administrator and chief security officer, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad as chairmanship candidate of the party for Okene local government. 

Organised Labour has suspended the much publicized indefinite nationwide strike and mass protests after reaching a consensus with the Federal Government early this morning at a meeting between the two parties showed that the federal is has reversed the hike in electricity tariff.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised travelers to desist from night travels so as to minimise road mishaps during the ’ember’ months. 

 It was a horrible experience at the Kabba junction axis of Okene – Lokoja highway where the deplorable state of the road has left hundreds of commuters plying that routes stranded for several hours. 

The Controller General of Federal Fire Service, Alhaji Liman Ibrahim has expressed deep concern over recent incessant fire incidents in Kogi State.

An ambush on the convoy of Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Friday left about 15 persons dead.

courts to shut down as judiciary workers, others back strike, aviation unions to down tools,  flights to be disrupted  N1.3tn spent on electricity subsidy in two years –Osinbajo  Despite the two court orders restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from embarking on their planned nationwide strike on Monday, the two labour unions have said they will go ahead with the industrial action.

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, has expressed optimism that the resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Mill will come to fruition before the expiration of the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari. 

The Management of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has declared Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th September, 2020, as lecture-free days in honour of members of the Polytechnic community affected by the inferno caused by the tanker explosion in the early hours of Wednesday. 

Kogi State Government through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST), has announced the shift in the date for the conduct of Internal Examinations as earlier released in the state.

 The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Kogi state chapter, has called to the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) to conduct a free, fair and credible local government election for posterity sake.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Kogi state government and the families of the victims who died in an accident involving a fuel tanker in Lokoja on Wednesday.

  Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has assured Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello that the bad portion of the road at the Felele end of the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja road will be fixed. 

The victims of flood in Kogi State have appealed to both the federal and state governments to come to their aid, as the ravaging flood has destroyed their properties worth billions of naira, including houses and farmlands.

It is no longer news that the United States of America (USA) has slammed visa ban on some notable Nigerian politicians for undermining electoral process in the aftermath of Kogi and Bayelsa gubernatorial elections.

The board of Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has been suspended. 

The Ihima students' union (I S U) under the leadership of Comr Yusuf Muyibat Avosuahi has commenced the second phase of her skills acquisition programme.

 TRANSFORMATIONAL STRIDES OF DR. USMAN OGBO SALISU, FCIA, PhD. LED MANAGEMENT AND THE RECENTLY CONFIRMATION AS SUBSTANTIVE RECTOR, KOGI STATE POLYTECHNIC, LOKOJA BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KOGI STATE, ALH. YAHAYA ADOZA BELLO PORTRAY NEW DIRECTION.

Kogi state government has directed the immediate commencement of ‘ICPC Half Hour’ on the State Broadcasting Corporation to widen sensitization against corruption in the state. 

By Mohammed Yabagi.  As the report about the alleged banning of certain politicians in Kogi State from traveling to the United States of America (USA) continues to make traction on some timelines, the State Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr Abubakar Bashir Muhammed (Bashir Gegu) has laughed it off, wondering what they should go and look for in the US in the first place. 

Tony Okafor A 25-year-old woman, Onyinye Chime, has allegedly killed her lover, Eleyi Azubuike, in Anambra State, for asking her to abort her pregnancy.

Senior lawyers, socio-political organisations and civil rights groups on Thursday described as unconstitutional, attempts by the House of Representatives to adopt the public hearing it conducted in the eighth assembly for the Water Resources Bill.

The Federal University Lokoja (FUL) was among the twelve Universities established by the Federal Government of Nigeria in February, 2011. (Establishment Act 2015).

Nigerians now buy a litre of petrol at N151.56 it becomes fundamental to interrogate the action that led to the 2012 uprising where Nigerians poured out on the streets when the government of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian president increased price of petrol from N65 to N141 per litre.

Kayode Oyero The Federal Government says state governments and school administrators should start making preparations for the full reopening of schools in the country.