Confluence Reporters

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has said about $1.46 billion is expected to be expended to revamp Ajaokuta Steel Company.

A High Court sitting in Lokoja has reserved ruling for February 27, 2020, on the matter brought before the court on whether the removal of Elder Simon Achuba and the subsequent nomination of Chief Edward Onoja followed due process.

The Nigeria Customs Service has insisted that the N1.6bn allegedly paid to a consultant to conduct the ongoing recruitment exercise into the service was budgeted for both the recruitment and training for the entire period of the exercise.

Eighteen days to the January 31 deadline given by Nigeria Labour Unions, the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has approved the constitution of a 14-man committee to negotiate the implementation of the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Gov. Yahaya Bello

Former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff has paid a condolence visit to goveenor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, over the death of his sister, Hajia Rabiat Bello, and also commiserated with the governor over the attack of Tawari community, in the state.

A serving Corp Member who hailed from Gbedde-Ijumu, Kogi State, Miss Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo has committed suicide.

Emerging information has shown that a Nigerian from Kogi State, Dauda Onoruioza was one of the passengers involved in the ill-fated Ukrainian plane shot down by Iran.

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Thursday received delegation of the people of Tawari Community at Government House Lokoja, and assured them of timely distribution of relief materials to victims of the attack.

Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has assured civil servants in the state that the government is ready to pay the new ₦30,000 minimum wage.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, said it has not abandoned the criminal case of double registration against the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

Adelani Adepegba Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and some youths on Monday protested the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and his aides in a drone airstrike by the United States.

Chinonso Okonkwo   A picture from northern Nigeria has gone viral pretty quick. A man shared a picture he took with members of his family.

The Federal Government has revoked the contract for the reconstruction of Ajoaokuta-Itobe-Okene highway in Kogi State.

Commuters plying the route of Ajaokuta-Itobe bridge to Kogi East, Benue State and some other neighbouring states were left stranded on Thursday as Ajaokuta bridge cuts into two, leaving the commuters stranded.

Eniola Akinkuotu Popular columnist and fierce critic of the the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Prof. Farooq Kperogi, says Buhari supporters are now on a mission to get him sacked.

As the December 31 deadline given by the organised labour for state governments to conclude negotiations with their unions on the consequential adjustments to the new minimum wage expires today, we can authoritatively report that at least 13 states will not meet the deadline.

Seyi Gesinde The Information, Culture and Tourism Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has disclosed that cabinet ministers can only travel out of the country eight times in a year.

By Segun Kasali The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N1.168 trillion into law.

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), rtd, has announced his intention to search for new wife, Confluence Reporters gathered.

The National Social Investments Programme (NSIP) has debunked claims that the new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, deliberately refused to approve payments for school feeding in Kogi and three other states. It explained why the payment had been stopped amidst an outcry from the vendors.