Eight Killed As Gunmen Ambush Security Operatives In Kogi EKO HOT BLOG reports that some unidentified gunmen on Saturday afternoon ambushed security men at Jidda-Bassa community in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi state, killing three police officers and five vigilantes. EDITOR’S PICK: “Missing Actress Cynthia Okereke’s Bank has been Cleared” – AGN … Read more
Religion Festivity: Gov Bello receives Sanusi Lamido, Islamic clerics as Kogi hosts Nationwide Maulid EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Thursday in Lokoja received His Spiritual Eminence, Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, Grand Khalifa, Jamiyyatu Ansarideen (Attijaniya) Worldwide, as the state hosts the fourth Nigerian Maulid celebration. The theme of this … Read more
The state government took delivery of the first set of 16,900 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday night The 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 frontline healthcare workers in … Read more
NOVEMBER 18, 2020 Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, vowed to investigate and punish those behind the imposition of a bread tax in the state. “The particular incident of bread tax is being looked into as I speak, we are investigating those that are behind this,” the governor said at a press briefing after … Read more
The National Industrial Court has ordered the Kogi State Government to pay a former deputy governor of the state, Simon Achuba, the sum of ₦180 million. According to the court, the sum will be paid to Achuba as outstanding security votes due to him from April 2018 to August 2019. In a judgment delivered on … Read more
The Kogi State Government has reacted to the report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) that two cases of COVID-19 were recorded within the province. Speaking on the alleged report via a statement on Wednesday, Saka Haruna Audu, Kogi health commissioner, said the state government has developed “full testing capacity” and “conducted hundreds … Read more