By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Ahead of the Kogi local government elections, slated for 19th October, 2024 Governor Ahmed Ododo, has urged the APC leadership in the state to reserve 40 percent of elective positions for women across the state as agreed by the party. Governor Ododo, who...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for improved collaboration with the World Bank Group in the implementation of development projects in critical sectors of the state’s economy. He made the call when he paid a working visit to the new Country...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for improved collaboration with the World Bank Group in the implementation of development projects in critical sectors of the state’s economy. Governor Ododo made the call when he paid a working visit to the new...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sworn in ten new judges recently appointed into the state judiciary. In his address at the swearing in ceremony held at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja, Governor Ododo charged the new judges to serve the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has welcomed the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja that upheld the decision of the governorship election petition tribunal affirming his return as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. In his reaction to...
The Kogi State Government has described Governor Usman Ododo’s electoral victory at the Court of Appeal as a huge leap forward. Information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo told newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja that the victory had affirmed Ododo as the people’s choice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said his administration saved the state government over 20 billion naira by recovering and refurbishing almost to brand new status in physical condition and mechanical performance of about 200 tractors deployed for the 2024 wet season...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has reassured students and management of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara of improved security on the university campus. The Governor stated this during a meeting with 29 students from the university who had...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said the state government is ready to meet all requirements for the establishment of a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in the state. Governor Ododo gave the assurances on Friday when he hosted a delegation from...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has assured of effective disaster management and protection against the impact natural disasters in Nigeria. Governor Ododo said this while receiving the report of the Technical Working Group of the Ad Hoc Committee on Flood and Other Nature-Induced Disasters...
The Gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has described reports that he has withdrawn the case seeking to reclaim his mandate from Governor Usman Ododo as fake and a calculated attempt to mislead...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo on Thursday signed seven bills into law with a charge to the people of the state to embrace the new laws in order to move Kogi state forward. The seven new laws include: A Law to repeal and Re-enact...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo on Wednesday disbursed N370 million Community Revolving Fund (CRF), to farmers to boost food production in the North-Central State The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the CRF loan disbursement is in partnership with the World Bank under the ACReSAL project....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has felicitated with the former Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on the occasion of his 49th birthday anniversary. In his message of felicitation to the former Governor,...
The Kogi Government has banned Traditional procession in Koton Kafe in Kogi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state for security reasons. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, announced the ban in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that security reports indicated that all...
Palpable excitement enveloped Kogi at the weekend as Gov. Usman Ododo surprised the state workers by paying their June salaries in the middle of the month. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that most of the workers were pleasantly surprised as it was the...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo has warned criminal elements to stay away from the state warning that Kogi is not a fertile ground for criminality. Ododo gave the warning while speaking to newsmen shortly after observing his Eid-el-Kabir prayer on Sunday at Okene Eid Praying ground. The...
Democracy Day: Governor Ododo urges resilience in Nigeria’s journey towards justice for all citizens
Democracy Day: Governor Ododo urges resilience in Nigeria’s journey towards justice for all citizens
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for resilience in Nigeria’s journey to ensure justice for all her citizens as the country marks 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance since 1999. In his Democracy Day message, Governor Ododo called on Nigerians to...
The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over eight students of Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara, Kogi State, who were rescued on Sunday, to Gov. Ahmed Ododo, at Army Headquarters Abuja. The handing over was conducted by the Deputy Chief of Operations (Army), Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Emekah, on...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), challenging the election victory of Governor Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11, 2023 Kogi governorship poll. The three-member panel, chaired by Justice Ado Birnin–Kudu, dismissed the petition on the...