Tag: Kogi State

Governor Yahaya Bello order say make dem open Lokoja-Abuja highway sharp sharp
Governor Yahaya Bello order say make dem open Lokoja-Abuja highway sharp sharp

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello don order say make dem open Lokoja-Abuja highway sharp sharp. Governor Bello give the order through him State Security Adviser we be Jerry Omodara for inside Lokoja wey be the state capital. Tanker drivers been block the highway for Monday night after one allegiate say of their fellow drivers wey no gree…

114 fleeing prisoners captured in Kogi State
114 fleeing prisoners captured in Kogi State

Over 114 prisoners who escaped after gunmen attacked the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kogi State have been captured. The spokesman for the Nigeria Correctional Service, Francis Enobore confirmed the rearrest of the inmates in a television interview. Enobore added that several processes have been activated to ensure all inmates are rearrested.

Kogi State threatens to take legal action against EFCC
Kogi State threatens to take legal action against EFCC

The government of Kogi State has threatened to take legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The threat is in reaction to a court order freezing the Salary Account of the Kogi State Government over a controversial bailout loan of twenty billion naira. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said that the court…

Court orders freezing of Kogi State salary account
Court orders freezing of Kogi State salary account

The Kogi State Government has been barred from its Salary Account due to a controversial loan of twenty million naira from Sterling Bank. Justice Tijjani Ringim made the order following a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The order by Justice Ringim is to enable the EFCC investigate the twenty-billion-naira loan, which the Kogi State…

Pressure mounts on Kogi State to release activists detained for 50 days
Pressure mounts on Kogi State to release activists detained for 50 days

Pressure is being mounted on Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Government to order the release of two activists – Larry Emmanuel and Victor Anene Udoka. Twenty-eight-year-old Emmanuel and thirty-two-year-old Udoka have been in detention for forty-nine days, after they were arrested for taking part in a protest on April 5, 2021. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability…

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