Kogi workers have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the release of the balance of N30.8 billion of the state share of the bailout fund for the payment of their salary arrears.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed November 2 for the conduct of the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states.
The Acting Inspector -General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of a squad of ” Operation Puff Adder ” to Kogi, in response to the wave of violent crimes in the state.
Secondary school principals and teachers in Kogi State have jointly rejected a one week extension of the second term of the 2018/2019 academic session by the state government.
Four persons have lost their lives in Kabba, Kogi State when the wall of a well collapsed on them.
The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from the alleged conflict between the Executive and Judiciary in Kogi State.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Kogi Chapter, has cautioned the state House of Assembly against being used by the Executive to illegally and forcefully remove the State Chief Judge Nasir Ajanah.
Acute water scarcity has hit Lokoja and its environs following the shutdown of the greater Lokoja water treatment plant by the state government since March 27.
Iyabo Toluhi (nee Adesanmi), the elder sister of the late Prof. Pius Adesanmi, on Saturday described the death of his brother as a great loss to the family and community.
The Kogi government says the state will ensure that Prof. Pius Akinsanmi is immortalised by ensuring that all his books are made available in its school libraries.
The West Africa Examinations Council will soon review the salaries of its workers as part of measures to motivate them towards optimal productivity, Olutise Adenipekun, Head of its office in Nigeria, has said.
The West African Examinations Council has de-recognised 13 secondary schools and warns 56 others in Kogi for their involvement in examination malpractice during the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations.
The National Population Commission says that a comprehensive database for births and deaths registration in the country from 2004 to 2019 will be ready by the end of the year.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ademola Bello, has been declared winner of the rescheduled House of Assembly election conducted on Sunday in Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Armed thugs shot indiscriminately and tried to snatch ballot boxes at the polling units opposite Bishop Delisle Catholic Cathedral in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
The candidates of the All Progressives Congress have been declared winners of the House of Assembly elections conducted on March 9 in Ijumu and Yagba East Local Government Areas in Kogi West Senatorial District.
Six staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission were kidnapped and later released in Lokoja, Kogi State during the state assembly election on Saturday.
Some armed thugs in police and army uniforms invaded polling units in Adankolo community in Lokoja, Kogi State shooting sporadically to scare away voters on the queue.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday postponed the state House of Assembly election across Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The governorship election will not hold in seven states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting.