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Flood victims reject N3,000 as compensation
Victims of the 2012 flood disaster in Kogi have rejected the offer of N3, 000 compensation from the state government, describing the gesture as inadequate.
Some of the victims told newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday that the N3, 000 offered to them...
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Kogi Gov ‘critically’ injured in crash, ADC dies
Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, was on Friday involved in an auto-crash at Emo-worro village in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state.
The village is about 12 kilometres from Lokoja, the state capital.
Eyewitness account said...
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Kogi and its wise elders
Recently, Kogi State elders came out to express their mind on happenings in the state. To their minds, the state is not making appreciable impact like other states in the country.
Since the election of the present government of Captain Wada,...
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‘Violence Is Alien To Our Nigerian Culture’, Kogi governor says
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has decried the spate of violence in the country, describing the ugly trend as alien to our culture.
The governor who stated this in Lokoja during the official launching of the new identity card designed...
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No More Business As Usual, Says Wada
Pursues Transformation Agenda.
GOVERNOR Idris Wada of Kogi State, at the weekend, restated his commitment to development of the state, promising he would pay little attention to politics.
The governor spoke during the presentation...
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Supreme Court sacks Bayelsa, Adamawa, Sokoto, C/River, Kogi govs
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Supreme Court has in a judgement delivered, Friday morning, sacked the five governors of Bayelsa, Adamawa, Sokoto, C/River, Kogi state from their respective office.
In a unanimous decision, a 7-man panel of justices...
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Kogi Electorate To Elect New Governor Today
Uncertainity remains over S’Court Verdict on Govs’ Tenure
ELECTORATE in Kogi State will today go to the polls to elect a new governor for another four years.
The outcome of electoral battle which many political observers see as a...
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I rigged polls for PDP in Kogi, says Melaye
AMID cheers and pandemonium, party faithful and fans of Governors Raji Fashola and Adams Oshiomhole in Kogi State nearly pulled down the security gates at the Lokoja Township Stadium.
But they were stunned when Dino Melaye announced to the crowd...
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Kogi farmers demand N2.5 billion compensation
“The state government plans to use about 250 hectares of farmlands for the development of a new city.”
Not less than 100 farming families, whose land the Kogi Government wants to use to build a housing estate on Mount Patti in...
