Kogi State

October 20, (THEWILL) - Kogi State Government has dragged Dangote Industries Limited to a Kogi State High Court, sitting in Lokoja over the controversial ownership of Obajana Cement Company, now Dangote Cement Plc. In the originating summons, the state...

October 17, (THEWILL) - At least two worshippers were killed and three others injured during an attack on a branch of the Celestial Church of Christ located behind the NNPC Mega Petrol Filling Station in the Felele area of...

October 14, (THEWILL) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered Dangote Group to shut down its operation within 48 hours, following the controversy surrounding the ownership of the cement factory located in Obajana. Bello ordered that the factory...

October 13, (THEWILL) – The Kogi State Government, on Wednesday, responded to Dangote Industries Limited's insistence on 100 per cent ownership of Obajana Cement Company, saying that DIL's efforts at making Kogi State's demand appear unreasonable had only justified...

October 10, (THEWILL) - The Chambers and Gallery of the Kogi State House of Assembly complex in Lokoja, North-Central, Nigeria, has been gutted by fire. An eyewitness told Newsmen that smoke was seen on the roof of the Assembly Complex...

October 10, (THEWILL) - Ownership tussle between the Kogi State Government and the Dangote Group over Obajana Cement Company, took another dimension on Sunday, as the National Association of Kogi State Students vowed to defend the stand of the...

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has strongly condemned the invasion of Dangote Cement Plant on Wednesday by the state’s security outfit, the Vigilantes, on the order of the State Governor Yahaya Bello, noting that such action will discourage...

October 08, (THEWILL) - The Kogi State Government, on Saturday, said it uncovered a plot by the Dangote Group to unleash Mayhem on Government officials and residents of the State. Commissioner of Information, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, who made the disclosure...

September 27, (THEWILL) – The Kogi State Government has shut down a 'Prayer House' allegedly selling “bulletproof water” and conducting medical quackery. The Prayer House, named ‘The New Jerusalem’, was sealed off on Monday. Some persons mainly young women, who claimed...

September 18, (THEWILL) – Matthew Kolawole, the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, who is also the lawmaker representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, may have to forget about his ambition to become...