Kogi State

January 27, (THEWILL) - Usman Ahmed Ododo has taken the oath of office as the Governor of Kogi State, marking the end of Yahaya Bello’s eight-year tenure. Yahaya Bello handed over to Ododo at a ceremony held at the Muhammadu...

January 14, (THEWILL) - The Kogi State Government has sacked 111 cooks in 2022 for allegedly engaging in fraudulent activities during the Federal Government’s Schools Feeding Programme in the state. The Kogi State Focal Person of the National Social Investment...

January 07, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the paramount ruler of Igala kingdom, His Royal Highness, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa, over the death of his sister, Mallama Meimunat...

January 07, (THEWILL) - Professor Joseph Ita Omada, former Rector of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, and Director, Research Administration at the National Open University of Nigeria, has called on tertiary institutions across the country to take the lead...

December 18, (THEWILL) - Popular Nigerian Juju musician, known as Omoba De Jumbo Beats and his band members, have reportedly been abducted. Another musician, Adeyinka Adeboye, popularly known as Boyebest, shared the news on his Instagram page. Omoba De Jumbo Beats...

December 17, (THEWILL) - Ataba Sani-Omolori, one of the heirs apparent to the Ohinoyi stool in Kogi State is battling to save his reputation. Ataba who is being touted to become the fifth Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, to succeed the...

December 14, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has disclosed plans to establish a bamboo processing factory in Karara, Kogi State. Minister of Environment, Balarebe Lawal, who disclosed this during the commemoration of the 2023 World Bamboo Day in Abuja,...

December 10, (THEWILL) - The Kogi State Governorship Election was one of the three off-cycle governorship elections held on November 11, 2023, the first to be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) after the last General Election. Nigerians...

December 06, (THEWILL) - The Secretary of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, David Umar Mike, has been attacked by gunmen. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP William Aya, who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, in Lokoja,...

December 01, (THEWILL) - Gunmen, on Friday, attacked the official residence of the Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hale Gabriel Longpet, in Lokoja. Rotimi Oyekunmi, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, confirmed the incident in a statement. The statement...