By Gbenga Odogun The Kogi State Government has set aside over N7bn to revamp an additional 88 Primary Healthcare Centres across the 21 local government areas in the state. Governor Ahmed Ododo disclosed this at a ceremony held on Saturday at the Model Primary Healthcare Centre in Felele, Lokoja, the state capital, during the official…
By Gbenga Odogun As part of its efforts to achieve universal health coverage, the Kogi State Government said it has so far enrolled 167,000 persons in its health insurance scheme. The Executive Secretary of the state Health Insurance Agency, Adekunle Aledare, disclosed this on Monday in Lokoja, the state capital, shortly after defending the agency’s…
By Gbenga Odogun The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Enema Paul, is dead. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Aliyu Yusuf, confirmed the death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Yabagi, on Saturday. Yusuf said that Paul died of an undisclosed illness at an…
Two students were killed in a ghastly accident involving two trucks and two tricycles along Felele road, Lokoja, Kogi on Friday, the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), has confirmed. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, the FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, confirmed that eight persons were involved in the accident. According to him, one of the two trucks’…
By Demola Salami Also rescued were 10 kidnap victims, the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said on Tuesday. The kidnappers were said to have been terrorising the Ajaokuta area of the state for a while, committing so many crimes including kidnapping, rapping and robbery. This prompted the State Government to hire a…
By Emmanuella Ekele Justice Anenih also adjourned the hearing in the N110bn money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to January 29, 30, and February 25 and 27 for hearing. The judge had earlier refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor, saying it was…
