No justice for the people, no peace for the government I am Kogi State. I have millions of acres of arable land and billions of cubic litres of water, but I cannot feed myself. So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion to import hollandia, or yoghurt milk. I produce rice, but don’t eat it. Sometimes the local rice is mixed with foriegn rice rebagged as foreign rice and inflate the price like figure from ballot. I have countless number of farmers  but no, - I mean, no road at the grassroot to convey farm produce to the desired consumer at urban centers. No food. I am hungry.  Please rebrand me. I drive the latest cars in the world but have no roads. I lose family and friends everyday on roads for which funds have been looted. I lose my young, my old, and my most brainy and productive people to the potholes, craters and crevasses they travel on every day. I am in permanent mourning.  Please re-brand me. My school has no teacher and ...

A  team of patrol officers were attacked last Thursday by armed bandits along Lokoja-Okene road, which resulted to the death of two officers (Assistant Superintendent of Customs One S OHIREMEN and Assistant Superintendent of Customs Two SM OMALE), Another officer, Deputy Superintendent of Customs HI OLADAPO sustained a gunshot injury. ACP Omale The injured officer was quickly moved to Federal medical centre Lokoja for medical attention and has  been discharged from the hospital and would be returning to work as soon as he is in full health. Lomba Benjamin, Public Relation officer Customs Niger/Kogi Command in a statement said ASC II OMALE was buried on Friday 13th December, 2019 according to Islamic rights in Ayamba village of Kogi State while ASC I OHIREMEN will be buried at his home town in Ondo State by January 2020. The Customs Area Controller (ABBA-KASSIM YUSUF)  during a condolence visit to Omale’s  wife, children and family  assured the family...

Amongst the duties of government in every society includes protection and provisions. This involves maintenance of law and order, the protection of human rights, property and keeping the society intact and in peace.  The role of government also includes the provision of social welfare services which includes the provision of roads, health care services, good pipe-borne water, electricity, and education amongst others, in order to improve the standard of living of her citizens. In the case of Nigeria as a country, it has been noticed that the government has done their best which could have been more, in the provisions of these requirements and meeting up to their duties. Very few individuals and institutions have shouldered the responsibility of ensuring that this menace changes and Nigerians get the best out of life. The church has invested heavily in the construction of roads, pipe-borne water, electricity, and education in the nation. One of the most outst...

Muhammad Bashir Lokoja Following the trending documentary of a community report carried out for an online Igala Radio anchored by Mr. Gabriel Yunusa Enemali known as Okanyi, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), under the Presidency in Abuja, have commence the building of a primary school at Ukpologogene community in Ayingba, Dekina Local Government of Kogi State. The development came on the heels of the documentary depicting the dilapidated nature of the primary school at the community abandoned by successive governments un the state. Okanyi, in the documentary, highlighted the poor nature of the school environment where pupils take lessons in a hollow building covered with dried leaves. The documentary also shows pupils sitting on the floor, learning courtesy of a tartared writing board also known as black board. Okanyi, while speaking with New Telegraph, said the Ukpologogene situation was just one out of many delapidated schools of learning dotted across ...

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubarkar were found  together  exchanging views recently. No wonder, it is said in politics , there is no permanent friend but permanent interest. If at all, there was any need to set themselves ablaze as arc rival or opposition, this should have being the best moment to lynch themselves beyond recognition. The reverse is however , the case in the gathering of these political Titans ! Bola and Atiku ran into each other at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu was on his way to Minna, Niger State to receive an honorary doctorate degree from IBB university in Lapal, while former Vice President was on his way to Kaduna for a wedding. They were flanked by Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. Without mincing word, let’s put political record straight like this , there is unity in diversity. Period ! Koginfo Exclusive News

Things are falling apart for Allen Onyeama and Air Peace, the US Department of Justice have indicted him for money laundering while Nigeria’s EFCC has launched an investigation into the books of one of Nigeria’s leading Airline Company. In a game of names and conspiracies, new facts have emerged which point to the reality that the Jonathans, Mr. Timi Alaibe, former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commision and Kingsley Kuku, former Chairman of The Presidential Amnesty Program to former President Jonathan are the real owners of Nigerian Airline, Airpeace Nigeria LTD. WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM Kingsley Kuku during his time as Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Program converted his office as a fund raising scheme, and indeed the funds were raised. Several billions of unaccounted tax payers money were stolen from the Amnesty program, and when Kingsley Kuku’s time as Chairman was over, a clearly orchestrated arson was committed at the accounts records office of t...

Kogi state has been plagued with many issues recently, including the latest unsettled dust from the report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report, ranking the state as the most corrupt in the country. This was disclosed on bureau’s latest report titled: “The 2nd Corruption Survey Report in Nigeria,” released at the State House Conference Center in Abuja, on Friday. Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Yemi Kale, and the Country Representative of the UNODC in Nigeria, Mr. Oliver Stople explained that it conducted the survey with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, in collaboration with other partner international agencies. While Imo was rated the least corrupt state in Nigeria with 17.6%, followed by Jigawa and Plateau States, Kogi led as the most corrupt state (48%), followed by Gombe at 43%. However, the report has continued to generate serious backlash from various state governments, especially Governor Yahaya Bello led ...