Tag Archives: Kogi State

PM News says that the Kogi Government on Thursday ordered the immediate evacuation of traders, shanties and temporary structures around NATCO Junction of the Okene/Lokoja/Abuja Expressway in Lokoja. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Kogi Governor, Mrs Petra Onyegbule, in Lokoja, said the directive was as a result of the flash floods that occurred on Thursday ...

“The two unions in Ajaokuta Steel Company, Kogi State have dismissed the reported succession crisis at its managerial level.Specifically, the Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ISSSAN) and Steel and Engineering Workers Union of Nigeria (SEWUN), yesterday in Lokoja, faulted the petition to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) indicating a leadership ...

“Determined to tackle the menace of erosion, Kogi authorities have launched the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP) in the State.”- The Guardian With several houses already swallowed up by erosion and hundreds of lives lost while properties worth billions went down the drain on account of the menace, the government backed the World Bank’s driven project with N100 million ...

“To excel in estate surveying profession, under-graduates in the field have been challenged to be disciplined, work hard and put maximum integrity into their daily dealings with people. Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) in Plateau State, Fidel Okpanachi Idoko gave the charge during a visit by students and lecturers of the Department of Estate Management of Federal ...

According to Business Day, House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled plans to investigate the N24 billion abandoned dredging and establishment of land ports at Idaho and Jamata areas of Kogi State. The resolution was passed following the adoption of the motion sponsored by Benjamin Okolo, who underscored the importance of the project to Nigerian economic development. He observed that the ...

According to The Guardian, the process for the construction of the 650 kilometres Kano – Ajaokuta northern gas pipeline has begun, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who stated this yesterday in Abuja at the 2017 edition of the annual Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Oloibiri Lecture Series ...

The Guardian reports that the Nigerian Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) plans to embark on training of communities to ensure better monitoring and sustainability of projects in their domain. According to The Guardian, Kogi State Project Coordinator of NEWMAP, Ladi Jatto while speaking with newsmen on the development, explained that the project’s target was to bringing succor to communities ravaged by ...

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) revealed that flood has killed 29 people in 99 local government areas across 30 states this year. The Guardian reports that the Director-General of the agency, Mr. Moses Oluwatoyin Beckley, said at a “Sensitisation Workshop on 2016 Flood Prediction, Prevention and Mitigation Hydrological Area,” in Lokoja, Kogi State yesterday that 34 states would be ...

Dreams of lower construction costs by prospective homeowners might have become a nightmare, going by fresh increase in the price of cement products by manufacturers. The development has already triggered a ripple effect in the open market, with prices going up by about 44 per cent in few days. Investigations revealed that operators under the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria ...