KOGI INSIGHT

Names of caretaker committee members announced today at the government house Lokoja and as reported by comrade Yunusa sheidu at the venue. 1. Moses Akande ogori mangogo. 2. Mohammed Tanko Kogi LGA. 3. Taofik isah ijumu LGA 4. Olorunleke Moses Kabba bunu. 5. Sunday David mopamuro. 6. Ashiru Abdulrazak yagba east. 7.olutimi Joseph yagba west. 8. Abdulraheem Ohiare okehi LGA. 9. Kabiru Idris dekina. 10. Baron okwoli igalamela. 11. Thomas ofor ibaji LGA 12. Mohammed Ibrahim Ankpa. 13. Adejo Nikodemus olamaboro. 14. Sule Amodu Idah LGA. 15. Ebititan ofu LGA. 16. Ibrahim Yakubu omala LGA. 17. Samuel Zakari bassa LGA. 18. Akaba mustapha ajaokuta LGA. 19. Ajoge Enesi Adavi LGA. 20. Abdulrazak Mohammed Okene. 21. Lokoja LGA to be announced later in the day.

There is an uneasy calm in the ancient community of Imane in Olamaboro local government area of Kogi State as the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs split the position of Oda Ojiji with the recent appointments it made. Having gone through all the known processes within the government and the traditional institutions, Fred I. Adeojo was waiting for the staff of office, only to be denied in the last minute decision of the power that be.

Kogi State was carved out of Kwara and Benue States on August 27, 1991 by the then regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. It's capital is Lokoja. Loacted in north central Nigeria, Kogi State occupies 29,833 square kilometres. Kogi State is the most centrally located of all the states of the federation. It comprises the Igala, Ebira, Kabba, Yoruba and Kogi divisions of the former Kabba province. It shares common boundaries with Niger, Kwara, Nassarawa and The Federal Capital Territory to the north. To the east, the state is bounded by Benue state, to the south by Enugu and Anambra States, and to the west by Ondo, Ekiti and Edo states. Lokoja, the Niger/Benue confluence town is the state capital. Ethnically, Yoruba, Nupe and Bassa forming the main ethnic groups.