Kogi

It started with a 4 a.m. glass of Champagne and a carne asada taco after a night of serious bar hopping. Thirty-year-old Mark Manguera was sitting with his 25-year-old sister-in-law, Alice Shin (his wife Caroline was already sleeping soundly), when the taste of L.A.’s most ubiquitous street food caused him to have a drunken revelation.“I’m biting into my taco and it dawned on me, ‘Alice, wouldn’t it be great if someone put Korean barbecue on a taco?,’ ” recalls Manguera, who is Filipino but married into a Korean family.…

Cashew farmers and buyers in Kogi State, under the aegis of the Farmers Forum of Nigeria (FFN), have called on Governor Usman Ododo to intervene over their alleged multiple taxation and extortion. The forum in a statement by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Adam, on Monday, alleged that agents of the state government planned to increase the produce payment on cashews from ₦30,000 to ₦90,000. Mr Adam appealed to the governor to halt multiple taxation in the state, adding that the move would impede the growth of the…

Kogi says has it has received its first oil 13 per cent derivation allocation from the federation account. Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s information commissioner, disclosed this after the State Executive Council Meeting at Government House, Kogi on Thursday. Most of Nigeria’s crude oil and gas come from the Niger Delta. But in 2021, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) recognised Kogi State as the owner of the Oda River-1 oil well, making the North-central state eligible for the 13…

Abdul Samad Rabiu’s BUA Group will cease from furthering the purchase of an expanse of land measuring 50,000 hectares it was invited to procure a decade ago by the Kogi State Government, the conglomerate said, citing its unsuitability for its investment push. The group, according to a letter seen by PREMIUM TIMES, disclosed it has not taken ownership of the asset since the arrangement after survey revealed the land’s largely hilly topography leaves only about 30 per cent of it useful. BUA’s businesses encompass…

Dangote Cement Plc says several of its staff were “harmed” during an invasion of its factory at Obajana in Kogi State on Wednesday. The Kogi government sealed the plant, formerly owned by the state government, on the allegation that it was improperly acquired by Dangote Industries Limited, the parent company of the cement giant, two decades ago. The firm was incorporated by the Kogi government as Obajana Cement Plc in 1992, while Dangote Industries acquired it 10 years after. A government report cited by the…

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has criticised the Kogi State Government’s forced closure on Wednesday of the Obajana factory of Dangote Cement Plc. The trade union said it feared the shutdown could have far-reaching implications for the economy as well as labour and investment. Dangote Group, under which Dangote Cement operates, is one of Nigeria’s biggest employers of labour after the federal government. “You cannot use strong-arm tactics to shut them down or impose very severe restrictions on…

Kogi State House of Assembly Wednesday directed ordered the shutdown of a factory of Dangote Cement Plc situated at Obajana in the north-central state, saying the asset was not legitimately acquired by the firm. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and the company’s majority shareholder, has been summoned to a meeting with the lawmakers, the state legislative arm said, but demanded more time to do, according to a statement seen by PREMIUM TIMES. An email seeking comments from Anthony Chiejina, the spokesperson of…