The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Kogi State has said eight school children were rescued unhurt after an 40-feet articulated container fell on two vehicles on Thursday in Lokoja. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, disclosed this to the News Agency of...
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By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Some Civil Society Groups, under the aegis of Concerned Civil Society Organizations in Kogi State, have called on Nigerians especially the youths in the state not to take part in the planned nationwide protests in Nigeria, slated for 1st August, 2024. Addressing Journalists...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Member Representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Sanni Abdulraheem Egidi, has assured the citizens of Ajaokuta and the Entire Ebira kingdom that Ajaokuta community will not be part of the proposed Okura State. The assurances which was contained...
The Federal Government has shut down an illegal gold mine site in Yagba East Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, stated that the move was part of the Federal Government’s commitment to combat illegal mining and reposition the...
…Urges supporters to remain calm as he Heads to Supreme Court The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, Alh Murtala Yakubu Ajaka on Thursday alleged that some irregularities and manipulations influenced the outcome of the petition he...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Thursday, affirmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor of Kogi. A three-member panel of the court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, held that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship...
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has directed that the request by former Governor Yahaya Bello, for the transfer of the alleged money laundering case instituted against him by the EFCC to Kogi, be heard in open court. In a letter, addressed to...
The train service from Warri to Itakpe is set to resume operations on Monday, the Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said on Sunday in Abuja. NRC Deputy Director, Public Relations, Mr Yakubu Mahmood, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday. According to...
The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Kogi State, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Sheidu as the Executive. Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, saying that his choice would reinforce the integrity and...
The Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in the last governorship election in Kogi State,Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has mourned the death of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi who died on Sunday This was contained in a statement he personally signed by...
The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service says the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile has risen from N6 billion in 2016 to N23.5 billion per annum. Alhaji Sule Enehe, the chairman of the service, announced this in a stakeholders interactive session held in Lokoja on Tuesday. Enehe explained...
The Kogi Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Gov. Ahmed Ododo, has...
The Executive Chairman of Dekina Local Government area of Kogi state, John Urah, has joined other leaders and well wishers to congratulate the Governor of the State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo over his triumph and victory at the State election petition tribunal. Governor Ododo won his opponent in a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Social Democratic Party (SDP), candidate in the 2023 Kogi governorship race, Alhaji Murtala Ajaka, has urged Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to resuscitate the economy and end insecurity. Ajaka, in a congratulatory message to Tinubu on his first anniversary in office,...
The police command in Kogi on Sunday confirmed the killing of two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH),Osara. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. Onuoha described the killing...
A group, G-21 Frontiers in Kogi State has berated the Kogi East Critical Elders for their endorsement of former Governor of the state Yahaya Bello and his predecessor, Usman Ododo. Kogi state coordinator of G-21 Frontier, Faruk Ismail in a statement in Abuja on Friday said they were disappointed...
The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed an helicopter and police security apparatus to rescue the remaining abducted university students in Kogi. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the police command in Kogi, SP Williams Ovye-Aya on Thursday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued the nine abducted students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State. The army, in a post on its official X Handle on Sunday, said the troops in collaboration with other security agencies...
Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has condemned the attack and abduction of students by gunmen at the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Adavi local government area of Kogi State. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. She said the...
The Minister of Steel Development, Mr Shuaib Abubakar, says Nigeria spends $8 billion to import steel into the country annually, saying it has become necessary for the Ajaokuta steel company to work. The minister disclosed this during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Steel...