Cash crunch has hit Lokoja, the Kogi capital, crippling most businesses and making life miserable for residents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the development in the area, on Wednesday, reports that most banks were out of cash, leaving their customers stranded. At the First Bank...
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja Kogi State capital has set aside an earlier ruling that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving the recall process initiated by constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The Federal High Court in a landmark judgement...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four people in a lone accident involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi. The FRSC also said that two persons were severely injured in the accident. The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the incidence to...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the general public against fuel scooping and mixed loading in Kogi State. Deputy Corps Commander and Head of Operations at the FRSC Kogi Sector Command in Lokoja, Mr Odogiyon Moses, issued...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday, publicly destroyed 25 tonnes of seized hard drugs in Kogi Stste. The NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.- Gen. Mohammed Marwa, who made the disclosure during the exercise held near Confluence Beach Hotel, Ganaja Village in Lokoja, described it as “very satisfactory.”...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Government has secured an agreement with the People’s Republic of China for the takeoff of the Kogi Hunan Special Economic Zone, with the status of a Free Trade Zone. Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo disclosed this when he played host to a delegation...
Kogi State Government has increased daily water supply from one million litres to two million litres as part of its efforts to improve potable water supply in the state. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Farouk Yahaya, said this on Monday, while monitoring the distribution and efficiency of the...
An auto crash involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi has claimed the lives of seven people, including four students from the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), while another student sustained injuries. The FRSC Kogi Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, revealed the details to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The High Court in Lokoja on Thursday ordered a stay of execution of the judgment sacking the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland , Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu gave the order following an application for stay of execution on his earlier judgment that removed Anaje as Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The News Agency...
The Rector of the Kogi Polytechnic, Prof. Salisu Usman, has said the management’s bold reforms in the last four years have helped in reshaping the institution. Usman made this known on Tuesday in Lokoja while addressing newsmen as part of activities to mark the end of his first tenure...
Kogi State Government has filed an appeal before the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the removal of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje, by a state High Court. The Kogi Attorney General, Mr Muzi Abdullahi, who is the 2nd claimant in the appeal made this known to...
A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu, gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja with a charge to Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. NAN reports that Daudu Adeku-Ojiah, Hussain...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Kogi State Government is to spend over ₦4 billion on malaria prevention across its healthcare system in the state. Governor Ahmed Ododo made this known at the launch of a malaria prevention campaign to combat the prevalence of the disease with the distribution...
Kogi State Government has awarded contracts worth N6.4 billion for the construction of 106.5Km rural roads, under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). The state government also awarded contracts worth N713.5 million for cross drainage structures along the roads as intervention to G Artist Engineering Ltd, Salisbury...
An accident involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi on Tuesday left six persons dead and 60 persons injured, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official has confirmed. FRSC Kogi Sector Command, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday,...
Sen. Shehu Sani on Monday, pledged to renovate the historic Palace of the deposed Etsu Nupe Bida, late Mall. Abubakar Ibrahim. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Ibrahim died in 1911 and was among the six northern Emirs that were deposed to Lokoja, Kogi by the then...
Kogi State Government has sacked all illegal occupants of the National Housing buildings in Phases I, II, and III, located at Crusher, Lokoja. Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Taiye Abanika, who announced the sack order in a statement issued on Friday in Lokoja, warned against disobeying the...
Kogi State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Zango market and banned roadside parking of trucks in its vicinity in Osara, Adavi Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja, said the decision was...
IBRAHIM JIMOH, Lokoja – In a bid to promote innovative solutions for modern housing and urban renewal, the Kogi State Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has embarked on an awareness road show ahead of its upcoming symposium. The event, themed “Modern Housing and Urban Renewal in Kogi State,”...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Professor Usman Ogbo, has been honoured with an Excellence Award by the Faculty of Management Sciences of Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba. According to the organizers, the honour was in recognition of his his significant role in...