The Kogi State House of Assembly has been gutted by fire in the early hours of Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Monday that the incident took the guards by surprise. Security personnel watching over the complex told the speaker of the house who...
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The Abuja-Lokoja highway on Friday got blocked for motorists as two articulated vehicles broke down adjacent to each other. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed motorists to avoid the road for alternative routes not to get into the built up gridlock around Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has informed the public that it has sufficient stock of petroleum products and the public should not give in to panic buying. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd., Garba Muhammad, said in...
Massive flooding on Sunday over ran Ajaokuta-Ganaja-Lokoja road in Kogi which links the metropolis to the eastern part of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja reports that the flooding covered the portion of the road at Ganaja village such that only by canoes that the...
The Police Command in Kogi on Saturday said two more corpses had been recovered from the attack by bandits on traders in Bagana village, Omala Local Government Area, Kogi. The spokesperson of Kogi Police Command, SP William Ovye-Aya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that the...
Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential candidate, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Wednesday called for unity of purpose among Nigerians as supporters welcomed him in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwankwaso made the call in Lokoja, while commissioning his campaign office and the party’s Secretariat in...
The Managing Director of Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA), Hajiya Rekiya Sanni, has called for peaceful co-existence among the citizens of Kogi State to quicken growth and development of the state. Sanni made the call on Saturday while felicitating Gov. Yahaya Bello and the residents of the state on...
The acting Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has unveiled the trophy for the 28th Judiciary Staffers Games scheduled for Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Sports Association for Judiciary (NASAJ) would hold from Aug. 17 to 27 in Lokoja. Ariwoola, who...
As part of efforts to combat crime, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has ordered the immediate closure of all brothels in the state Governor Bello also banned wearing of face masks in public places for proper and easy identification of persons. He gave the directive on Tuesday in Lokoja,...
No fewer than 3 persons were burnt to death while 2 others were rescued with burns on Monday evening when a Diesel Tanker exploded in Kogi State Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi Sector of the Federal Road Safely Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday pleaded with political stakeholders in the state All Progressives Congress (APC) to remain loyal to give a home-base support in order for him to win presidential contest in 2023. Bello made the plea during the formal inauguration of members of the state...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has revealed that he will declare his intention to run for the presidency in the forthcoming 2023 election once the All Progressives Congress (APC) holds it national convention. The governor disclosed this while addressing journalists in Lokoja, the state capital. According to him, the...
A High Court in Lokoja has sentenced one Muritala Dare to death by hanging. He was convicted of stabbing his colleague to death with a broken bottle. Justice Josiah Majebi, who presided over the case at High Court 2, Lokoja, found the accused guilty after considering his involvement in...
Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi ll, the President General Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijaniyya), Nigeria, has advised eligible voters in Nigeria to register, get their voters’ card (PVC) and vote the best and competent candidates in all positions in subsequent elections. Sanusi made the call on Saturday in Lokoja, at the last day...
The Kogi State Police Command have confirmed Tuesday’s robbery attacks on three commercial banks in Egbe and Odo-Ere in Yagba-West Local government Area (LGA) of the state, killing four persons and injuring several others. The State Commissioner of Police, Idris Dauda Babban, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in...
IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday invaded Odo Ere and Egbe communities in Yagba West Local Government, Kogi State, before attacking two second generation banks and allegedly killing three persons and injured several other people According to eyewitnesses, those killed included two security men and a...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Wednesday, in Lokoja presented two houses to the wives of his deceased police escort, Insp. Aminu Salisu, appealing to relevant authorities for continuous support to families of deceased security officers. Bello presented the keys to the houses located in Abuja to the widows...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said expressed optimism that the dredging of the the Lower Rivers Niger and Benue would provide over two million direct and indirect jobs to the masses upon completion. Governor Bello stated this on Thursday, while inaugurating the commencement...