The remains of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Abdulrahman Ado-Ibrahim, who died at 95 early Sunday morning, will be buried by 2:00 p.m. of Sunday. The Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council, Alhaji Yunusa Sule, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that arrangements were being made to...
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Kogi State Command has arrested Goodness Oshodi, a 19-year-old boy who allegedly buried his step-brother, Friday Oshhodi, for allegedly stealing N1000. The incident happened Tuesday evening October 10, 2023, at Apamisede Community, in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. The victim was however lucky to have...
The Labour Party (LP) on Friday suffered a setback as all its 21 Local Government Chairmen defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the defected chairmen decamped to the ruling APC with with scores of their supporters. NAN also reports...
Twenty persons died and 36 injured in separate auto crashes involving Toyota Hiace buses in two weeks in Kogi, an official has disclosed. Corps Commander Samuel Oyedeji, Kogi Sector Commander, FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday that the fatalities were from three...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...
Chairman, Kogi All Progressive Congress (APC) Alh. Abdullahi Bello, has denied reports that Gov. Yahaya Bello has conceded the positions of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on appointments of some national officers. Bello, who made the rebuttal in a statement in Lokoja on Friday said: “It’s falsehood...
The Kogi Chapter of the APC has rejected the choice of persons by the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) as replacements for the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party and the former Zonal Organising Secretary, who resigned recently. The State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Bello in a...
Kogi State Government has urged citizens and travellers to ignore false alarm on insecurity circulating that the state is not safe. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday called for calm and understanding among stakeholders in Okobo-Enjema Community in Akpa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the community got embroiled in crisis with a mining company in the area, Eta-Zuma...
Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest. The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday. Ishola explained that...
The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), a socio-cultural group on Saturday urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the creation of Okura state from Kogi state, for the advancement of Igala people of the state. Its National Leader, David Abutu, made the call during the inauguration of the newly-elected UIO...
Suspected hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the Campaign Office of Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the office, which is located on John Holt road, near Paparanda Square, Lokoja, was gutted...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 48,380 pills of tramadol along Ewohimi road, heading toward Kabba in Kogi. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that the consignment were...
The appetite for university education has increased the need for more universities to be established in the country. Establishing more universities come with its own challenges. For instance, Kogi government recently got the clear to open one more university in Kabba. When fully operational, that would make it the...
The Kogi Government has condemned the alleged vandalism of the state campaign office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) by hoodlums on Sunday morning. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information, who made the condemnation in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, called on security operatives to fish out...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two persons after a MAN Diesel truck crushed a tricycle in a headon collision in Kogi. Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Koton...
Security operatives on Thursday neutralized a notorious gang leader, Kabir Bala during a gun duel with his gang members in Ofu Local Government Area of Troops we The deceased was said to be involved in many crimes, including the burning to death of a PDP woman leader in her...
Two journalists in Kogi have emerged millionaires at the maiden edition of the Gov. Yahaya Bello (GYB) Essay Competition for journalists in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emmanuel Adeyemi of The Sun Newspaper, emerged overall winner with a price of N2 million, while Richard...
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the Oba of Idofin and his Wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the traditional ruler, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni, and wife were said to be kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m. Mr Abdulrasak...