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Flood: Saraki Visits, Pledges That Senate Will Ensure Quick Release of More Ecological Fund to Kogi State
adminSep 26, 2012
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has pledged that the Senate will ensure quick release of more ecological fund to Kogi State...
Kogi Flood: Over 3,000 Persons Still Trapped in Odeke, Echenyo, Ubale, Unale Communities
adminSep 26, 2012
More than 3, 000.00 people are still trapped in Odeke, Echenyo, Ubale, Unale and many other communities in Ibaji land. Ibaji LGA is the worst hit by the ravaging flood....
Kogi Flood: Environmentalist Calls for Construction of Buffer Dams Along River Niger
adminSep 26, 2012
Mr Idowu Salawau, an environmental consultant to the Ministry of Environment has called for the construction of ‘buffer dams’ along the plains and tributaries of...
Flood: Idah, Ibaji Situation Deteriorating
adminSep 24, 2012
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who had been carrying out rescue operations in Idah and Ibaji local governments told NAN that the situation...
FRSC Closes Lokoja-Abuja Highway
adminSep 24, 2012
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Sunday announced the closure of the Lokoja-Abuja highway to ensure the safety of road users. Mr Mohammed Garuba, the Kogi...
Kogi Oil: Experts Want Technical Committee on Anambra, Kogi Dispute
adminSep 24, 2012
Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry are urging the Federal Government to constitute a technical committee to look into the face off between Anambra and Kogi...
Kogi Oil: Aguleri people in Anambra Says Disputed Oil Belongs to them
adminSep 21, 2012
Indigenes of Aguleri in Anambra State have insisted, yesterday, that the oil deposits in their land was not in contention, noting that ongoing altercation over oil...
12 Years After Killing FCE Okene Lecturer, Driver to Die by Hanging
adminSep 21, 2012
Twelve years after he murdered a senior lecturer, teaching then at the Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State, a driver, Kehinde Olude was yesterday sentenced...
Ayetoro-Gbede Man Dies in Hotel Room in Benin
adminSep 21, 2012
An indigene of Ayetoro-Gbede in Ijumu LGA of Kogi State, Mr. Sola Mosiko, collapsed and died in a hotel room in Benin City, Edo State. Mosiko is the Human Resources...
Wada Relaxes Curfew in Okene
adminSep 21, 2012
The governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada yesterday relaxed the 6pm to 6am curfew imposed on Okene residents to 9pm to 6am. It will be recalled that the governor...