Category: News
Lokoja Residents Flee As River Niger Overflows Banks
adminSep 17, 2012
Some houses along the bank of River Niger in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, have been flooded following excess discharge of water from the river between Wednesday night...
Illegal Bunkering: Anti-Vandalism Squad Sets Six Tankers Ablaze in Ajaokuta
adminSep 17, 2012
There seems to be some sort of confusion over the security agents responsible for the arrest and prosecution of crude oil vandals. Men of the Army, Police and recently...
Crisis Looms In Kogi State University
adminSep 17, 2012
Tension is gradually building at the Kogi State University, Anyigba, following a conflict of interest among the academic staff of the institution. Our correspondent...
Okada Riders Appeal for Relax of Curfew
adminSep 17, 2012
Just as he called on members of his union to continue to comply with the 6pm am ban on motorcycle activities within Lokoja metropolis, the Lokoja branch chairman of the...
Senator Smart Adeyemi, American NGOs to Share N100m Ambulance in Kogi Hospitals
adminSep 17, 2012
The Kingstone Charity Foundation, operated by the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi has entered into a collaboration to procure and...
Yoruba in Kogi, Kwara Demand State
adminAug 30, 2012
Yoruba people in Kogi and Kwara states have expressed their desire to be part of the Southwest geographical zone. In a communique issued after a meeting held on Monday...
Kogi Backwardness: Senator Abatemi-Usman Faults Past Governors
adminAug 29, 2012
Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman has stated that those who administered the affairs Kogi state in the past did nothing much to put it on...
Vandalisation of NNPC Pipeline on Osara-Lokoja Road, Police Parades 8 Suspects
adminAug 29, 2012
The Kogi state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, paraded 8 suspected vandals yesterday in connection with the the vandalisation of the Nigerian National...
Police, Army Deny Manhandling Kogi Church Attack Suspects
adminAug 13, 2012
Kogi State Police Command and Military authorities in the state have denied allegations that their men brutalised suspects in the killing of 20 Deeper Life Bible Church...
Okene Crisis: Police Confirms Arrest of Wada’s Special Adviser and 15 Others
adminAug 13, 2012
The Police in Kogi have confirmed that the immediate past Chairman of Okene Local Government, Mr Yahaya Karaku, was among those arrested and being detained. Karaku...