Following the death of four members of a family barely 24hours ago, tragedy has struck in another local government in Kogi State. This time, Nine members of the same family reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in Nagazi, Adavi Local Government area of the state. The deceased include five children of the same parents, and four […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). The strike by the NUEE left areas serviced by the AEDC without power for hours on Monday. The areas serviced by the company are the federal […]
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It was a bloody affair as a gang of heavily armed robbers attacked the First Bank branch in Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba East Local Government Area in Kogi State. According to witnesses, the attack started at about 2:30 pm and left many persons. The gunmen, described to be criminal herdsmen and numbered about eight were […]
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Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been kidnapped. William Aya, a deputy superintendent of police, told NAN that the officers were kidnapped at a spot in Alo-Offoke community on the Itobe-Ayingba road. The officials were said to be travelling to Makurdi for promotion examination when their vehicles were stopped […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, said it has not abandoned the criminal case of double registration against the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voters Education and Information Committee, Festus Okoye, said the Kogi governor is currently shielded by the immunity clause which protects him against any form […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has thanked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security operatives and the people of Kogi State for his victory in the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. The governor in a statement by his Director General, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo said he is now spurred to do […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the public apology and kneeling by the Chairman of the APC Kogi state campaign council and Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, confirms that even the APC agrees that Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, does not deserve a second term. Governor El-Rufai knelt before the people of Kogi State, asking […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday knelt before the people of Kogi state, asking them to forgive Yahaya Bello, the governor, for the wrong he had done. Addressing a crowd at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Lokoja, el-Rufai said Bello was young when he became governor and had made many mistakes. While […]
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Some two hundred and twenty-eight inmates have escaped from a medium federal correctional centre (prison) in Koton Karfe in Kogi after some parts of it collapsed owing to heavy flooding. NAN quoted Jafar Ahmed, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), as saying this while speaking with journalists in Koton Karfe on Monday. Ahmed said […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 51 candidates and their deputies to contest the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. The names of the cleared candidates and their details were on Friday made public in Lokoja by the INEC. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that five of those cleared as governorship candidates […]
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