A 42-year-old woman has been delivered of five babies (quintuplets) at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Kogi, after 18 years of barrenness, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the woman and her babies at the hospital on Friday reports that both mother, Mrs […]
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Four staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an accident on Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road on Saturday, an official has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lokoja on Sunday that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member was performing his primary assignment with […]
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The spokesman of the Kogi state command of Nigeria Police Force, William Aya, has confirmed that two persons were killed in Lokoja on Saturday’s bye-election to fill the vacant Lokoja /Kogi seat in House of Representatives. He said the latest victim, whom he identified as Yadau Umoru, was killed at Ugwan Pawa polling unit, in […]
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The Nigerian Police Force has moved the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, to Lokoja in an ambulance. The Senator was earlier taken to the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the north-central state, was guarded by armed policemen. According to the police, Melaye is being arraigned […]
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Lassa fever has killed a 30-year-old medical doctor, Idowu Ahmad, at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Lokoja, Kogi State. Ahmad contracted the virus in the line of duty and was transferred to Irrua, Edo state, for treatment. A source said Ahmad died in Edo state on Sunday. “He died today. Lassa fever took him. He […]
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Following the resurgence of flood, the Kogi Government on Thursday ordered the immediate evacuation of traders, shanties and temporary structures around NATCO Junction of the Okene/Lokoja/Abuja Expressway in Lokoja. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Kogi Governor, Mrs Petra Onyegbule, in Lokoja, said the directive was as a result of the […]
Continue ReadingIn its efforts to ensure safety of lives on Nigerian roads, the Federal Government has embarked on lighting of bridges with Murtala Mohammed Bridge (MMB), in Lokoja, Kogi State. The lightening ceremony was performed by the officials from the Ministry led by the Deputy Director (Electrical and General Services), Engr. Saka Odufuwa, at the bridge […]
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