‘Five family members died on the spot, and four others were rushed to the hospital’ Nagazi community in Adavi Local Goverment Area of Kogi State has been thrown into a pensive mood as nine members of the same family reportedly died under mysterious circumstances. They include five children of the same parents, and four others.
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‘Former LG Vice Chair, Hon Adama, who led other party members to defect to the PDP, said the APC had failed Nigerians’ Ahead the 2023 general elections, over five thousand members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) have defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State. The APC members defected to PDP on
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The chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi state, Wakili Damina has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The secretary of MACBAN in the state, Adamu Abubakar said that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He noted that witnesses said the abductors,
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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) has named Kogi, Zamfara, Yobe, Jigawa and Kebbi as ‘absolute high risk’ states for Nigerians to go as the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues. According to the PTF, the states are high risks because no adequate data is coming from them to determine the level of the
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, sacked the lawmaker representing the Ibaji constituency in Kogi State House of Assembly, Atule Egbunu, over unlawful nomination by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the verdict while ruling in a petition filed by an APC chieftain, Joseph Enemona, declared the Peoples Democratic Party
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Four staff of BN ceramics company Ajaokuta have lost their lives along in Kogi early hour on Wednesday. It was gathered that the accident which involved a bus and Toyota car occurred at about 9:45 am on Wednesday. According to an eye witness account both vehicles involved in a head-on collision when the driver of
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Suspected bandits have kidnapped 14 persons including the widow of Barrister Mathew Kola Ojo, the former Zonal Chairman of Kogi West of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The victims were abducted on Monday morning, January 25, at Iffe, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was gathered that five of the victims excluding the
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The state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Solomon Aghure, has confirmed that Fourteen people lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident which occurred on Lokoja-Kabba road in Kogi. He revealed this to newsmen in Lokoja, where he said three vehicles were involved in an accident that claimed the lives of
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Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Ishaku Gata, husband of the vice chairman of Kogi local government council of Kogi State, Hon. Hassana JB Ishaku. It was gathered that Gata and one other person identified as Joshua Jonah were shot dead by five gunmen in army uniform while returning from farm at Tanahu community.
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At least 17 people died on Tuesday in a ghastly auto crash along the Okene- Lokoja – Abuja highway in Kogi State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr. Solomon Aghure, confirmed the incident to journalists in Lokoja. He said the accident occurred at about 5:00 a.m. and involved two vehicles.
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The national industrial court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Kogi state government on Wednesday to pay Simon Achuba, former deputy governor of the state, the sum of N180 million. The sum represents the amount of money due to him as outstanding security votes from April 2018, to August 2019. In the suit marked NICN/ABJ/244/2019
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The nationwide looting of COVID-19 palliatives warehouses has reportedly claimed four lives in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, with several others injured. According to reports, the deaths and injuries occurred when hundreds of people on Sunday stormed the Kogi State warehouse in Lokoja to cart away the remaining palliatives from the building. The warehouse, located
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Two Medical doctors working in Kogi state have been kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen at eastern Senatorial District. The two victims are identified as Dr Ebiloma Yahaya Aduku of Zonal Hospital Ankpa and Dr Kelechi Mgbahurike of Christ the King Hospital Anyigba. Dr Aduku was kidnapped at Ankpa on the October 6, while
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No fewer than ten people have lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion in Lokoja, Kogi State on Wednesday morning. It was gathered that the petrol tanker rammed other vehicles at Felele in Lokoja and exploded as other incoming vehicles rammed it. The accident occurred at about 8.30 according to an eye witness account.
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ABDULMUMUNI Danga, Commissioner for Water Resources in Kogi State has been charged to court by the Nigerian Police over allegations of rape and battering of one Elizabeth Oyeniyi. Danga is being arraigned on a seven-count charge including rape, brutality, coercion and torture. He is to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja. According to
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