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Primary: APC committee in Kogi approves Bello, 3 others

…Generates N327m from sales of nomination forms*** The Senator Hope Uzodinma led Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has generated about N327 million and approved Gov....

I’m not intimidated by big names in presidential race – Yahaya Bello

Politics5 years ago

Workers will determine next Kogi’s governor – NLC Chairman

…Warns the Federal Government over insatiable appetite for foreign debts*** The Organised Labour in Kogi on Wednesday said that workers would determine the next governor of...

NDLEA in Edo arrests 3 suspects with truckload of psychotropic substances

Accidents5 years ago

NDLEA arrests 6, seizes 104 kg of Indian hemp in Kogi

…As Armed robbers kill two policemen, two others in Ekiti bank attack*** The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kogi says it has arrested six...

Accidents6 years ago

Three burnt to death in Kogi accident

Three people were burnt to death and five others injured in an accident on the Zariagi-Lokoja highway in Kogi, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Public Education...

Border closure: Customs impounds thousands of ammunition, 1072 vehicles, over 19,000 bags of smuggled rice

Maritime6 years ago

KOGI: Customs impounds 4,200 bags of rice in Mopa

The Comptroller General’s Strike Force may have impounded 4,200 50kg bags of smuggled rice in a Mopa village, near Kabba in Kogi. The Deputy Comptroller and...

Politics6 years ago

Dino Melaye kidnapped

Senator Dino Melaye has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on his way to Kogi from Abuja. Senator Ben Murray Bruce, said in a tweet that...

Students’ union parliamentarian urges NDLEA to intensify campaign against drug abuse

Health and Safety6 years ago

NDLEA arrests 60 traffickers, seizes 976.2 kg illicit drugs in Kogi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kogi on Friday said it had arrested 60 suspected drug traffickers and seized 976.2 kg illicit drugs between...

Health and Safety6 years ago

Cholera outbreak: Kogi Govt. confirms 17 suspected cases, 3 deaths

The Kogi Government on Thursday confirmed 17 cases of cholera out of which three had died in Kabawa Uphill Community area in Lokoja, the state capital....

Over 50 die of strange disease in Kogi, Assembly seeks for help

Politics6 years ago

Kogi: Kidnapping, ritual killing, robbery hampering road projects

Kidnapping, ritual killing and armed robbery have hampered the progress of some ongoing federal road projects in Kogi, Mr Kajogbola-Jimoh Olatunde, the Federal Controller of Works...