The immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has sought the transfer of his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Federal High Court (FHC), Lokoja Division. Bello, who made the application in a letter to…
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has approved funds for the rehabilitation of old Lokoja water works, which have been submerged since the 2022 flood disaster. The Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Yahaya Farouk, disclosed this during an interactive session…
Following the ongoing rehabilitation works on the Lokoja Greater Water Works and the Old Lokoja Water Works, the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has directed the Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Engr. Yahaya MD Farouk…
The new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Inland WaterWay Authority (NIWA), Mr Munirudeen Oyebamiji has told the staff that the authority could not afford to fail the nation in its economic growth. The Managing Director gave the…
Many residents of Lokoja have expressed anxiety and fear on what they describe as inability of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide necessary instruments for effective swapping of the old naira notes. Some of the residents spoke with…
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Zakari Usman, told newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja, that Kogi outshined 10 other states assessed for the project’s Community-Based Nutrition Service Delivery. Usman said the state government received the Certificate of Achievement as Best…
Commuters and travelers in their thousands have been held at a standstill along the Abuja-Lokoja road in Kogi State. Newsmen reports that travelers in their numbers were held in the gridlock, which started immediately after Lokoja, stretching to a nearby…
Mr Ede Ayuba, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 8, Lokoja, has implored journalists to increase their support for the Nigeria Police to strengthen crime fighting. Ayuba, also the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, made the…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers along the Kubwa, Garki and Lokoja axis. The suspects who are involved in car snatching and robbery along the road were arrested by the command’s…
Police in Kogi have arrested three suspected robbers for allegedly invading a POS centre and robbing the operator at gun point. Spokesman of the state police command, DSP William Aya who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja,…
