Tag: Lokoja
Kogi Decides: Sporadic shooting, as thugs snatch 8 ballot boxes, card readers
Thugs in police uniform have invaded Ward A of Crowther Memorial/Sabongari polling unit in Lokoja, Kogi State and successfully carted…
Masked security men attack Makinde in Lokoja Hotel
Some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have attacked the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi…
Kogi Govt. opens up on herdsmen attack at motor park
The Kogi State Government has debunked the allegation of an attack by herdsmen at Big Joe motor park in Lokoja…
Astronomy group urges young girls to embrace STEM
An astronomy group, Astronomy Without Borders (AWB), on Saturday called on young girls to embrace careers in Science, Technology, Engineering…
10 burnt to death in fuel tanker fire in Lokoja
At least 10 people have been burnt to death while six others sustained serious injuries when a petrol tanker went…
Bakers to raise price of bread in Kogi
Kogi Union of Bakers says it will increase the price of bread in the State in line with current cost…
Kogi polls: Wada, Audu go to battle
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja According to a list published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 22 candidates of different political parties…
Kogi gov. poll : Group backs Wada
A group, National Coalition of Ebira/Okun/Lokoja/Koton Youths for Good Governance, has promised to support the re-election bid of Gov. Idris.…
Court remands herdsman for alleged kidnap
A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 33-year-old herdsman, Umaru Abubakar for alleged kidnap of one…
Lokoja residents decry poor power supply
Some residents of Lokoja have decried the endemic poor power supply in the Kogi State capital. Mr Saidu Atuluku, a…
Lokoja prison bombed, 50 inmates freed
Gunmen armed with dynamite freed at least 50 inmates in a raid on Koton Karfe Prison,Lokoja, in the central Nigerian…
Festus Iyayi’s body moved to Benin
The remains of former ASUU president, Prof. Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja road, were on…
NFA banishes Kwara United to Lokoja
The Emergency Committee of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Thursday ordered Kwara United FC of Ilorin to play its…
100 Years After, Lokoja Still Asleep!
By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi With barely some months away from to the celebration of Nigeria’s Centenary, Lokoja, the administrative capital…
In Pictures: Jonathan visits flooded Lokoja town
President Goodluck Jonathan has begun a tour of flood ravaged states of Nigeria. He started off in Kogi, where the…