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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
The Kogi State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Mallam Suleiman Abdullahi, on Sunday said a teacher recently died in the state because of his inability to raise N3,000 required for his medical bill as teachers in the state were being owed salaries and other entitlements. He claimed that teachers in the state had been subjected to unbearable hardships. […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Monday, August 18th, 2014
By FROM EMMANUEL ADEYEMI, LOKOJA on August 17, 2014 · COVER Tears flowed freely as people beheld the pathetic sight of a middle-aged nursing mother whose three-month old baby was thrown into the bush while an eight-man gang of devilish souls raped her to a point of unconsciousness right in the presence of her husband. […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, April 6th, 2014
The Federal Road Safety Corps has stated that the holes found on the chest of the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi, were caused by body parts of the vehicle in which he died after an accident. The FRSC also blamed a driver in the convoy of the […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Saturday, February 1st, 2014
…Graduands share their life-changing experiences By COSMAS OMEGOHIt was a bright, beautiful day as the mid-morning sun stepped up its shine. The venue was the convocation ground of Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State. It was a historic occasion for the institution as it marked its inaugural convocation ceremony. SU as the university is called was […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Saturday, January 11th, 2014
FROM EMMANUEL ADEYEMI, lokoja Two armed robbers who carried out violent attacks on two commercial banks in Kabba, Kogi State on Friday have paid with their lives as they were shot dead by a crack team of police men. Two of their accomplices were also arrested. Announcing the cheery news at the headquarters of the […]
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Anambra, Governors, Headlines, Kogi, State News
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State and his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi, have promised to collaborate to restore peace in the boundary communities of Odeke and Aguleri. The people of Odeke in Kogi and Aguleri in Anambra have been at war over the ownership of an oil well in the area. The governors, who […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Lokoja – Eight persons, including a child died instantly in an accident which occurred on the Okene-Lokoja highway on Thursday. The victims were among some some 22 passengers travelling in two commercial vehicles from opposite lanes of the road. The accident happened at about 2:55 p.m. at a spot in Zariagi Village, near Lokoja. The […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Sam Eyoboka with Agency report After Pope Benedict XVI retires, he will get a 2,500-euro pension, a home in the Vatican, and other amenities. How does his retirement package compare with others? POPE Emeritus Benedict XVI, the 264th successor of Pope Peter and the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, who made his […]
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Africa & World Politics, Bayelsa, Benue, Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
To build capacity in disaster management The Republic of Korea has donated 20 rice mills worth $200,000 to three flood affected states-Benue,Kogi and Bayelsa- to cushion the effect of the disaster. Ten of the mills are for Benue while five each go to Kogi and Bayelsa States. Each of the mills is capable of processing […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kogi, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson, State News
Saturday, January 5th, 2013
By Prince Charles Dickson / NNP / Jan. 5, 2012 – The antics of the monkey will eventually be his undoing when he jumps from one tree to another playfully until he falls to his death. Just looking at pictures of Jonathan’s visit to Kogi state governor at a private hospital in Abuja set me […]
