Heartless robbers …Snatch man’s car, throw away 3-month baby, rape wife to stupor

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. […]

Kogi gov’s convoy caused Iyayi’s death –FRSC

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 […]

Excitement as Salem University holds inaugural convocation

…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 […]

Police kill 2 bank robbers, arrest 2 others in Kogi

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 […]

Govs move to resolve Anambra, Kogi boundary crisis

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 […]

8 killed on Okene-Lokoja Highway

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 […]

Facebook friends kidnap Kogi varsity student

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 […]

Korea donates $200,000 rice mills to flood victims

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 […]

Gov. Idris Wada, His Leg, and Our Legs – By Prince Charles Dickson

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 […]

Picture: Wada returns to Abuja for post-surgery check-up, thanks Jonathan, Nigerians

From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, three days after he was discharged from the Cedar Crest Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment following a fatal crash, yesterday returned for check-up. He thanked President Goodluck Jonathan in particular and Nigerians in general for the show of love. The governor was driven […]

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