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By Thompson Yamput The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kogi Command, says it has released the charred remains of the 13 victims of the Obajana Easter Sunday auto-crash to their families for burial. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, the Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday that the corpses were handed…
Kogi Poll: 4 SDP Witnesses Appear In Tribunal, Give Conflicting Evidences Evidence By Taiye Agbaje Four Social Democratic Party (SDP) witnesses that testified on Wednesday in the ongoing hearing of the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja gave contradictory testimonies. The witnesses gave their accounts before the three-member panel of justices led by Justice…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Wednesday launched a security initiative tagged ‘Quick Response Team” to address criminal threats. Unveiling the squad in Lokoja, Gov Usman Ododo, explained that the squad was aimed at taming the upsurge in emerging criminal activities in Lokoja metropolis and major towns in Kogi. Ododo said that the operation…
A NAN Survey Some stakeholders in Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa states have called on governments and spirited individuals to always adopt decentralised and systematic measures in the distribution of palliatives to avoid stampede. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Wednesday in Lokoja, Minna and Lafia that such measures had…
By Admin The Plateau Club 1921, Jos, on Tuesday donated relief materials to survivors of Christmas Eve attacks in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Mr Pam Gyang, Chairman, Board of Trustee of the club, said that the gesture was to ameliorate the suffering of the victims who were displaced from their ancestral homes….
By Thompson Yamput Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduoghan, (PDP/Kogi) has distributed six truck loads of 7, 200 bags of grains to her Kogi Central constituents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gesture was aimed at cushioning the effects of the economic hardship ravaging the country. The grains, including rice, beans, and millet, were distributed…
By Taiye Agbade Some youths from Kogi on Tuesday cautioned those they called “embittered politicians” against turning the state into an enclave of crisis. The youths, from the three senatorial districts under the aegis of the Kogi Independent Youths Association, (KIYA), made this known after an emergency meeting in Abuja. Mr Mohammed Abdulrazaq, who hails…
By Thompson Yamput The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Jordan Province 1, Kogi Region 24, on Sunday formally inaugurated Arise and shine parish amongst other new parishes established during the Easter Go-A-Fishing in the State. Pst Orewale Johnson, APICP in charge of Kogi province 1, while inaugurating the parish, expressed gratitude to God for…
By Taiye Agbaje Mild drama continued at the Kogi Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday as some witnesses disowned their depositions before the panel. Four witnesses from Adavi Local Government Area of the state gave their evidence for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) before the three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Ado…
By Ibironke Ariyo The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali-Biu, has directed Kogi Sector Command to commence a detailed investigation of the multiple crash that occurred in Obajana, Kogi. This is contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Jonas Agwu on Monday in Abuja. Ali-Biu, who was…
