•Peter Obi presenting the key to a coaster bus to Bishop Anthony Adaji, donated to Grimard School of Nursing Science, Anyigba, Kogi State, to aid their accreditation efforts. Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has…
S’Court hears 16 states’ suit challenging EFCC legality Oct 22
The Supreme Court has scheduled October 22 to hear a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The suit, instituted by the Kogi State government and 15 other states, is contesting…
Teenage boy stabs father to death in Kogi
A 19-year-old man, Abba Yusuf, allegedly killed his 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, Kogi State, over the weekend. According to an eyewitness report, the incident occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. Abba Yusuf is…
GOCOP 2024 confab begins in Lokoja
There is palpable excitement as the 2024 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, begins today, Wednesday, October 2, in Lokoja. Hosted by the Kogi State Government with a plethora of partners and sponsors identifying with the…
Ododo greets former Gov. Wada on 74th birthday
Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi has extended his heartfelt felicitations to the former Gov. of the state, Capt. Idris Wada, on his 74th birthday. In a statement on Monday in Lokoja by his media aide, Ismaila Isah, Ododo described Wada…
Kogi community celebrates as Peter Obi commissions new borehole
•Obi commissioning the borehole project in Onaogaji Community, Ankpa Local Government Area, Kogi State . . . Tuesday Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has commissioned a new borehole project in Onaogaji…
EFCC places ex-Gov Bello on INTERPOL watch list
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has placed former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on INTERPOL’s watch list in three North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria. Recall that the ex-Governor had earlier been put on the watch…
Lost But Not Found: Where is Yahaya Bello? — Promise Adiele
I nostalgically remember a popular refrain in my secondary school days “Lost but found”. Back then, an item of less value never went missing because nobody needed it. Usually, a good Samaritan would pick it up and proudly announce, “lost…
Kogi community protests alleged ‘secret installation’ of traditional ruler
Aggrieved people of the Iloke Community in Mopa-Muro Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Monday, May 20, expressed their reservations over what they termed as the ‘secret installation’ of the new Elulu of Mopa, Chief Muyiwa Ibeun. According to…
How mechanic who killed octogenarian, wife in Abuja was nabbed – CP
The FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Benneth Igweh, has disclosed how a mechanic, Jonathan Marcus, who allegedly stabbed an 80-year-old, Adebola Ezekiel, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, to death in their residence at the Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja. Mr Igweh,…