A 21 year old drug addict identified Muhammed Yusuf on Wednesday beat his father to death in Kogi State. The incident happened at the back of St. Mary Primary School, Lokoja the state capital. The deceased an Octogenarian was identified as Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf It was gathered that the suspect is a secondary school…
The Kogi State Police Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers and armed robbers who have been terrorizing Bassa Local government area and its environs. A statement by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP William Ayah, said arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspected criminals. According to him “Following a credible intelligence that,…
As water level increase on daily basis in Lokoja and other parts of Kogi State prone to flood disaster, corps members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have called on residents living along river banks to relocate to avoid the menace of flooding. The President , National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Community Development Service…
As water level increase on daily basis in Lokoja and other parts of Kogi State prone to flood disaster, corps members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have called on residents living along river banks to relocate to avoid the menace of flooding. The President , National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Community Development…
The President, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote said arrangement has been concluded to increase human capacity at the Dangote Refinery Project site in Lagos from 40,000 to 57,000 personnel in the next few months. He disclosed that the project currently engaged 29,000 Nigerians and 11,000 foreigners at the 650,000 barrels-per-day world’s largest single refinery…
As part of effort to further to curb security challenges in Kogi State, the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has commenced the registration of over 10,000 commercial transporters. Speaking with newsmen on Monday at the township stadium , Lokoja the venue of registration exercise , the Special Adviser to Kogi State Government on Security…
The National University Commission, (NUC) has accredited 24 programmes for Kogi State University Anyigba representing 100 per cent accreditation. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Marietu Tenuche disclosed this on Saturday at a press conference held at the senate building of the University in Anyigba after the Vice Chancellor and other management…
The Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin has stated that Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country. Giving an update on the petrochemical plant in Lagos, Mr Edwin said the industry…
Kogi state government on Thursday vowed to challenge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the recent court action on alleged fraud bothering on a N20 billion bailout fund. Addressing journalists in Abuja the state commissioner for information and communication, Kingsley Fanwo said the state government have no fixed deposit account as claimed by…
The Provost , Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene , Dr Umar Hassan has been reappointed for another term of four year to enable him consolidate on his performance and numerous achievement gained during the first tenure. The reappointment which takes effect from 26th September, 2021 was contained in a statement issued by the…