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Mar 26, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Abbas Jimoh |Saawua Terzungwe |Tijani Labaran
... Kogi senator denies apologizing to senate The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received a petition seeking the recall of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate, following a Federal High Court ruling vacating an earlier order that restrained the commission from accepting such petitions.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
A man suspected to be herdsman has reportedly chopped off the hand of a young farmer in Ikoyi, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. City & Crime reports that the farmer, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, also received various degrees of machete cuts as a result of the attack. Trouble was said to have started when the young man accused the herdsman of allowing his cattle to destroy his crops.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
The Kogi State Government says ravaging flood has submerged over 200 communities and displaced over two million people in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Kelvin Meluwa |Magaji I. Hunkuyi |Tijani Labaran |Amina Abdullahi |Hope Abah |Usman A. Bello | +4 more
Flood-risk states are bracing for impacts of flooding that may be triggered by the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon, with officials saying they have put in place measures to protect residents and minimise damage. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had issued warnings regarding imminent flooding in Adamawa, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Rivers states.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
A housewife, identified as Barkisu Sulaiman, has been arrested at Karaworo-Lokoja by the residents of the area for reportedly throwing her newly born baby into a gutter. City and Crime gathered that the woman was arrested following a tip-off by a woman in Kabawa area of Lokoja who was said to be her close confidant. "Touched by the condition of the abandoned baby, her friend ran to an elderly man in Karaworo-Lokoja and confessed the crime of her friend (Barkisu) to him.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
latestgist.org | Tijani Labaran
Housewife Arrested For Dumping Her Day-Old Baby In Gutter; Reveals She Got Impregnated By Her Sick Husband’s ServantBy Tijani LabaranA housewife, identified as Barkisu Sulaiman, has been arrested at Karaworo-Lokoja by the residents of the area for reportedly throwing her newly born baby into a gutter. City and Crime gathered that the woman was arrested following a tip-off by a woman in Kabawa area of Lokoja who was said to be her close confidant.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
The Kogi State House of Assembly has demanded the immediate removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, citing alleged unprofessional conduct in handling the case against former Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The resolution was passed during a plenary session on Monday in the assembly's chamber in Lokoja.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
The Kogi State government has inaugurated an implementation committee for the new national minimum wage of N70,000 for state workers. This announcement was made by Dr Folashade Ayoade, the Secretary to the Government of Kogi State, during the inauguration of the implementation committee in Lokoja on Wednesday. Dr Ayoade urged committee members to meet expectations and develop effective strategies for the rollout of the new minimum wage.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday disclosed that no fewer than 13,000 metres have been earmarked for the people of Kogi State in 2024. The NERC commissioner in charge of Consumer Affairs, Aisha Mahmud, disclosed this on Thursday in Lokoja at the customer complaints resolution meeting organised by the body in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Tijani Labaran
A 20-year-old man, Paul Jeremiah, has been arrested for the murder of a 100-level female student at the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi state. The state police command's spokesman, SP William Aya, confirmed the suspect's arrest to Daily Trust, on Friday. Aya said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Lokoja and he is currently being investigated. It was gathered that Jeremiah who is an indigene of Kaduna state, kidnapped and killed the 19-year-old student identified as Damilola.
