Students of the Kogi State Polytechnic went on rampage on Wednesday as an unidentified male student hit by a hit-and- run driver reportedly died on Tuesday in the hospital where he was rushed to. Eyewitnesses told Punch on Wednesday that the students mobilised immediately the news of the death of the victim filtered into the … Read more
The Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency has commenced the destruction of over four kilometres Indian hemp plantation estimated to worth around N1.5bn in the Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of the state. The state Commander, NDLEA, Mr Alfred Adewumi, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the destruction of … Read more
As commuting on the Lokoja-Okene and Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba roads continues to be nightmarish, a two-term member of the House of Representatives, Sunday Karimi, has advised the Federal Government to give the roads to the Dangote Group on a concession basis. Karimi, who made the appeal after spending about seven hours on a spot on the Lokoja-Kabba … Read more
The Kogi State Government has extradited 78 homeless and mentally challenged persons back to their states of origin. Those removed are from five states in the North including Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and Zamfara. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Kogi, Hajiya Fatima Buba, said the beggars were evacuated from different parts of … Read more
The Kogi state police command has arrested a 32-year-old welder identified as Murtala Dare for allegedly stabbing his friend to death during a scuffle. The suspect who was arrested at a hideout in the early hours of Monday August 17, killed his friend, Lukman at Jackies area in Lokoja at about 9 p.m. on August … Read more