Tag: Lokoja
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Flood in Kogi: See alternate routes to get to South South, South West
Flood has overtaken major roads in Ajaokuta, Lokoja and Koton Karfe Local Government Areas of Kogi State, which made it impossible for travellers to pass through Lokoja to Abuja or Abuja to Lokoja thereby creating untold hardship.
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Kogi dismisses reported outbreak of measles as misinformation
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Zakari Usman, has debunked claims of a measles outbreak in Kogi, stating that media reports of an outbreak in Lokoja some three days back were outright misinformation. “The misinformation must have arisen from a measles sensitisation programme held the previous week by the state’s Primary Health Care Development Agency. “During the…
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3 die, 2 injured as diesel tanker explodes in Kogi
No fewer than 3 persons were burnt to death while 2 others were rescued with burns on Monday evening when a Diesel Tanker exploded in Kogi. Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi Sector of the Federal Road Safely Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident in Lokoja, said it occurred at Felele quarters on the Lokoja-Kabba road…
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FG closes Obajana junction for repairs
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing on Friday announced the closure of Obajana junction on Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road for repair. The ministry said that the closure would last for seven days to facilitate the reconstruction of the road and culverts washed away by floods sometimes in 2021.
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Assailants kill 3 police officers in Kogi
Assailants have launched an attack on Adavi police Divisional headquarters in the early hours of Saturday morning, in kogi state, living three police officers dead. The Kogi state Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Egbuka, confirmed the unfortunate incident in a statement through his spokesman SP William Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja.
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Poisoned cows: Kogi gives 7 days off beef consumption in Lokoja
The Kogi Government on Friday directed the burial of the carcasses of some of the 20 poisoned cows discovered on Wednesday in Lokoja. The government also directed residents of Lokoja to stay off consumption of beef for seven days so as not to fall victim to some of the poisoned meat allegedly already in the…
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Ehanire explains why FMC, Lokoja remains shut 4 months after
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has advanced reasons why the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Lokoja, remained closed four months after the facility was attacked by some armed thugs. Responding to a question at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) media briefing on COVID-19, on Tuesday in Abuja, Ehanire said Governor Yahaya Bello still has…
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Sad! Journalist shot in Lokoja
A reporter with the Sun Newspaper, Emmanuel Adeyemi, has been shot. He was on his way to the Nigerian Union of Journalists Secretariat when he was shot. The drive-by shooters also shot another bystander, whose identity could not be directly ascertained. The passerby was said to have just arrived from Benue and caught up in…
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PHOTOS: Many, including students, pupils feared dead in Lokoja Black Wednesday accident
Several persons, including students of Kogi State Polytechnic and some primary school pupils, have been killed in a Black Wednesday accident in Lokoja, Kogi State after a petrol tanker exploded and caught fire at Felele area in traffic gridlock. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports no fewer than 10 people have been confirmed dead after the petrol tanker…
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Hoodlums snatch ballot boxes in Lokoja
Some armed thugs in police and army uniforms invaded polling units in Adankolo community in Lokoja, shooting sporadically to scare away voters on the queue. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the armed hoodlums arrived in a van and immediately started shooting. Voters and electoral officers scampered to safety, a…