Kogi State government has approved 65 years as the new retirement age for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state. The Kogi State Information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, said the approval arrived at the weekly executive council meeting. This is at variance with the 60 years …
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The people of Mopa town in the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area of Kogi State have been thrown into mourning following the mysterious death of four members of a family after reportedly eating a cassava flour meal known as ‘Amala.’ The deceased died in quick succession between Friday, September 30 and …
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Over 500 houses have been submerged, while properties worth millions of naira have been lost due to floods in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Newsextra24 gathered that vehicles and pedestrians currently face difficulties moving across Ganaja under Ajaokuta Local Government and Old Market roads in Lokoja as overflow from nearby …
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Four persons have been killed while two others sustained various degrees of injuries by gunmen suspected to be bandits at Ofeapo, along Idrisu-Bagana Road in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victims who were returning from the crisis-ridden Bagana market around 8:30 pm on Thursday were ambushed and …
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Kogi State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that over 500 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to its fold within the last one week. The over 500 defectors are mostly from the Koton Karfe South East ward, where over 1,000 PDP members earlier defected …
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, presidential candidates in the election are to pay N10 million to paste posters or erect billboards in Kogi State. Similarly, candidates vying for governorship position in the state will pay N5 million while senatorial and House of Representatives candidates are to pay N2 million …
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Some gunmen suspected to also be kidnappers have invaded the Agbedo —Akpanya market in Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State. One Johnson was killed during the invasion while others were abducted. The kidnappers further demanded the sum of N20M as ransom to release those abducted. It was gathered that the suspected …
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One Babatunde Adura has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for armed robbery and criminal conspiracy in Kogi State. 38-year-old Adura was convicted and sentenced by an high Court in Isanlu in Yagba East Local Government Area of the State. He was arraigned along with two others in 2020 for …
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An articulated truck crushed an Okada rider, killing a 15-year-old secondary school student along Zango-Lokoja Road in Kogi State. The accident, which occurred on Thursday around 8amm also left two other persons injured. The truck driver was said to have fled the scene as good Samaritans picked the injured and …
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A newly wed farmer, Biodun Fakoro, has been hacked to death by unidentified gunmen in a farm in Kogi State The incident was said to have happened on Monday afternoon at a farm at Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area of the state. Late Biodun, who was said to …
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