The News Agency of Nigeria in Benin reports that the truck, which was coming from Kogi, was intercepted at Okpella axis on the Auchi/ Abuja road.
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The Peoples Democratic Party fortunes in the 2019 presidential election has received a boost with women in Kogi State announcing their plan to stage a 1.2 million-man march in support of the party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The Kogi Government on Monday promised to sustain support in terms of relief materials, shelter and healthcare delivery for 2018 flood victims across the state.
The state Commissioner for finance, Idris Asiru, made this known in a statement in Lokoja on Saturday.
Bello stated this when President Buhari hosted youth political appointees and supporters of his administration to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Kogi chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association on Thursday decried the poor working conditions of doctors in the state’s service, declaring that services were provided on empty stomach.
A female politician, Adebisi Awoniyi, on Monday said her name was substituted as the Social Democratic Party candidate for Yagba Federal Constituency in Kogi in 2019 general elections.
Sanusi Yahaya, the state Coordinator of Emergency Operation Centre, told newsmen at the distribution centre in Bassa, that the items were provided by Kogi government and donor agencies such as WHO and Unilever.
The Federal Government has disbursed N1.23 billion to 22,245 poor households across the 21 local government areas of Kogi State under its Conditional Cash Transfer programme.
Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that it sent a detachment of officers to the house of Senator Dino Melaye at Aiyetoro-Gbede in Kogi State on October 11 to effect his arrest.
Dr Kabiru Zubair, the state Chairman of the association, made the call on Friday at a meeting the new NMA officials held with the management of Kogi Ministry of Health in Lokoja.
Justice Zainab Bashir voided the compulsory retirement in her judgement in the consolidated suit number NIC/LKJ/10/2017.
A Non-Governmental Organization, Synergos Nigeria, has begun a pilot program to integrate farming and pastoralist communities in parts of Kaduna, Benue and Kogi States.
They were declared inners following the release of the results of the party’s primaries held from late Wednesday till the early hours of Thursday at Kabba, Okene and Idah.
Senator Ahmed Ogembe who has been given the party’s ticket to seek a fresh mandate in 2019, has commended the delegates for keeping faith with him, and urged his co-contestants to support his re-election bid.
A statement in Lokoja on Wednesday, signed by the Returning Officer, Sam Abenemi, the State Secretary of PDP, Faruk Yahaya, and the State Publicity Secretary, Bode Ogunmola, said no primary was held to return a Senatorial candidate for the Kogi Eastern Senatorial District.
The Edo Police Command on Wednesday in Benin said it had arrested 71 suspects for various crimes in different parts of the State.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday warned residents displaced by the recent flood disaster in Kogi against returning to their homes.
According to the newspaper, residents of the area speculated that the late lecturer might have died due to his frustration over the non-payment of his salaries.
The silver jubilee celebration of Iyara Day, organised by Iyara Development Movement in Kogi State, has been slated for October 20, 2018 at Iyara Town Hall by 10am.