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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Nigerians Lament as Kerosene Price Hits ₦2,000/litre

November 21, 2024

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Nigerians Lament as Kerosene Price Hits ₦2,000/litre

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. Nigerians lament as kerosene price hits ₦2,000/litre Nigerians have begun to lament about the price of kerosene rising to ₦2,000/litre as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that it had seen an increase in... Read More

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The Late 5: Police officers in Borno protest unpaid allowances, Audu Katagum sworn-in as Deputy Governor of Bauchi and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Police officers in Borno on Monday took to the streets of Maiduguri, in a protest over unpaid allowances. According to the officers who barricaded major roads around the police headquarters for up to three hours, apart from being owed about five months of unpaid allowances, they have not been provided... Read More

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“Those calling for restructuring are the real enemies of the country” – Yahaya Bello

The governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, has called on Nigerians to disregard calls for the restructuring of Nigeria, describing such as mere political deceit. The governor made the call on Wednesday in Lokoja, during a meeting with leaders of the organised labour, saying that those calling for restructuring are the real enemies of the country.... Read More

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25 herdsmen suspected to be robbers and kidnappers arrested in Kogi

About 25 herdsmen suspected to be robbers and kidnappers have been apprehended by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Kogi Police Command. They are reported to be those robbing and kidnapping people in Osara-Lokoja Expressway, disguising as herdsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, said. Inalegwu commended the Commander of SARS, Bimbo Oyewole and his operatives,... Read More

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“Stop causing mayhem in order to save your dying career” – Bello tells Melaye

The governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has told Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West), that he “can’t use violence to revive his drowning political career”. In a statement by spokesperson, Petra Onyegbule, the governor Melaye for the death of a protester Melaye had claimed on Monday that he escaped death after unknown gunmen attacked him... Read More

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August 29, 2016

The moment when Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello was stoned in Lokoja

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday was pelted with fruits and rotten vegetables while stepping out of a mosque after the juma’at prayer in Lokoja. The governor had reacted to the incident saying they were thugs who had been contracted by persons he claimed are not happy with the development in the state.... Read More

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August 26, 2016

Gov. Bello to publish names of people behind ‘ghost workers syndrome’ in Kogi

Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has reacted to an attack on him on Friday at a mosque in Lokoja. Bello said those behind the attacks were aggrieved that his reforms were threatening their selfish interest. Bello was pelted with rotten fruits and vegetables by a group of people earlier today after observing Juma’at in Lokoja.... Read More

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February 3, 2016

Opinion: The primitive African philosophy of wealth accumulation

I was having a discussion recently with my Lokoja neighbors, where am currently serving as a youth corper. It bothered on the concept and function of money. For my neighbors (aides to a legislator) “money answereth all things.” For their ilk, money is the prime purpose of life, “make as much money as you can,... Read More

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November 19, 2015

Fayose disagrees with PDP over Timipre Sylva and Audu Abubakar

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has opposed the Peoples Democratic Partý’s position regarding the credibility of the All Progressives Congress’s choice of candidates for the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. Olisa Metuh, PDP’s spokesperson, in a press briefing on Wednesday, had stated that APC’s fielding of former Governors Timipre Sylva and Abubakar Audu as its flag-bearers in Bayelsa... Read More

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Bishop Oyedepo says Nigeria needs saving… but from who?

by Damilola Jagun Bishop David Oyedepo is of the opinion that Nigeria needs to be rescued. While urging Christians to fervently pray for God’s choices to emerge at the forthcoming polls, the President of Living Faith Church Worldwide, said God will determine the destiny of Nigeria. During a monthly programme at the church tagged, “One night... Read More

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Buhari is brain dead, don’t vote for him – Patience Jonathan

by Panshak Ibrahim First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has enjoined Nigerians to not vote for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), because of his old age. While speaking in Lokoja, Kogi, at the Peoples Democratic Party’s women campaign rally on Tuesday, March 3, Mrs Jonathan stated that when people age,... Read More

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February 4, 2015

FG approves fast train rail lines from Abuja to Lokoja

by Andem Effiong Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday, February 3 said the Federal Government had approved the design of a rail line project from Abuja to Lokoja in furtherance of government’s efforts to transform the transport sector. Sambo disclosed this at the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential rally in Lokoja, Kogi, where he stated that the... Read More

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February 3, 2015

I will do better in my second term – Jonathan

by James Sambo President Goodluck Jonathan says if re-elected, he would do better in his second tenure than he did in the first term of his administration. He made the statement on Tuesday, February 3, while speaking with traditional rulers in Kogi state before the commencement of the presidential rally in the state capital, Lokoja.... Read More

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October 30, 2014

How mechanic locked up teenage girl and raped her for five days

by James Sambo A 28-year-old mechanic, Abdulkadir Salihu, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly abducting and raping a teenage girl for five days. The mechanic was arraigned on a two-count charge of kidnapping and rape, before a Senior Magistrate Court 1, sitting in Lokoja. Police prosecutor, Corporal Ubi Ubana, told the court that the uncle of... Read More

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September 24, 2014

“PDP is finished” || “2015 election will be tough” – Buhari and Oyegun have some words to share with you

by Azubuike Azikiwe As the year draws to a close, and the 2015 elections become the subject matter among Nigeria’s political circles and beyond, politicians have begun to engage in rabble rousing to influence public perception and leaning. On Tuesday, 23 September, during the formal reception of Kogi PDP decampees into the party at the... Read More

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September 3, 2014

Ex-Kogi commissioner perishes in car accident

by Segun Oni Grace Elebiyo, the immediate past Commissioner for Education in Kogi State has died. Elebiyo who, before the accident, participated in Governor Idris Wada’s ongoing “thank you” tour of Kaba died along the the Kabba-Okene road today. Reports say the accident was cause by overspeeding on the part of the victim’s driver... Read More

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Cheta Nwanze: When the Boko Haram bombs finally hit home

by Cheta Nwanze So sad for Nigeria. I wish we can all just unite and be our brother’s keeper. These guys are just few, they can’t be terrorizing us all in the name of whatever they are fighting for which is baseless as far as I am concerned. “To educate a man, is to educate... Read More

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December 14, 2013

REPORT: Police officers taking bribe beat up journalist who took photo of them in Kogi

by Adeola Balogun New reports have claimed that a photojournalist was beaten up yesterday and assaulted by men of the police force in Kogi State. The journalist, Okanyi Enemali, was said to have taken a photo of a policeman in the act of collecting a bribe in Lokoja, the state capital. The incident was said to have... Read More

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November 30, 2013

ASUU strike update: 10 things you SHOULD know about the FG meeting with VCs in Abuja

by Isi Esene The face-off between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) may have taken another twist as the former is making plans to railroad the striking lecturers back to the classrooms. University lecturers had embarked on an indefinite strike in July after accusing the FG of reneging on... Read More

November 12, 2013

“Deliver us o Lord, from Governor Wada”: Reactions to ex-ASUU president’s death in 7 shocked tweets

by Chi Ibe Upon reports that the convoy of Kogi governor, Idris Wada was involved in the death of author and former academic union chairman, Professor Festus Iyayi, Nigerians have begun to react. It is particularly shocking as this would be the second time in as many years that the governor has been so... Read More

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November 12, 2013

ASUU ex-president’s last public statement before he died: “Jonathan government is shameless”

by Chi Ibe YNaija has just confirmed the sad news that former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin Dr. Festus Iyayi died in car crash in Kogi today. Dr. Iyayi, who was also a celebrated author of, amongst others, ‘Heroes’, which... Read More

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November 12, 2013

Just in: Former ASUU president dies in crash

by Chi Ibe Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universitities (ASUU) and renowned author, Dr Festus Iyayi is dead. He was also a lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin. He is said to have died on his way to the national congress of the union in Kano – on... Read More

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October 20, 2013

Pres. Jonathan’s convoy rescues accident victims on Lokoja-Abuja highway

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan’s entourage which was returning from Ado-Ekito earlier today took part in the rescue of accident victims on the Lokoja-Abuja highway. Reports say the accident which occurred at Okpu village around Lokoja involved two cars carrying a total of eleven people. One of the cars involved was a Nissan Almera... Read More

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September 30, 2013

Opinion: United Nigeria – Is it a reality or a mirage?

by Ador Umar Muhammed One of the clear symptoms indicating that Nigeria is a failed state is that most of us, especially the elite, no longer have nationalistic feelings for it; everybody is more concerned about his/her ethnic or sectional enclaves, or about issues of the stomach for ordinary citizens due to the festering economic... Read More

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Cheta Nwanze: See what Boko Haram has caused (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze In order to stem the ugly tide of huge losses in foreign reserves to unjustifiable importation of fish, there is need to develop local fish production has become very urgent. Fish is a very important part of our food in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, it accounts for 35% of our... Read More

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January 21, 2013

Why we attacked Mali-bound soldiers – JAMBS militant sect explains

by Isi Esene A new group believed to be a break-away faction of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, have claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack on a military convoy conveying soldiers on their way to Mali as part of the peacekeeping mission to that country. The group known as the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan... Read More

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January 8, 2013

Tragedy: 6 killed in Abuja-Lokoja road accident

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi has confirmed the death of six persons in an accident which occurred on Tuesday on the Lokoja-Abuja road. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Garba Mohammed, said in Lokoja that the accident occurred in Karara village at 11:10 a.m. He said the accident involved a Toyota Corolla... Read More

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December 25, 2012

Tragic: Christmas Day road accidents claim 3 lives, injure 11

Three persons were confirmed dead and 11 injured in separate road accidents on Christmas Day across the country. A statement by the Federal Road Safety Commission said a Toyota Hiace car with registration number XA 651 NKR and belonging to Onitsha Mass Transit, crashed into a motorcycle with registration number BND 601 QC on Mile... Read More

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