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Kogi NGO Network, KONGONET, has condemned in all ramification the attacked on the Federal Medical Centre Lokoja by hoodlums on Wednesday. Recall that, hoodlums numbering about fifty invaded the premises of the hospital at about 8am, armed with dangerous weapons and chasing away patients. Sources said the hoodlums went to the administrative block of the…
Federal Government has vowed to fish out criminal elements who attacked the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, who is also the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the vow at the daily press briefing by the PTF in Abuja on Thursday. Mustapha,…
Former member Representing Lokoja 1 Constituency at the KGHA, Hon. Sulaiman Babadoko, has described the death of foremost legal luminary and Chief Judge of Kogi State,Hon.Justice Nasir Ajanah as an irreparable loss to Kogi State as and the country in general. In condolence message,the former lawnmaker described Ajanah as a honest and man of many…
Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, embarked on an indefinite strike. This was made known in a communique issued on Wednesday in Lokoja,. According to the communique,the Doctors said their lives were being threatened because of what they described as” poor”Rising management of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state. They added that they…
By Abdulslimzy Mayaki The Senior Special Adviser to Kogi state Governor on Water Resources Hon. Bin-Ebaiya Shehu Tijjani (BEST) commended the Government of Kogi State led by his Excellency Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello for their commitment and unending support in the areas of solving the water challenges in Lokoja Local Government area and Kogi state…
—As state Govt reacts, says violence ensues between medical staff and patients relations Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja, Kogi state, and disrupted a COVID-19 planned press conference. According to a reliable source, the hospital had scheduled a media briefing for the day to demand a COVID-19 screening centre in…
Gunmen today stormed the Federal Medical Centre lokoja carting away laptops and phones of staffers and patients. The Gunmen who were in large number according to an eye witnessed, operated for about thirty minutes and left the scene with victims crying for help. The medical centre is now under lock. Details later.
Acting Sole Administrator of Ajaokuta Steel Complex, Engineer Absul-Akaba Sumaila among other prominent Nigerians have mourned the death of the former Chief Judge of Kogi State,Hon Justice Nasir Ajanah who died on Sunday in Abuja. Akaba, in a statement issued to journalists on Monday in Lokoja,described the demised of Justice Ajanah as a monumental loss…
…Says primary schools, daycare centres to remain closed The Federal Government has announced reopening of primary and secondary schools only for preparatory classes for graduating students and pupils – primary 6, JSS 3 and SS3. Only those sitting the National Common Entrance Examinations, WAEC and NECO examinations, etc are to resume classes as long as…
Ahead of September 2020 Local Government council election in Kogi state,a group: Lokoja Local Government Grassroot for Good Governance, has called on the people of the area to work for the emergence of Hon. Tijjani Bin-Ebiya Shehu,a.k.a BEST as the Executive Chairman of Lokoja Local Government council. Spokesperson of the group,Hon. Danjuma Aliyu Ibrahim who…
