A loud explosion was heard in the premises housing the office of the Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr. Folashade Arike Ayoade. The office premises is next to Lugard street, housing the Kogi State council of the Nigerian Union…
Gunmen kidnap Naval officer, demand N3m ransom
Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal. The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away by his abductors in Kogi State. It was gathered that some heavily armed men numbering five…
5 children, 9 others die in kogi motor accident
Fourteen people, including five children have lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident, which occurred on Anyingba -Ajaokuta road in Kogi State. The State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Solomon Aghure, confirmed this to…
Kogi rejects NCDC’s claim of recording two COVID-19 cases in the state
The Kogi State government has rejected the new data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that two confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the state. The NCDC in its data released for Wednesday, May 27, said…
Yahaya Bello re-elected Kogi State governor (Channels)
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been re-elected as the governor of the state. Governor Bello was returned elected on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having scored the highest…
Politicians, unemployment, causes of fake news, hate speech —Kogi REC (Punch)
Professor James Apam, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Kogi State, on Wednesday, attributed the preponderance of fake news and hate speech in the country to the political class and high rate of unemployment. Apam, who stated this in Lokoja, during a meeting…
Several persons feared killed as kidnappers lay siege to Lokoja-Abuja road (Guardian)
Suspected kidnappers reportedly shot at an Abuja bound vehicle killing all occupants in Gegu, Koton-Karfi Council Area of Kogi State, while others escaped with bullet wounds. The abductors were said to have laid siege to Abuja bound vehicles, killing all…
Kogi: NDLEA arrests drug baron, recovers gun (Punch)
The Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a suspected drug baron, James Ameh, with one pump action gun loaded with live cartridges. Ameh, who is also said to be an herbalist, was arrested at…
Gunmen disrupt Kogi PDP gov primary (Nation)
The governorship primary election ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday when gunmen invaded the venue of the election, Lokoja Confluence Stadium. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that voting had ended and sorting of…
There’s no herdsmen attack at motor park —Kogi govt (Punch)
The Kogi Government has debunked the allegation of an attack by herdsmen at Big Joe motor park in Lokoja on Tuesday. A statement by the Director General of Media and Publicity to Kogi Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, described the news as…
