For the second time within days, nine family members have died mysteriously in Kogi State. The incident happened on Monday in Nagazi, under Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State The latest incident is coming a few days when four…
Suspected hoodlums pelt Kwankwaso in Kogi
Suspected hoodlums on Wednesday pelted the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, with sachets of water while on a visit to Kogi State. Kwankwaso was in Lokoja, the state capital to inaugurate the party’s secretariat…
Police nab man for death of his friend in Kogi
The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man in connection with the death of his friend, who allegedly buried the corpse in his own house in Lokoja, Kogi State. The accused is currently helping the operatives of…
Kogi govt bans illegal mining activities
The Kogi State Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural resources, has directed the total stoppage of illegal mining in the state. The directives followed the death of two persons in an illegal mining site after the site’s…
Explosion rocks Kogi govt office complex
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…