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Alleged N80.2bn fraud: Come out of hiding and answer your case with EFCC – Ortom tells Yahaya Bello Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom

Alleged N80.2bn fraud: Come out of hiding and answer your case with EFCC – Ortom tells Yahaya Bello

Bode April 29, 2024
  Former Benue Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has asked the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr Yahaya Bello, to come out of hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Ortom stated this on Sunday at the Redeemed Church in Makurdi during the...
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‘EFCC is an illegal organisation,’ Ex-governor Yahaya Bello tells court EFCC and Yahaya Bello

‘EFCC is an illegal organisation,’ Ex-governor Yahaya Bello tells court

Bode April 23, 2024
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has told the the Federal High Court in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is an illegal organisation. Yahaya Bello, who is being accused of committing money laundering offences to the tune of...
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Over 1000 victims of Kogi rainstorm miss Eid-el-Fitr activities Houses destroyed the rainstorm in Iyara community, headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi

Over 1000 victims of Kogi rainstorm miss Eid-el-Fitr activities

Bode April 11, 2024
  Scores of Iyara people, who were hit by rainstorm in Iyara community, headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi, on Wednesday failed to celebrate the Eid-el-Fitr events as the natural disaster rendered them homeless. Already, the National President of Iyara Development Association (IDA) Alhaji Aliyu Badaki, has...
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Eid-el-fitr: Imbibe lessons of Ramadan, Senator Natasha urges Muslims Senator Natasha Akpoti

Eid-el-fitr: Imbibe lessons of Ramadan, Senator Natasha urges Muslims

Bode April 10, 2024
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has sent her good wishes to the Muslim Ummah on the completion of the Ramadan fasting. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Israel Arogbonlo, the Chief Press Secretary to Senator Natasha...
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Kogi community jubilates as Oba’s wife delivers triplets 17 years after waiting Oba Fredrick Balogun

Kogi community jubilates as Oba’s wife delivers triplets 17 years after waiting

Bode April 9, 2024
  The people of Apata in Oworo District, Lokoja Local Government Area, Kogi went into jubilation on Monday when their queen finally delivered a set of triplets after 17 years of waiting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elated queen, Olori Teniola-Faith, delivered the babies in...
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Kogi attack: Ododo expresses shock over killings, vows to prevent reoccurrence Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo

Kogi attack: Ododo expresses shock over killings, vows to prevent reoccurrence

Bode April 7, 2024
l Kogi State Governor, Usman, has expressed shock and sympathy over the recent killing of 25 persons during bandits attack in Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of the state. Ododo, who spoke on the attack in Lokoja, regretted the ugly dimension that communal clashes between people in...
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Kogi massacre: Ajaka condemns act, calls for state of emergency to end senseless killings Kogi SDP Governorship candidate, Alhaji Muri Yakubu Ajaka

Kogi massacre: Ajaka condemns act, calls for state of emergency to end senseless killings

Bode April 6, 2024
  By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja –   The Gubernatorial Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the last Governorship election in Kogi State, Alhaji Muri Yakubu Ajaka on Saturday condemned in strong terms the reoccurring maiming and killing of innocent kogites in Bagana, Otutubatu, Iyade, Agbenema, Agojeju-Odo and...
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Senator Natasha condemns renewed attacks in Kogi, seeks IGP intervention Senator Natasha Akpoti

Senator Natasha condemns renewed attacks in Kogi, seeks IGP intervention

Bode April 6, 2024
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has condemned the recent violent attacks in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi, where at least 19 people have lost their lives. She equally called on the Inspector General of Police...
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Kogi attack: Community leader calls for military base, as death toll rises to 25 Kogi State

Kogi attack: Community leader calls for military base, as death toll rises to 25

Bode April 6, 2024
  The Leader of Agojeju-Odo community in Kogi State, Chief Elias Atabor, has urged the Federal Government to establish a military base in Omala Local Government Area to checkmate bandits’ incessant attacks on the people. Atabor made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Kogi poll: 4 SDP witnesses appear in tribunal, give conflicting evidences SDP

Kogi poll: 4 SDP witnesses appear in tribunal, give conflicting evidences

Bode April 4, 2024
  Four Social Democratic Party (SDP) witnesses that testified on Wednesday in the ongoing hearing of the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja gave contradictory testimonies. The witnesses gave their accounts before the three-member panel of justices led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu. The SDP and its governorship candidate,...
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Troops eliminate 4 terrorists in Taraba, Zamfara, thwart kidnap attempt in Kogi Army troops

Troops eliminate 4 terrorists in Taraba, Zamfara, thwart kidnap attempt in Kogi

Bode March 15, 2024
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army on Friday eliminated no fewer than 4 terrorists in Taraba and Zamfara states. The troops also frustrated a kidnap attempt in Kogi and rescued kidnap victims in offensive operations. Army spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in Abuja...
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