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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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)...
Bandits have killed 19 persons and injured several others at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi on Thursday. A community member alleged that a running battle between militia groups in parts of Benue and some bandits led to the onslaught on the sleepy towns of...
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,...
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...
Armed robbers have attacked two commercial banks in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing one security officer and one civilian during the operation. A video trending on social media indicated that the hoodlums launched a heavy attack on the two financial institutions around 5...
Kogi State residents are to pay more for bread as bakers called off their four-day old strike and increased prices of the essential commodity in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bakers had on Tuesday in Lokoja, embarked on strike to protest the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, set aside the inspection order granted Murtala Ajaka, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) by the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, on Nov. 25,...
The Federal Government inaugurated the Odo-Ape Dam in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi on Wednesday, the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, stated in Abuja on Thursday. The dam has capacity for 3.5 million cubic litres of water and can irrigate 700 hectares of farmland, benefiting more...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops have rescued 10 passengers onboard a Peace Mass Transit Bus, who were kidnapped while traveling from Calabar to Abuja. The Director, Army Public relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the victims were...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, moved a motion to investigate alleged corruption and inefficiency at the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASL) and the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) located in Kogi, respectively. Senator Natasha, in her motion,...
Cashew farmers and buyers in Kogi, under the aegis of the Farmers Forum of Nigeria (FFN), have called on Gov. Usman Ododo to intervene over alleged multiple taxation and extortion. The forum in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Ibrahim Adam, on Monday alleged that there was a...
At least two persons have been reported dead and two others hospitalised after drinking excess self-made herb in Kogi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sad incident occurred in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area of the state. The victims, including a 62-year-old man,...
All the 14 passengers of God Is Good (GIG) Motors and ABC Transport on Thursday finally regained freedom from their abductors in Kogi State. SP Williams Ovye-Aya, Kogi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, who confirmed their release to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via telephone in Lokoja,...
There was a mild drama in the Federal High Court in Abuja as a prosecution witness, Mr Rabiu Tafada in the ongoing alleged N10 billion fraud charge against Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi Governor, suddenly told the court that he was not feeling well. Tafada, who is...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted passengers of two Abuja-bound buses in the Inele-Eteke Ogugu, New Road area of Kogi East district. The incident according to a source involved a GIG and ABC Transport buses heading to Abuja from the eastern part of the country. The source said...
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaib Audu, has said that a three-year roadmap has been developed to resuscitate the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Mill located in Kogi. Audu, while speaking at a media parley on Friday in Abuja, said the plan was part of efforts by the President...
The Police command in Kogi on Friday warned political thugs and criminals to steer clear of the venue of Saturday’s inauguration of the Governor-elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo. The State Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, gave the warning in a statement issued in Lokoja by the command’s spokesman, SP...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday inaugurated Muhammadu Buhari Mother and Child 110-Bed Hospital in Iruvichonomi community in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. At the inauguration, Bello said that his administration’s persistent investment in the health sector had yielded positive outcomes, evident in the enhanced...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In bid to alleviate poverty and promote self-reliance, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, on Thursday, successfully facilitated National Business Development Empowerment Skill Initiative (NBDSI) for her constituents. The programme, which was hosted by Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency...