Kogi State
Anxiety as Kogi varsity students’ abductors demand N50m ransom
The abductors of two students of Kogi State University, Kabba have reduced their ransom demand to N50m for their release. The students were kidnapped on August 2, 2024, at the same spot, and the same day the Caretaker Chairmen of the Kabba/Bunu Council area, Dare Micheal, and his three aides were abducted. While the Caretaker […]
Eight arrested for cultism, drug peddling in Kogi poly
The joint security team of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, arrested three students of the institution and five others suspected to be members of a secret society and hard drug peddlers. The arrests were made during the ongoing second-semester examination for the 2023/2024 academic session. A statement issued on Wednesday by […]
Kogi NMA suspends chairman
The Nigerian Medical Association, Kogi State Chapter, has suspended its Chairman, Dr Olusola Baoku, for alleged constitutional, administrative and financial infringements. At an emergency congress held in Lokoja, the state capital, on Saturday, a former Chairman of NMA Dr. David Ayemila, told journalists that a committee has been constituted to hold sway till August 11, […]
Yahaya Bello loses bid to hear N80bn fraud case in Kogi
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2bn fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ, in a letter dated July 2 and signed by his Special Assistant, Joshua Aji, said he agreed with the Economic and […]
Eid-el-Kabir: Senator Natasha distributes rams
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central senatorial district, has taken a step towards celebrating Eid-el-Kabir by distributing rams to central mosques across the district. The senator’s largesse was targeted at the main mosques in each of the five local government areas within her constituency. In her Eid-el-Kabir message, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan felicitated with Muslims worldwide and […]
N80bn fraud: EFCC accuses colleagues, others of shielding Yahaya Bello
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is accused of N80.2bn fraud, had ridiculed the Nigerian justice system by failing to present himself for trial in court. The EFCC acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Command, Mr Effa Okim, stated this during a familiarisation visit to the Delta […]
Kogi hunts broadcast station vandals
The Kogi State Government has ordered the Dekina Local Government Council, Dekina Traditional Council, security heads, and other stakeholders in Kogi East to collaborate to identify and apprehend the vandals who stole valuable broadcasting equipment from the Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Ochaja. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, made this demand at a […]
Court declines to vacate arrest order on ex-gov Yahaya Bello
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello for vacation of the arrest warrant issued against him by the court. The Judge said the former governor, having been in contempt of court by his refusal to make himself available for arraignment […]
FG inaugurates 625-metre drainage in Kogi
The Federal Government, on Thursday, inaugurated a 625-metre drainage channel in Koton-Karfe, Kogi State to prevent flooding as the rainy season approaches. The project, executed by the National Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, was unveiled on Thursday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume. The Managing Director of N-HYPPADEC, Mallam […]
EFCC Officers Disperse Kogi Youths’ Protest in Abuja
A protest organized by youths from Kogi State at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja on Monday was disrupted by EFCC officers who dispersed the demonstrators. The youths had gathered at the EFCC office in Jabi, Abuja, to protest what they alleged as persecution of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, […]