By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Kogi State government has set machinery in motion to secure investments for the exploration of oil and gas resources in the state. This was the outcome of a meeting held earlier this week between Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has restated commitment to development at the grassroots level through effective collaboration between the state and local governments to take governance closer to the people of the state. Governor Ododo made this known during the the presentation of new...
Kogi State Police Command has retrieved that the remains of Mr. Ayo Aiyepeku, a photojournalist allegedly killed by his colleague, Oluwapelumi Adebayo. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya revealed that Aiyepeku’s body was discovered on Sunday evening near the WAEC office...
Kogi State Police Command has reported that Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the prime suspect in the murder of photojournalist Ayo Aiyepeku, was found dead in an apparent suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja. According to Ovye-Aya,...
Reigners FC has been crowned the champion of the Afriskaut Elite Super League 2025 after securing a 1-0 victory over FC Bako on Saturday, accumulating a total of 22 points. The final match of the league saw Flamingo FC stage a remarkable comeback, defeating Jordan FA 2-1 at the...
A senior lecturer at Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Kogi State, Dr. Olabode Abimbola Ibikunle, tragically died on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in a hotel in Anyigba, allegedly during an intimate encounter with a female student. The incident, which has sparked widespread concern, was reported to the Kogi...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, struck out an application by the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, for the release of his passport to enable him travel to the United Kingdom...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Police Command has declared the late Muhammad Kassim, alias Enemi, and six other arrested suspects as members of a cult and arms trafficking syndicate operating within and beyond Kogi State. The announcement comes in response to allegations of politically motivated killing made...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Government has announced plans to conduct a bi-annual audit to assess Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) performance across the 21 local government areas in state to strengthen fiscal discipline. The Auditor-General for Local Government, Alhaji Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege disclosed this during an appraisal...
Security operatives in Kogi State have arrested two additional suspected informants to kidnappers, bringing the total number of suspects in custody to three. The arrests were made in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, following confessional statements from an earlier arrested suspect, which revealed the identities of other collaborators...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has distanced himself from All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairmanship campaign posters recently seen across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a statement by its Director, Michael Ohiare, the Yahaya Bello Media Office in Lokoja dismissed the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi State, Mr. Kingsley Ogga, has stated that two of the three individuals challenging the David Mark-led interim national executive of the party in court are not members of the party in the state. Ogga described Adeyemi...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Pension Commission has said it is concluding plans to migrate from the Defined Benefits Scheme to the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) with full implementation expected to begin next year. The Director General of the Commission, Hajia Mariam Abedo disclosed this during an...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ohi of Okene, HRH. Dr. Isah Mamman Okatahi has stated unequivocally that the recent visit by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the good people of Kogi Central Senatorial District, has no political undertone. The traditional ruler also affirmed that the advice he gave during the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, narrated before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how a staggering ₦1,096,830,000 (One Billion, Ninety-Six Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja- Kogi State Police Command has foiled an attempt to abduct passengers along the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road. According to the command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the police patrol team responded promptly to sporadic gunfire and engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, forcing them to flee. “All...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has withdrawn 273 students due to poor academic performance across 20 departments and 42 academic programs. Additionally, six students were expelled for examination misconduct, including impersonation and possession of prohibited materials. “We withdrew 273 students for...
Kogi State Government has arrested 16 alleged kidnappers and eight informants in a two-week clean-up operation in Bunu Forest, Kogi West Local Government of Area of the state.. The State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd), disclosed this while parading the suspects to newsmen. Omodara said, “It is not...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Federal Government’s application for a bench warrant against suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in an alleged defamation case. The federal government, prosecuting Akpoti-Uduaghan on behalf of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello, had sought the...
Obalohun of Okoloke, Oba Dada Ogunyanda, has regained his freedom after spending 28 days in the custody of his abductors. The Kogi traditional ruler was kidnapped by gunmen on May 15, 2025, but was released on Tuesday, June 11, following a coordinated effort by security forces and local vigilance...