Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that security operatives are actively working to rescue passengers abducted during a kidnapping incident along the Ayere–Kabba Road in Kogi State. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, said the attack occurred on April 13,...
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Hundreds of youths in Aiyetoro Gbede, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Monday staged a protest over what they described as a politically motivated attempt to undermine the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The demonstrators, drawn from various youth and civil society groups, marched...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 500 components suspected to be used for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Niger State, while also arresting a Cameroonian national transporting a consignment of synthetic cannabis known as “Colorado” in Kogi State. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Trans Fortress Global Resources, a notable real estate development firm, Mr. Kolapo Oladapo Raji, has been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives. Raji has been on NDLEA watchlist since 2025 following credible intelligence, according to a statement by the Agency’s spokesman, Mr....
Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons and the abduction of several others following a violent attack on a commercial passenger bus along the Oshokoshoko/Agbede Highway, near a military checkpoint in the state. Security sources, according to Zagazola Makama, disclosed that the incident occurred at...
In a coordinated offensive, troops of the Nigerian Army’s 2 Division/Sector 3 Operation FANSAN YAMA have successfully rescued 21 kidnapped victims from criminal enclaves spread across Kwara and Kogi States. The operation, which took place on Friday, was confirmed in a statement by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, as a pride of the accountancy profession, commending his professionalism, integrity, and application of sound financial principles in governance. The President gave the commendation when he received a delegation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria...
Federal Government has announced that over 396,000 students have accessed tuition loans through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, significantly easing financial barriers to education. Speaking at a townhall meeting in Lokoja on Friday to showcase the administration’s achievements, Mr. Lawal Shuaibu, representing the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Army’s 12 Brigade Headquarters in Lokoja has kicked off its second Annual Range Classification Exercise, set to run from August 25 to August 28 at the Chari Maigumeri Barracks’ shooting range in Lokoja. Acting Assistant Director of 12 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. Hassan...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State on the passing of his father, Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo. The President in his condolence message stressed that his thoughts and prayers are with the Ododo family, friends, and...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Police Command has issued a firm warning to hoodlums to stay away from polling booths and collation centers during the by-election in Okura II State Constituency scheduled for Saturday. In a statement released on Friday in Lokoja, the Police Public Relations Officer...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has stated that the party has no preferred presidential aspirant for the 2027 general elections. Mark made this known while addressing stakeholders of the Kogi chapter of the ADC in Abuja. Mark assured Nigerians...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Oilserv Limited, the contractor handling the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project, has successfully crossed the River Niger using the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) special technique. This milestone marks a significant achievement in the 614km natural gas pipeline project designed to transport gas for power generation,...
An EFCC’s witness, Offure Achille, on Tuesday, admitted that the name of Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, did not feature in any of the bank transactions in the ongoing money laundering trial. Achille, the Head of Operations at Access Bank branch between...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Officers of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 49 suspected internet fraudsters in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The commission in a post via its X handle on Monday, said the suspects were arrested between Saturday, May 24, 2025 and...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, fixed June 26 for ruling on an application by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “cross examine” its 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3) in the trial of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter after listening...
Kogi Police Command on Thursday confirmed that gunmen attacked Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s (PDP-Kogi Central) family residence in Obeiba Community in Okehi Local Government Area. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Miller Dantawaye, who confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday,...
The Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Thursday said they want to bring back Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan home, through recall to learn purposeful representation. Some of the constituents across the five Local Government Areas of the Senatorial district, on the aegis of Kogi Central Elites Forum (KCEF), made...
The High Court in Lokoja on Thursday ordered a stay of execution of the judgment sacking the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland , Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu gave the order following an application for stay of execution on his earlier judgment that removed Anaje as Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The News Agency...