Tag Archives: Kogi

Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Kogi State Governorship Election, Habu Sani has barred security personnel from escorting important personalities to the polling units.    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Kogi State Police Command, Superintendent of Police, William Ovye Aya warned that any Officer who is caught …

Suspected kidnappers have abducted a Cross River born journalist, Nten  Ekpang, and demanded N10m as ransom for his release.    It was gathered that the broadcast journalist was kidnapped on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, near Lokoja in Kogi State while returning to Abuja after a family holiday in Uyo, the …

As the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections draw near, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has charged the commission’s staff to uphold integrity and remain non-partisan as they prepare for the elections scheduled for November 11, 2023. In a recent visit to Bayelsa …

The communities, who appeared at the continued public hearing of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC) on Saturday, blamed the interstate crisis on the scramble for land and natural resources. Chief Alex Onukwue, former President General of Eziagulu-Otu Aguleri union in Anambra East Local Government Area, said the …

The Kogi State Government says there was an assassination attempt on the Governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja today October 22.   In a press statement issued on Sunday by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the Kogi …

Her No is even there. I will keep saying it, women are VERY NOTORIOUS for maltreating children, the foolish useless lib women will be sllent on this, the stupid simps too will be silent, useless set of men,its only when a man is said to beat a woman “allegedly” you …

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said that results of the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayesla states would be transmitted according to the provisions of the Electoral Act.   Yakubu said this in reaction to Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Mr. …

Kogi State Command has arrested Goodness Oshodi, a 19-year-old boy who allegedly buried his step-brother, Friday Oshhodi, for allegedly stealing N1000.    The incident happened Tuesday evening October 10, 2023, at Apamisede Community, in Adavi Local Government Area of the state.    The victim was however lucky to have been …

Three suspects were on Tuesday, October 10, paraded by Kogi Police Command for false alarm that led to the lynching of a man accused of snatching their manhood.   The suspects identified as Harish Abdurasheed,18; Yakubu Mohammed, 25; and Haruna Adamu, 28, all of Hausa descent living in Ayetoro Gbede, …

A yet-to-be-identified man committed suicide at Ganaja Bridge, a few metres from the popular Dunamis Church in Lokoja, Kogi State.    The deceased was said to have arrived at the bridge on Tuesday afternoon, September 12, 2023, parked his tricycle, and jumped into the river, saying that he was tired.   …