A sociocultural Group, Okun Development Association (ODA) says residents six Local Government Areas in the Yoruba speaking part of Kogi State are now living in fear and experiencing disruption in economic activities due to upsurge in insecurity. The statement is coming after… Insecurity: We now live in fear – Okun indigenes of Kogi cry out … Read more
Unidentified gunmen have again attacked Okoloke, an agrarian community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, kidnapping four persons. This is the third attack in seven days. The latest incident was said to have taken place in the early hours of Tuesday when an… Again, gunmen attack Kogi community, kidnap 4 persons …C0NTINUE … Read more
The family of a first-class traditional ruler, Pa. Dada James Ogunyanda, the Obalohun of Okoloke community of Yagba West local government, Kogi State, being held captive by kidnappers, has cried out to public spirited individuals and corporate organisations to help them complete… Family of abducted Kogi first-class traditional ruler cries for help …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Obajana Division, Kogi State, in conjunction with the Nigerian Army and Fulani vigilantes, have rescued three kidnapped victims during a coordinated raid on Ankomi Forest of the state. A statement by the state police… Security operatives rescue 3 kidnapped victims in Kogi forest raid …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
The Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has begun clamping down on members aiding internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys and other criminals operating across the state. Chairman of the Association in… Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
No fewer than 262 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, have been trained on weapon handling with a charge on them to uphold the ideals of the Corps. The Kogi State NSCDC Public Relations Officer, DSC Aliyu Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a… NSCDC trains 262 personnel on weapon handling in … Read more
A bill to for a law to repeal the Kogi State rent control and recovery of residential premises law 2007 and enact the State tenancy law and other matters connected thereto 2025 has passed through first reading in the Kogi State House of Assembly. The private member bill was… Bill to repeal rent control, recovery … Read more
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday dismissed an enforcement of rights suit filed by Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff to Kogi Governor against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Bello had on May 21, 2024 instituted an enforcement of rights suit, marked no FCT/HC/CV/2574/2024, against… Court rules in suit filed by Kogi gov’s Chief of Staff against … Read more
The Nigeria Police force has arrested 239 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, cultism, culpable homicide and other degrees of crimes in Kogi State. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Dantawaye disclosed this during his maiden press briefing held at the… Police arrest 239 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery in Kogi …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
The runner-up in the 31st August 2024 Kogi State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Congress, Hon Mohammed Sanni Gambo, has said all he desires is justice, calling on the National Working Committee of the party to inaugurate him as Chairman in the state. Hon Gambo made the… Ex-PDP Chairmanship aspirant seeks for justice, begs NWC to … Read more