Police nab welder for killing friend in Lokoja
A 32-year-old man simply identified as Murtala Dare, has been arrested by police in Lokoja for allegedly killing his friend ...
Tag: Kogi
Northern Governors laud Nigerian govt over plans to revamp Ajaokuta steel coy
The Northern Governors Forum, NGF, has commended the Federal Government over its plans to resuscitate the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company ...
Labour urges fair deal as dialogue over April salary continues in Kogi
The Organised Labour in Kogi has tasked the state government to ensure fair deal in the ongoing dialogue with labour ...
Police arrest 3 kidnap suspects in Kogi
Police in Kogi have arrested three persons suspected to be kidnappers in Okene area of the state.
Lassa fever death toll hits 161 in Nigeria – NCDC
The National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the Nigerian agency responsible for management of disease outbreaks, says Lassa fever death toll has ...
Nigerian Customs seizes N135m illegal goods in Kwara, Niger, two others
The Joint Border Operations Drill Sector 3 of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it has seized more than N135 ...
Abubakar Bello vows to stamp out banditry, kidnapping in Niger
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has promised to tackle the incessant armed robbery and kidnappings in the state by taking ...
Publish names of ghost workers now, Kogi labour group dares Yahaya Bello
The organised labour in Kogi has dared Governor Yahaya Bello to publish names of uncovered 300 ghost workers allegedly planted ...
How to end electoral violence in Nigeria
The orgy of violence witnessed before, during and after last month’s gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa brings to fore ...
Smart Adeyemi replaces Melaye as Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, named Senator Smart Adeyemi, representing Kogi West, as the new Chairman of the ...
Bello congratulates Adeyemi, describes victory as peoples’ mandate
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Sunday congratulated Sen. Smart Adeyemi for his victory at Saturday’s Kogi West re-run Senatorial ...
Prosecute perpetrators of electoral violence in Kogi, Bayelsa, group tells INEC
A pro-democracy group, League of Women Voters of Nigeria has urged Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies to ...
Despite Kogi, Bayelsa experiences, we remain strong, united – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it remained strong and united in the face of all its experience ...
Buhari urges INEC, security officials to be neutral, fair during Bayelsa, Kogi elections
President Muhammadu Buhari has made a strong demand for exemplary conduct of non-partisanship on the part of election and law ...
Bayelsa/Kogi Guber: It’s either card reader or no voting, INEC vows
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says no voter will be allowed to vote without voter card recognised by the ...
PSC deploys 45 personnel to monitor conduct of police during Kogi, Bayelsa elections
The Police Service Commission, PSC, says it will deploy 45 of its personnel to monitor police conduct in the Nov. ...
PDP demands for unconditional release of its head of security, others arrested in Kogi
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for immediate and unconditional release of its Head of Security in Dekina Local Government area ...
Pro-democracy centre to deploy 300 observers for Kogi guber poll
The Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, says it will deploy no fewer than 300 observers to monitor the November ...
700 Kogi teachers trained on coding
No fewer than 700 teachers in Kogi are undergoing training on “Coding’ in Information Communication Technology, ICT, to mark the ...
Adamawa, Taraba, Benue risk flood as River Benue water level rises
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, has said the rise in water level of River Benue may increase the likelihood ...
Kogi Guber: APC bows to pressure, approves 9 aspirants
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has approved nine Kogi governorship aspirants out of the ...
Kogi Guber: APC under pressure to review disqualification of 12 aspirants
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has vowed to pressures, saying that it would likely review ...
Kogi guber: Group seeks support for Yahaya Bello’s re-election
A socio-political organisation, FairWin, on Monday urged the people of Kogi to support Governor Yahaya Bello’s re-election bid to enable ...
25 Yoruba groups make ‘last-minute’ endorsement, rally 20m votes for Buhari, Osinbajo
Twenty-five Yoruba socio-cultural and political groups have called out their 20 million voters across South West states, Kogi, Kwara and ...
