Reports have shown that news circulating that the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Mathew Kolawole, was booed in the state government’s house for allegedly suggesting that Kogi Central deserves to keep the governorship after Yahaya Bello is false. At around 9 p.m. Wednesday, our reporter called some Assembly Members who do not want their names mentioned, and Read More
The Acting Chief Judge of Kogi state, Hon. Justice Josiah Joe Majebi, has charged anti-graft agencies in the country to intensify effort in investigation before prosecuting their cases in Kogi state courts. He said paying clinical attention to cases would pave way to achieve the desired result through accelerated hearing.He gave the charge when he received the zonal commandant of Read More
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed four people while two others sustained various degrees of injury at Ofeapo, along Idrisu-Bagana Road in Omala local government area of Kogi state. The victims who were returning from the crisis-ridden Bagana market around 8:30 pm on Thursday were ambushed and killed by suspected bandits. The victims, who were mainly traders, were travelling Read More
In Kogi state, a group that is averse to the incidence of vote-buying is embarking on a door-to-door campaign against it. SALIHU OYIBO reports. No doubt, voting buying has become a major issue during primaries and general elections in Nigeria. Apparently, one of the major consequences of vote- buying and selling during election is that it create avenue for the Read More
Armed robbers on Tuesday afternoon stormed Ankpa community of Kogi state. The robbers according to a source operated in more than one bank in the community for several hours unchallenged. Sources close to the scene told Blueprint correspondent that the robbers moved from one bank to the other and left the town in bullet shells. A student of Kogi state Read More
The executive chairman, Kogi State Security Trust Fund, Abdulmalik Samari Teina, has charged individuals, groups, communities and organisations to report unusual activities to relevant authorities in order to curb insecurity in the state. Teina, who gave the charge Friday in Lokoja during the 10th year anniversary of the agency, said the “present fight against crime cannot be achieved without the Read More
Kogi Police command has arrested a father suspected of kidnapping and killing his 15-year-old daughter in Kogi. Police Spokesman in the state, SP William Ovye-Aya, who confirmed the incident on Friday in Lokoja, said a friend to the girl’s father was also arrested. He added one other suspect has been declared wanted. According to the police Spokesman the suspects work with Read More
Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has banned the use of face masks and brothels in the state, as a measure to prefer solution to the lingering insecurity within the state. The governor disclosed this in an emergency security meeting in Lokoja on Tuesday. “All brothels as from today are closed down completely. All brothels, not hotels but brothels where Read More
Following the recent security breach Ajaokuta area of Kogi state, the state governor Yahaya Bello, has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. The governor also directed that the Chairman of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Hon Mustapha Aka’aba be queried over the breach and should reply Read More
Nigeria Police Force, Friday, dismissed a former Police Inspector, Richard Gele, after being caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public. The former Inspector, with AP/No. 188547, until his dismissal, was attached to Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron, Okene, Kogi, and deployed to the Itobe–Anyigba road for the safety of road users and commuters. Read More
Ahead of 2023 election, the leadership of a group loyal to the governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on the platform of GYB Network 4 Asiwaju, has met the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Kashim Shettima, with assurance of full support. During the meeting on Monday, the group’s leadership led by its Kogi state Read More
An aspirant in the May 27 Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu federal constituency house of representatives primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Segun Olobatoke has asked the federal high court to disqualify the Speaker, Kogi state house of assembly, Matthew Kolawole from contesting 2023 general election. Olobatoke has also approached the court to order APC to accept and submit his name Read More
Ahead of 2023 election, a group loyal to the governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on the platform of GYB Network 4 Asiwaju, has assured the national leadership of Tinubu Support Groups (TSO) that arrangement have been put in place to deliver the state for the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Read More
On November 6, 2019, in a piece titled: “Kogi 2019: Oshiomhole’s all in with Yahaya Bello,” I underscored how then APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, stood tall by Yahaya Bello, the Governor of Kogi state. By some divinity, Yahaya Bello became the governor of Kogi state back in 2015, and was poised to contest for a second term in 2019. The Read More
Three persons on Monday night burnt beyond recognition in an accident that occured at Felele community, a suburb in Lokoja, Kogi state capital. Two other persons also sustained injuries in the accident involving a truck loaded with diesel. An eye witnessed revealed that the accident occured at about 10 pm on Monday night. According to the eye witness, a truck carrying diesel, two trailers carrying Read More
Gunmen early Friday attacked the Police Area Command’s office at Eika-Ohizenyi in Okehi local government area of Kogi state and killed a police officer on duty who was popularly known as Yellow. The state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Egbuka, who visited the scene of the attack a few hours later for an on-the-spot assessment, ordered the deployment of additional Read More
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kogi state command has revealed that 149 suspects have been arrested with a total of 2, 699kg of assorted hard drugs in the last six months in the State. The state commander of the agency , Mr Abdulkadir Abdullahi Fakai, disclosed this during a press conference on Tuesday in Lokoja to mark the Read More
Deputy national publicity secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Hon. Yakubu Murtala Ajaka, has celebrated the governor of Kogi state Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello on his 47th years anniversary. Ajaka, in a statement released Saturday in Abuja, joined family and friends of governor Bello, both in Nigeria and abroad, especially the Kogi state indigenes to rejoice with a Read More
The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP), Kogi state chapter, has appealed to government at all levels for support to enable it deliver quality and affordable healthcare services to people in rural communities. The chairman of the Association, Dr. Alumbugu Esau, made the appeal Thursday in Okene while interacting with newsmen on the need for the association to prioritise Read More
A Kogi based businessman, Gabriel Onoja, has instituted a suit against Lagos based Sahara Reporters over alleged defamation of character. The online media outfit had on March 31, 2022 in its publication alleged that “the Kogi deputy governor’s business partner, Enemona Josh, was arrested by the police over a N530 million debt.” Onoja who is the chairman of PFTN Nigeria Read More
The Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi West senatorial district, Hon. Teejay Yusuf, has asked for the support of his opponents at the just concluded primary election in Kogi state ahead of the general elections. Hon. Yusuf defeated former Senator Dino Melaye, Hon. Sam Aro and Otunba Adeniyi Olayemi, at the said election. But in a Read More
As we approach the 2023 general elections, the people of Idah/Ofu/Ibaji/Igalamela federal constituency in Kogi state have heaved a sigh of relief with the entrance of a business man and a philanthropist of note, Hon. Egbunu Amanabo Yusuf, into the race to represent them in the House of Representatives. Amanabo Yusuf’s commitment to his people is legendary as he has Read More
Three-term House of Representatives member, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf, on Tuesday beat former Senator Dino Melaye to secure the ticket of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for Kogi west senatorial zone. Yusuf representing Kabba/Bunu Ijumu federal constituency, polled 163 delegates votes to defeat Melaye with 99 in a rerun after Monday night contest tied at 88 apiece. Details loading…
Over 560 rural farmers in Kogi state have benefitted from the distribution of free farm inputs supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) under the Value Chain Development Programme (IVCDP). The national programme coordinator FGN/IFAD-VCDP, Dr Fatima Aliyu during the inauguration of the distribution of the input, said the gesture was to boost food security to cushion the Read More
A presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) , Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has cautioned delegates of the party against voting an aspirant that does not possess the requisite experience and charisma to move the country and the party forward. Tambuwal gave the warning Monday when he met the Kogi delegates of PDP in Lokoja, to Read More
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