Kogi

In the early hours of today, Friday 1st December 2023, around 3.30am, gunmen attacked the residence of our Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja, Kogi State. The armed men engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over…

By Precious Ahiakwo Worried over the conflicting tribunal and Appeal Court cases in Zamfara, Plateau, and Kano states of the country, a coalition of youth groups and non-governmental organization in the South-south region is asking…

Reecent report has shown that a pastor with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), David Musa, has been killed by his abductors after payment of N1,000,000 ransom in Kogi State. It was also gathered that the cleric was…

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE   President Bola Tinubu congratulates Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, and Governor-elect Usman Ododo of Kogi State, on their victory in the November 11 governorship…

Following the suspension of elections in nine Wards in Kogi State, INEC says it also received reports of similar and other incidents in Adavi (5 Polling Units in Okunchi/Ozuri/Onieka Ward), Ajaokuta (5 Polling Units in Adogo Ward), Okehi (1…

…. Intercepts N11,040,000 Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 (Fourteen) suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and…

Nigerian solders have finally arrested the local government chairman of Igalamela/Odolu Local government with live ammunitions and cash in Kogi. In a video sighted by this publication, He was seen being paraded by the soldiers…

The Assistant Inspector General of Police, in charge of Zone Eight AIG Bartholomew Nnamdi Onyeka, has retired from service presently. Onyeka, who was the 28th Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 8 Headquarters, Lokoja,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said two million  registered voters are expected to vote in the Saturday off-cycle governorship election in Kogi. The election will hold in 3,508 poling units, spread across…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its operatives to Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States to monitor Saturday’s governorship elections. According to the EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, who disclosed this during an…