Kogi

Just in: Man nabbed with pre-filled result sheets, cash, disrupting election in Kogi

A man, whose identity has not been revealed, was on Saturday morning arrested by security agencies in Ogori/Magongo council area of Kogi State...

Voters in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi go to polls today to elect their governors

Eligible voters are filing out in Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo States today (November 11) to cast their ballots for new governors. An estimated 5,169,692...

IPC Trains 27 Journalists on Fact-Checking and Electoral Information Integrity in Kogi, flags off iVerify system

Ahead of the off-cycle governorship election in Kogi scheduled for November 11, the International Press Centre (IPC) has organized a two-day training programme...

Gov. Bello not attacked by military men – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has refuted speculations that military personnel attacked the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Sunday. Bello reportedly “escaped assassination” which...

Horrific! 10-year-old boy buried alive for stealing N1,000 in Kogi

A 10-year-old boy, who allegedly stole N1,000 was buried alive on the orders of his stepmother. The incident occurred at Silo community, Apamisede...

November Kogi guber poll: IPC tasks journalists on balanced, inclusive reportage

Ahead of the November Kogi governorship election, the Executive Director, International Press Centre (IPC), Mr Lanre Arogundade, has advised journalists to deploy the...

Rejection of old Naira notes: Kogi gov. threatens to seal erring banks, prosecute people rejecting it 

Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello has sounded a note of warning to banks which reject old notes in the state that they will be...

Kogi communities battle devastating impacts of climate change as experts advocate mitigation

Several months after many communities of Kogi State experienced one of the most worst and devastating flood avalanches in history, residents have continued...

Violence mars elections in Kogi as thugs destroy electoral materials

Thugs have unleashed violence on Odaba polling unit in Dekina Ward n Ogege Road in Kogi State while the polls were in progress....

Just in: Kogi Governor’s wife, Rashida, nephew, others face EFCC’s N3bn fraud charge

Rashida, wife of Kogi Gov.Yahaya Bello, her nephew, Ali Bello, and three others were on Wednesday arraigned in Abuja over alleged fraud of...

Just in: Ahead of Buhari’s visit: Explosion rocks Kogi, three fatalities recorded

At least three persons have been killed in an explosion which occurred in Okene, Kogi State, on Thursday morning. The blast incident occurred...

Kogi monarch, 10 others to cool their heels in prison over alleged culpable homicide

A 69-year-old traditional ruler in Adavi Local Government, Asema Uka (Otumi-Ajoko) of Kogi State, Momoh Nasir and 10 others have been remanded in...

Kogi explosion: Presidency assures state of funds to fix bad roads, others

  Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has received assurance from the Federal Government to fix all government roads and other infrastructure, beginning with...

Black Wednesday in Kogi as over 25 people burnt to death in tanker explosion (graphic pictures)

  An early morning petrol tanker accident has claimed the lives of at least 20 people including school children being conveyed to school...

Kogi commences implementation of livestock transformation project

Kogi has joined states in the federation for the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan(NLTP). This follows the inauguration of the state...