Kogi

Six people arrested over NASS members’ harassment at Kogi Governor’s office

Six people have been apprehended in connection with the harassment of National Assembly members during their visit to Gov. Yahaya Bello at the...

Author Of Ebira English Dictionary, Ozi-Usman Nominates Self For Kogi Honour Award

The author of the Standard Ebira English Dictionary and a veteran Journalist, Yusuf Ozi-Usman has forwarded his name to a Committee set up...

21 LG chairmen, 239 councillors bow out in Kogi

Kogi State 21 local government chairmen and 239 councillors have vacated their offices as they served out their three-year tenure on Thursday. The...

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...