Kogi

Political analyst in Kogi State have knocked the state government for forfeiting the sum of N19, 333,333,333.36 to the central bank of Nigeria. The money was meant for the payment of…

The Nigerian Army yesterday alerted residents of Kogi, Kwara and Niger states to be vigilant and report movements of bandits to security agents. The warning came as the army said the bandits had begun fleeing…

Determined in stopping bandits from infiltrating Abuja, security forces have commenced massive deployment of personnel and equipment to all entry and exit points of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is coming…

The Defence Headquarters, on Sunday, confirmed that there is a plan by terrorists group, Boko Haram to attack some parts of the federal capital territory, Abuja. Defence…

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Melaye was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday morning. The lawmaker was on his way…

A battle for the ownership of three oil blocks may lead to a breakdown of law and order in Enugu, Anambra and Kogi states, a senator claimed yesterday. Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) urged  the Senate to intervene  to prevent…

The Edo State Police Command has paraded a notorious kidnapper, Muritala Umaru, who confessed to having made over N100 million from kidnapping. An AK47 rifle with breech number KO340119 and 10 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were…

The 44-kilometre Obajana–Kabba concrete road project in Kogi will be ready in December, the Managing Director of AG-Dangote Construction Company, Ashif Juma, has said. Mr Juma, who stated this in a statement obtained by the News…

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said he would go to any length for President Muhammadu Buhari if he so request. Bello disclosed this while reacting to President Buhari’s decision against the tenure elongation of national…

Ali Janga has been reinstated as the commissioner of police in Kogi, William Aya, the state police command spokesman, has confirmed. Aya told NAN in Lokoja on Thursday that Janga returned to office on April 3 on the order of Ibrahim…

The police have arrested six persons for allegedly aiding the escape of six suspects from police custody in Division ‘A’ Lokoja, Kogi State, on Wednesday, last week. Those arrested include John Beneche, 22, Seye Atowoju, 27, Danjuma…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State fell off while alighting from his official car last Friday and injured his left foot, a statement from the Kogi State Government House, Lokoja, said on Tuesday. The statement signed by Mr Kingsley…

The Nigeria Police Force says it will arraign Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, at the federal high court in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, on May 10. Also to be arraigned alongside the lawmaker are the four suspects…

Some gunmen on Tuesday invaded the police station at Gegu village on Lokoja–Abuja road, killing two of the policemen on duty. William Aya, spokesman of the Kogi state police command, confirmed this to TheCable. “It is true that…

Kabiru Seidu a.k.a Osama, the last of the suspected criminals linked to Dino Melaye, a Senator representing Kogi West was allegedly planned and coordinated their escape from Police cell with the aid of some Nigeria Police officers at…

The escape of six suspected criminals linked to Dino Melaye, a Senator representing Kogi West was allegedly planned and coordinated with the aid of some Nigeria Police officers at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lokoja,  …

The member, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Umar Baba Jibril is dead. Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja, one of his…

Dino Melaye, the Kogi State senator facing the humbling possibility of recall by his constituents, SaharaReporters learned, has fled Nigeria and vowed not to return until there is a new government at the federal level as well as a new…