•Bandits Bandits have abducted a woman and her two children in Kogi State and have imposed multi-million-naira levies on farming communities in Niger State as conditions for peace. In Kogi State, bandits invaded the house of one Tokpe Gody at Bareke-Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area around 2am yesterday, abducting his wife and two [&hel...
The Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Timothy Ojomah, yesterday confirmed that 15 additional corpses had been recovered from last Tuesday’s boat accident in the Ibaji Local Government Area, bringing the official toll to 35. Ojomah, in a text message to our correspondent, said almost 20 more passengers were still unaccounted for, reports...
The Kogi State government is mourning the death of victims of the boat accident which occurred on the River Niger. According to reports, the traders were travelling from the Ibaji Local Government Area of the state to Ilushi market in Edo State, on the evening of yesterday, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, when the incident occurred. […]
•Wig and Gavel The Kogi State Judicial Service Commission has ordered the compulsory retirement of a judge, Alemeru Adekunle Bamidele, of the Area Court over misconduct. The commission also suspended Magistrate Tanimu U. Muhammed from adjudicatory duties for two years and issued him a warning letter, reports The PUNCH. These decisions were tak...
•Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo For quite some time now Kogi State, particularly Kogi West and Kogi East Senatorial districts, have been facing security problems following the invasion of killer herders and kidnappers who are on rampage in the state. The insecurity situation is in contrast to what it was during the tenure of […]...
•FRSC officials at an accident scene Six persons have died and five others injured in multiple auto crashes in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) disclosed this to journalists in Lokoja, the state capital, reports Channels TV. FRSC Acting Sector Commander in Kogi, Samuel Ogundayo, described the acci...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan The Kogi Police Command today confirmed that gunmen attacked Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s (PDP-Kogi Central) family residence in Obeiba Community in Okehi Local Government Area. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Miller Dantawaye, who confirmed this in an interview with our correspondent in Lokoja today,...
A large crowd of supporters has gathered in anticipation of the homecoming of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly. Holding placards and chanting in solidarity, the supporters are eagerly awaiting her arrival despite the heightened political tensions and the recent ban on political ga...
•Jail break at Medium Correctional Centre, Koton-Karfe Another fleeing inmate from the jailbreak at the Koton Karfe custodial centre in Kogi State has been arrested. This brings the total number of those recaptured to six out of the twelve inmates who escaped from the facility on Monday morning, March 24, 2025, leaving one officer dead, [&hell...
High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi state judiciary, today, sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, His Majesty Ahmed Muhammed Tajani Anaje from office. Justice Salisu Umar, the Presiding judge of High Court 6 Lokoja in his ruling made an order directing the defender to stop presenting himself as the paramount traditional ruler of Ebiraland, reports N...
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