Kogi

Individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes in Kogi State risk being arrested, the state government has warned. The state government also threatened to seal any bank that rejects the old naira notes. The warning is…

A ballot box snatcher identified as Idris Ojochenemi Akayaba has been gunned down in Anyigba, Kogi State. It was reported that Akayaba was killed by security operatives on Saturday, February 25, while snatching ballot boxes at the Kogi…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has faulted a former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba's stance on the probe on the finances of Kogi state. The Herald recalls that the EFCC last week…

No fewer than 17 passengers escaped death in Kogi on Friday night when a bus rammed into a parked articulated vehicle, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state has said. Mr Stephen Dawulung, the Kogi Sector Commander of the…

The Kogi State Police Command has urged the public to ignore a trending video alleging blockade of Abuja – Lokoja highway and the kidnapping of passengers by herdsmen. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, gave the advice on Friday…

Residents of Kogi were on Thursday advised to shun cow meat for at least one week as 20 cows died mysteriously in Lokoja. The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while grazing.…

The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), on Tuesday, sealed the network facilities of Globacom Nigeria Ltd., and Airtel Networks Ltd., for defaulting in remitting over N360 million tax liabilities. Globacom and Airtel are the two…

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed Tuesday’s robbery attacks on three commercial banks in Egbe and Odo-Ere in Yagba-West Local government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, killing four persons and injuring several others. The State…

The Kogi State Police Command has arrested three suspects believed to belong to a gang of kidnappers terrorising motorists on Itobe-Anyigba highway. They are Danlami Shauibu, Kabiru Amodu and Adejoh Tijani all of Adumu village in Ofu…

The Kogi Government has dared the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to make public, report of its investigations on the purported N20 billion bailout fund fraud. The EFCC in August alleged that the N19.3 billion Kogi…

Police have arrested and detained four of its personnel in Kogi over alleged extortion of N25,000 from a traveller and physical assault on another in a trending video. Commissioner of Police, Idrisu Dauda Dabban, disclosed this in a…

The Hunters’ Group of Nigeria (HGN) and the Kogi State Vigilante Service (KVS) have rescued three Fulanis after raiding a kidnappers’ den beside Erotyi mountain in Kogi/Koto Local Government Area of Kogi. The Spokesperson for the…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday in Lokoja reprimanded the Chinese contractor handling the renovation of the Kogi Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, for executing a substandard project and delay in delivery. Bello lambasted the…

The Kogi office of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) on Saturday in Lokoja dissociated itself from alleged extortion of N-Power Batch C beneficiaries. There is an on-going physical verification of the beneficiaries in some…

Progressive Ambassadors (PAs), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has drummed support for Governor Yahaya Bello’s aspiration to become the president of Nigeria in 2023. The group made its position known in a statement jointly signed by…

Alhaji Mohammed Adambe, a first-class traditional ruler in Kogi State, who was kidnapped on July 13, has been released. The Spokesman for the state police command, DSP William Aya, who confirmed this on Sunday in Lokoja, said that the…

Gunmen have kidnapped six workers of a ceramic company located at Itobe, Kogi. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the State, DSP William Aya,told newsmen in Lokoja on Wednesday that the workers were kidnapped on June…

The Kogi State Police Command has killed two kidnappers who were at the verge of collecting ransom in Abobo area of Okehi Local Government Area of the state. Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, confirmed this…

Former Acting Governor of Kogi State, Chief Clarence Olafemi has said that the military devised the 1999 constitution as a trap to punish Nigerians. He described the constitution as the nation's "greatest enemy" since the return to…

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has described his emergence as a divine opportunity to rid the state of crime and criminality. He stated this on Saturday at the Annual Lecture/Fellow’s Night 2021 of the Institute of Security…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Saturday commended the inter-religious harmony in Kogi. The Sultan gave the commendation when he inaugurated a 1,800 seat capacity Anyigba Central Mosque built by former…

Kogi began vaccination against COVID-19 on Wednesday in Lokoja. The first set of recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were health workers and frontline essential non-health workers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…

The Kogi State Government has described as “malicious” social media reports alleging that the governor’s wife, Rashida Bello, has moved out of the government house. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said in a…

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, says he will not accept the COVID-19 vaccine and will not allow residents of his state to be used as "guinea pigs". He spoke on "Politics Today", a Channels Television programme as the nation…

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared Kogi a high-risk state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the disease. The PTF also said that the Kogi government had failed to report testing, lacked isolation centers…

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, says the ability of those calling on him to contest the 2023 presidential election to mobilise Nigerian youths to join All Progressives Congress (APC) will determine his response to their call.…