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A senator, Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), has given the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, a 48-hour ultimatum to produce two suspects involved in his case who reportedly escaped from police detention in Kogi State. He also threatened to sue Mr. Idris, for “mental assault” should he...

Cell break in Lokoja as the two suspect that accused Senator Dino Melaye and Muhammed Audu of arming them escaped from the SARS cell in A.Division Lokoja,Kogi State. The jail break occurred at midnight and other high profile criminals in the cell also took the advantage according to our...

A truckload of soldiers have landed in Kabba/Bunu LGA in Kogi state to restore peace and order after suspected herdsmen invaded the community killing innocent people. Read more via OluFamous.Com – http://ift.tt/2DMmRXP Get More Nigeria Metro News

Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Mr. Dino Melaye, who is challenging moves to recall him by his constituency, is in fresh trouble: the Police said they have filed a case in a Lokoja court accusing him and three other persons of illegal possession of firearms. Police spokesman...

Gov Yahaya Bello has visited Ojuwo Ajoma - Igbi in Bassa LGA were suspected herdsmen reportedly killed some indigenes. The Governor had to cross streams, climbed valleys and even trekked at a point to get to the community. He sympathized with the and promised to bring the culprits to book...

Some survivors of last week’s attack in Kogi State have been narrating their ordeal. PREMIUM TIMES reported the attack in Dekina Local Government Area which is believed to have caused about 25 deaths. On Saturday, the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, visited the affected communities. The...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Saturday disclosed that his government would set up a judicial panel of inquiry to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the March 14 herdsmen/farmers clash that claimed several lives. Bello spoke while addressing troops of 913 Battalion of the...

The killings by Fulani herdsmen in some communities in Kogi State continued unabatedly on Friday as the death toll continues to rise to a frightening level. Reports say no fewer than 50 people have so far been massacred in Ognaneinugu and environs while hundreds of people have Read more via...

Persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have unleashed terror on three communities in Kogi State, leaving 25 people dead. Oganienugwu and Ikende communities in Dekina Local Government Area were affected; as well as Abejukolo in Omala LGA, all in the Eastern Senatorial district of the state...

For the third time this year, pensioners in Kogi State, yesterday, took to the streets of Lokoja, the state capital to protest the non-payment of their pension arrears and entitlements for 22 months by the state government. The protest by the pensioners is coming on the heels of a challenge by...

A PDP chieftain and former Executive Chairman of Dekina Local Government Council, Hon.Adejoh Akowe on Wednesday escaped an assassination attempt on his way to his country home Abocho, in Dekina Local government Area of Kogi state. Mr Adejoh Akowe who was on a private visit to Ayingba, was...

Journalists in Kogi State have been thrown into mourning as they have lost one of their colleagues, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim who was a reporter with the African Independent Television, AIT. Abdullahi, a senior journalist was said to be going to his hometown, Okaba, in Ankpa local government area of...

The Constituency Office built by Senator Dino Melaye in Kabba, Kogi State has been marked for demolition. Dino Melaye revealed this on Instagram where he posted the picture of the building that has been marked for demolition. He alleges that the State Government has plans to demolish his...

Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has paid no less than N129m for 300 pages of a national newspaper to publish names of civil servants that have been paid their salaries in the state. A black and white advert page on a national daily newspaper costs about N430, 500, according to Daily Post...

Yesterday, the organized labor union in Kogi State threatened to start again the strike over the government's failure to respect the agreement reached between them before. From September 22, all workers have been intended to embark the strike when a week strike notice to the government would...

Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Kogi State Police Command, are hard-pressed trying to unravel how a monkey allegedly shot dead by a 65-year-old hunter, Clement Etila Ekele, transformed turned into his 45-year-old younger brother, Monday Ekele. The tragic incident...

The Kogi State House of Assembly has legitimately appointed four other Special Advisers for Yahaya Bello, the governor of the state. Therefore, now the governor officially has 67 aids. This appointment has followed a letter to the House and read by Mathew Kolawole, the recently nominated...

Hoodlums invaded the Kogi State Assembly on Tuesday, disrupted plenary and beat up lawmakers. THE CABLE reports that vehicles belonging to the lawmakers were also vandalised within the assembly complex. Speaker of the Assembly, Umar Imam escaped being beating, Friday Sani...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would go on with the process to recall Senator Dino Melaye despite his decision to head to court. INEC’s Director in charge of Voter Education, Publicity, Civil Society and Gender Liaison, Oluwole Osaze-Uzi said the electoral...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has formally notified Senator Dino Melaye of the demand by the people of his constituency, Kogi West Senatorial District to recall him from the Senate. INEC’s National Commissioner and member Information and Voter Education Committee, Madam...