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The Nigerian Police Force has cleared the air on why Dino Melaye is in their custody. Here is a statement the deputy Public Relation Officer of the Force, SP Aremu Adeniran released this afternoon “It would be recalled that working on … Read more via NaijaGistsBlog Nigeria –...

Sixteen people have been killed in an attack by some gunmen in two communities in Kogi state. The gunmen were said to have stormed one of the communities in the early hours of Sunday....... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2JiaaXS Get...

Mrs Kadijat Karibo, the Unit Head of Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) in Kogi, says the state government has recruited 1800 caterers to handle cooking in the first phase of the programme in the state. Karibo said at the venue of the screening exercise in Lokoja, that a total of 3500...

In the quest to build a better and healthy Kogi Governor Adoza Yahaya Bello had to employ the expertise of Gee Money Cleaners to help keep the state clean and healthy READ MORE HERE

The criminal case brought against the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye and three others, at the Federal High Court, Lokoja was stalled on Thursday as the presiding judge, Justice Phoebe Ayua, washed her hands off the matter. The judge said she could not go ahead...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has pledged to support President Muhammadu Buhari for second term. President Buhari had yesterday, during the National Executive Council meeting of the APC, made known his intention to seek reelection. Click here to read more

The Deputy Editor of Daily Post Newspapers, Mr. Wale Odunsi, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, accusing Mr. Edward Onoja, Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, of threatening to kill him. However, in a swift reaction, Mr. Onoja has refuted...

The Managing Director, AG-Dangote Construction Company, Mr. Ashif Juma, has said the firm will deliver the Obajana-Kabba Road in Kogi State by December. According to Juma, the project will be the longest concrete road in the country and will traverse the North and South. Click here to read more

The Police High Command on Tuesday said that the six suspects including two who indicted Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu for alleged gun running who escaped from the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force ‎in Kogi State last week have been re-arrested. In a statement made available...

It was a very sad in Nigeria a fortnight ago when reports filtered in of brutal killings in agrarian communities in Dekina and Omala Local Government Areas of Kogi State. The bloodshed was carried out by bandits alleged to be herdsmen who went on the rampage and killed 32 persons, among them...

General Ibrahim Idris has ordered the removal of Kogi State Police Commissioner Ali Janga, following yesterday’s escape of six suspects from custody. Idris asked the Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Esa Sunday Ogbu, to proceed and take over as the state’s...

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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 … Read more via Naijaloaded |...

Yekini Jimoh Lokoja Some suspected herdsmen have invaded the farmland of late Chief Silas Daniyan, SBD Farms Limited in Mopa, killing one person and carted away 99 cows from the farm. Already, palpable fears have gripped the residents of Mopa, Mopo-Amoro Local Government Area of Kogi State...

Doctor Victor Idowu Ahmed, a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka who just secured placement for houseman-ship at Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja has died of Lassa fever which he contracted in the line of his duty. A source say: “He died today. Lassa fever took … via Naijaloaded |...

The former deputy governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State, James Faleke, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to rely on Governor Yahaya Bello to deliver the state, if he decides to run again. Faleke and Bello However, in a swift reaction, Governor Yahaya …...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has broken his silence on the allegations that he was registered twice by the Independent National Electoral Commission, saying he will speak on the matter at the appropriate time. The Director General, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, said...

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has approved the immediate sacking of two of its officials and the compulsory retirement of another electoral official for their alleged role in the double registration of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The electoral body, however...

The Kogi State Government says Mr. Edward Soje, the late director who recently committed suicide after his wife gave birth to triplets, was last paid salary in December 2016. The government, however, dispelled rumours that Soje took his life because he was being owed salaries. The Kogi State...

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...