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  • BREAKING: Lagos Socialite & Ex Kogi Senatorial Aspirant Azeez Igbira Is Dead

     Popular Lagos socialite and former Kogi state senatorial candidate Azeez Igbira is dead. A family source disclosed this to News of the People.Azeez died a few hours ago and he is expected to be buried later in the day. He died as a result of a serious illness related to liver failure.Azeez came into prominence via song-praise of his name by many t ...

  • Community In Fear As 3 Died During Logger Head Over Chieftancy Title In Kogi

     A tussle over a chieftancy stool on Wednesday cost three people their lives at Akwu community, in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State.The traditional crises began, when two clans in the community disagreed on who to be crowned as the Onu Akwu (village head).It was learnt that the war over the stool, had been going through legal battle for ma ...

  • KOGI: Governor Yahaya Bello, His Deputy Sworn-In For Second Term In Office

     Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and his Deputy, Chief Edward Onoja have been inaugurated for a second term.The inauguration took place on Monday inside the Glass House, Government House, Lokoja.State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah administered the oat of office on the Bello and Onoja in a ceremony that was live on television.Dignitaries at th ...

  • Ex-Kogi Governor, Tunde Ayeni Others Arrested By EFCC Over Alleged N6.5bn Fraud

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, a former Chairman of Skye Bank, Mr Tunde Ayeni, retired Air Vice Marshal Salihu Atawodi and five others for an alleged N6,549,942, 637.14 fraud in an arms deal.Reports have it that the alleged fraud was perpetrated by ...

  • Ex Kogi Commissioner, Zacchaeus Atte Sentence To 19Yrs In Jail Over Public Fund Embezlement

     A former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, Zacchaeus Atte has been sentenced to nineteen years jail in prison for embezzling public funds while in office. He was sentenced on Friday. The revelation was made by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Crime (ICPC)  via its Twitter page. ICPC spokesperson Rasheedat Okoduwa ...

  • Tension Increases In Kogi State As Youths Kill 4 Herdsmen In Reprisal Attack

     Suspected youths from Oforachi community in Idah LGA of Kogi State, have allegedly killed four herdsmen and dumped their bodies in the Ofu rivers.It was gathered the attack was in response to the killing of 65-year-old Godwin Egbunu in his farm.An eyewitness, Audu, who claimed that the incident happened last Friday, said that the farmer was attack ...

  • PDP Chairman, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ojo Slumps And Dies In Kogi

     Kogi West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ojo is dead.It was reported that Mr Taiwo Kola-Ojo  slumped and died on Tuesday evening while playing lawn tennis.The Kogi State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Bode Ogunmola who confirmed the death in a statement on Wednesday described Kola-Ojo’s death as sudden and shocking. ...

  • Yahaya Bello Government Reveals Those Sponsoring Attacks In Kogi State

     The Kogi State Government has warned that “stern measures” will be taken to “neutralize those behind the attack on defenseless citizens of the state.It said the state government was working hard to unlock “strong suspicions of external sponsorship of terror against the people of the state by people who wants to swim into 2023 in the bloo ...

  • Gunmen Storm Community, Killed 23 People Alongside APC Chairman, Ibrahim Simbab In Kogi

     community in Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State yesterday left about 23 persons dead during attack on Tawari . The attack was said to have been launched at about 1am on Friday by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen numbering over 100.Locals said that the attackers invaded the community and began shooting sporadically and setting ablaze residenti ...

  • Buhari Condemns Attack On Tawari Community In Kogi As Gunmen Kill 19

     President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned murder of 19 people by unknown gunmen in Tawari community of Kogi Local Government Area, Kogi State.Buhari’s statement signed by Garba Shehu and made available on Friday said: “there is no excuse or justification for killing innocent people by anybody or group, and for whatever motive.’’ “The ki ...

  • Kogi Government House Hold First Carol Service In 28 Years

     The Kogi State Government, Lokoja on Saturday night, held its Maiden Christmas Carol Service at the new Chapel of Peace and Unity in 28 years.The state was carved out of the old Kwara and Benue on Aug. 27,1991.In his goodwill message, the Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, thanked God for the privilege to build a house of worship for God, ...

  • Watch Shocking Moment Kogi State University Student Was Allegedly Shot Dead By Unknown Attacker

     A video making rounds online captured moment a Kogi State University student was allegedly shot dead by a yet-to-be identified attacker. Other students were spotted watching from afar as the attack led to pandemonium in the school community. Twitter user @IamFemiBright who shared the video tweeted; Clip shows a student of Kogi state University w ...

  • "I Will Show You" - Speed Darlington Threatens To Deal With Tunde Ednut For Allegedly Sending Kogi People To Attack Him

     Nigerian rapper and entertainer, Speed Darlington, issues a concrete warning to ex-musician, Tunde Ednut. Speed Darlington took to social media and shared video of him passionately Threatening Tunde Ednut for sending his Kogi people to attack him.Watch the video below; ...

  • Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello Calls Buhari A Democratic 'Military' President

     Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, has said that President Buhari is the most democratic ex-military president he has seen in his entire life.Governor Bello said this while reacting to the decision by Punch's editorial to henceforth refer to President Buhari as General Buhari. .Speaking to state House Correspondents in Abuja today Thursday ...

  • Suspected killers Of Kogi PDP Woman Leader Paraded By Police

     Suspected killers of Mrs. Salome Abu, the woman leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State have been paraded by the state's police command.The suspects arrested after an outcry were identified as Ocholi Edicha, Adamu Haruna, Onu Egbunu, Musa Alidu, Attai Haruna and Attah Ejeh. .However while the state's police commi ...

  • Kogi State University Mourns As Gunmen Invades And Kills 400 Level Student Inside Exam Hall

     Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Apeh Joseph by unknown gunmen at the Kogi State University, Ayingba.Police said Joseph Apeh, a 400-Level student of English Education Department of the university, was shot inside the campus by two unknown men on a motorcycle.The victim was rushed to the university teaching hospital where he w ...

  • "Arrest Robbers Wearing Corpers Uniform To Attack Kogi Communities" - NYSC Urges Police

     Some robbers had been reported to have attacked a bus conveying the Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club’s players and coaching crew, during which the driver was shot.The National Youth Service Corps has asked the police and operatives of the Department of State Services to arrest and prosecute some robbers who wore corpers’ uniform when they attacked c ...

  • VIDEO: Senator Dino Melaye Releases New Song After Being Defeated In Kogi West Senatorial Seat

     The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial supplementary election, Dino Melaye has released a new song after being sent out of the senate by Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC).KanyiDaily had reported that Adeyemi Smart defeated Dino Melaye by 88,373 votes to 62,133 in the Kogi West Senatorial Distric ...

  • BREAKING NEWS! Senator Adeyemi Smart Defeats Dino Melaye In Kogi West Election Re-Run

     Breaking News! #INEC declares Smart Adeyemi of the #APC winner of Kogi West Senatorial Election. Smart Adeyemi polled 88,373 to defeat his closest rival, Dino Melaye of the #PDP who polled 62,133. Dino had initially won the original polls that was conduction earlier this year, but Senator Adeyemi Smart won the annulment of that poll which resulte ...

  • KOGI RE-RUN! Early Results Favour APC, Dino Melaye Cries Foul Again

     Voting has been concluded in the Kogi West supplementary election and counting of votes has started in the 53 polling units where supplementary election took place today.Early report shows that in GRA Asuta ward 01 Kabba, APC had 254 while PDP had 95; But in the same town, Town Hall, polling Unit 002, Asuta Ward, APC had 48 while PDP had 98.With o ...

  • #KogiWestRerun: Police Imposters Apprehended In Kogi Senatorial Supplementary Election

     Men in police uniforms arrived at PU:008, Ward: Ganaja, Ajaokuta LG, at about 11:08am. It was later discovered that they were impersonating officers of the Nigeria police force.They have been arrested by the police. ...

  • KOGI RE-RUN! PDP Member, Salifu Agahiu Abocho Stabbed To Death In Dekina, Kogi (Photos)

     Late Salifu Agahiu Abocho was allegedly attacked and stabbed to death in Dekina Local Government Area of the State.A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kogi State chapter, identified as Salifu Agahiu Abocho was, on Thursday, hacked to death by suspected thugs believed to be working for All Progressives CongressAccording to a Twitter user, Mr. ...

  • Dino Melaye & Adeyemi Show Down: Supplementary Voting Begins in Kogi West

     A relatively large number of voters turned out Saturday as voting began in the Kogi West Supplementary poll.Voters and INEC Staff started arriving polling Units as early as 7:30 am in some of the centres.Simultaneous accreditation and Voting started at 8:15 at Inuwa Lenge Open Space PU 04 in Lokoja.A team of Policemen was also on ground to keep th ...

  • SAD! We Only Found Mum’s Ashes, Skull – Daughter Of Burnt Kogi PDP Women Leader

     About twelve days after her death, Eikojonwa Tavershima, daughter of the late Mrs. Salome Abuh, on Friday, painted a gory scenario of how her mother was roasted by suspected political thugs in the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.Saturday Punch reports that the house of the Peoples Democratic Party women Leader was reportedly set ablaze ...

  • FC Ifeanyi Ubah Team Bus Attacked By Gunmen Allegedly Dressed In NYSC Uniform In Kogi

     Team members of FC Ifeanyi Ubah suffered a gunman attack while on their way to Kano for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) day six fixture today November 29. The bus conveying the players scheduled to play Jigawa Golden stars at the Kano stadium on Sunday December 1 was attacked in Kabba, Kogi state. No life was lost in the attack but ...

  • INEC Begins Distribution Of Sensitive Materials Ahead Of Kogi West Supplementary Elections

     Ahead of this Saturday’s Kogi West supplementary and the Ajaokuta Federal Constituency rerun election, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, began the distribution of election materials to the areas for the exercise.The materials which were stored at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lokoja, were taken delivery in the presen ...

  • Police Arrest Six Over Murder of PDP Women Leader in Kogi

     The Police Command in Kogi State has arrested six suspects in connection with the killing of one Mrs Salome Abuh, at Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area of the state, on November 18.The spokesman for the command, Deputy Superintendent of Police William Aya disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, in Lokoja on Monday.Aya said ...

  • See Reasons PDP Lost To APC In Kogi

     The Kogi state government has reacted to the series of denunciatory statements made by the Peoples Democratic Party over its loss of the governorship election on 16 November in the state and its candidate trailing the APC candidate in the Kogi West senatorial election.The Director General to Governor Yahaya Bello on Media and Publicity, Kingsley F ...

  • "Those Who Killed PDP Woman Leader In Kogi Will Be Fished Out And Punished" - Buhari Says

     President Muhammadu Buhari has said he expects security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation into the “heinous murder” of a Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party Woman Leader, Mrs Achejuh Abuh.Buhari stated that justice would be served upon conclusion of the investigation, describing the killing as “primitive behaviour” that should n ...

  • Re-Elected Kogi Gov., Yahaya Bello Presents Certificate Of Return To Buhari

     Re-elected Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has presented his certificate of return to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC. Adams Oshiomhole at the at the State House, Abuja. See more photos from the presentation below... ...

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