Category: News
Vandalisation of NNPC Pipeline on Osara-Lokoja Road, Police Parades 8 Suspects
adminAug 29, 2012
The Kogi state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, paraded 8 suspected vandals yesterday in connection with the the vandalisation of the Nigerian National...
Police, Army Deny Manhandling Kogi Church Attack Suspects
adminAug 13, 2012
Kogi State Police Command and Military authorities in the state have denied allegations that their men brutalised suspects in the killing of 20 Deeper Life Bible Church...
Okene Crisis: Police Confirms Arrest of Wada’s Special Adviser and 15 Others
adminAug 13, 2012
The Police in Kogi have confirmed that the immediate past Chairman of Okene Local Government, Mr Yahaya Karaku, was among those arrested and being detained. Karaku...
Fulani Herdsmen Threaten to Withdraw Cattle from Kogi Market
adminAug 13, 2012
The Kogi State chapter of Miyette Allahi Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), has threatened to withdraw its cattle from the state markets , following the...
2 Soldiers Killed as Terrorists Attack Okene Central Mosque
adminAug 08, 2012
Kogi state in Central Nigeria appears to be under siege as gunmen yesterday attacked men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) guarding Okene Central Mosque and killed two...
Wada Charges Ebira Traditional Leaders, Sweep Out the Despicable Elements in Your Domains
adminAug 08, 2012
Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has challenged traditional rulers in the Central senatorial district of the state to “sweep out the despicable elements’’ in their...
Curfew in Okene and Lokoja
adminAug 08, 2012
The state government, on Tuesday, declared dusk to dawn curfew in Okene town, to curtail the crisis. It also directed that all commercial motorcycles operating in Okene...
Gunmen Kill 16 Worshippers in Deeper Life Church at Otite, Kogi Central
adminAug 07, 2012
Gunmen numbering about 10 last night stormed the Deeper Life Bible Church at Otite in Adavi Local Government Council of Kogi State, killing about 16 worshippers in the...
Police Arrest 17 Criminals in Kogi State
adminAug 07, 2012
The Kogi State police command has arrested 17 criminals and recovered 19 locally made anti-personnel bombs, 1,501 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition, action pump guns...
Alhaji Jubrin Usman now Kogi Subeb Chairman
adminAug 07, 2012
A technocrat and one time commissioner for Education in Kogi State, Alhaji Jubrin Usman has been appointed as the executive chairman of Kogi State Universal Basic...