FORMER Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to set aside an arrest warrant issues against him. Bello, through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, told Justice Emeka Nwite that the court lacked jurusidction to grant the order in the first instance. Mohammed told …
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The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kogi Command, has arrested a 41-year old father for allegedly defiling and raping his 16-year old daughter. Speaking after parading the suspect on Wednesday at NSCDC Command Headquarters, Lokoja, the state’s Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, said the command received a complaint lodged by an …
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Nine members of the Kogi State House of Assembly have been suspended. The Assembly equally suspended nine Local Government Chairmen in the state. Details shortly….
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The Kogi State Government on Friday ordered the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. A statement by Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo congratulated Nigerians on the “historic ruling of the Supreme Court”. The apex court last week ruled that both the old and new …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday cancelled the results of 63 polling units in four Local Government Areas of Kogi over thuggery and failed BVAS that characterised Saturday’s polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) listed the LGAs involved to include: Okehi, Umala, Ulama-Boro and Ibaji out of …
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Kogi State Government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools from Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The Director, Basic and Secondary Education, Kogi State Ministry of Education, Mr Matthew Salami disclosed this in a statement sent to us on Friday. Salami …
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Residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, are currently in a fix over the scarcity of both the old and the new Naira notes. The trauma got messier Tuesday night as customers turned commercial banks to night vigil centres in order to withdraw cash from the Automated Teller Machine, ATM. …
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About a hundred persons have been recruited as observers to monitor the 2023 election in Kogi State by an election monitoring organisation. The Transition Monitoring Group, (TMG) disclosed this on Friday during an advocacy visit to the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet. Kogi State Coordinator of …
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Three people have been confirmed dead following an explosion in the Okene area of Kogi State. The incident happened on Thursday morning at the Oyinoyi’s Palace in Okenne Local Government Area of the state. Police and other security operatives of the Anti-Bomb Unit were at the scene of the incident. …
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The Police Command in Kogi has beefed up security with well-coordinated crime prevention strategies towards the Christmas and New Year Celebrations in the state. The Command’s Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in a statement in Lokoja on Thursday, said that already the use of knockouts had been banned …
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