The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has finally opened up on his 2023 presidential ambition, saying he is putting his hat into the race because...
A first class monarch in Kogi State, Shaibu Usman, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Friday. Usman who is currently...
Gunmen on Saturday night abducted the Medical Director of Peace Hospital, Ayingba, Kogi State, Dr. Azubuike Joel Ihenacho. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi State...
The Kogi State government has denied reports in the media that the outbreak of a strange disease has claimed the lives of 50 people in the...
Following the death of no fewer than 50 persons, caused by a strange disease in Olamaboro Local Government Area in Kogi State, the State’s House of Assembly...
The Governor Yahaya Bello-led government of Kogi State has finally revealed why it imposed a tax on every loaf of bread and confectionery sold in the...
A yet to be identified disease has led to the death of two persons at a Fulani and Tiv farm settlement in Odo-Ere, Yagba West Local...
The Kogi State government has expressed its displeasure over the recent visa ban imposed on politicians in Nigeria by the United States of America over their...
Rape offenders deserve to be sentenced to death or life imprisonment, not to be granted amnesty, women in Kogi State have charged government. Women of Kogi...
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has pledged technical support to Kogi State. Its Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, gave the assurance while receiving the Kogi...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Musa Wada, have refused to give up their legal battle for the Kogi State governorship seat despite...
Armed protesters on Wednesday attacked the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. According to reports, the protesters who were said to have been armed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried Governor Yahaya Bello’s supposed laidback attitude towards COVID-19 prevention and management protocols in Kogi State. The party in a...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has placed Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state on ‘absolute’ lockdown following the positive testing of two persons in the...
The government of Kogi State has accused the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) of defrauding the country with Covid-19 pandemic. The stage Commissioner for Information,...
Two cases of the novel COVID-19 virus have been recorded in Kogi State (Nigeria’s North-Central) according to figures provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
The Kogi State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) lamented on Thursday that testing for COVID-19 had remained a huge challenge in the state. The...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been accused of frustrating efforts to carry out COVID-19 test on patients showing symptoms of the dreaded pandemic. The president...
The Kogi State government said Tuesday 111 suspected COVID-19 cases in the state had tested negative for the disease. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication...
Kogi State Government on Tuesday said it takes exemption to claims by the Director-General of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, that...
Kidnappers operating in Kogi State struck again on Tuesday in the Itobe/Ajegu community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, abducting 12 persons. This was...
Six passengers said to have been travelling from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, to Kabba town, have been reportedly kidnapped. The kidnap victims, whose identities are...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered the suspension of the Vice Chancellor of Kogi State University, Prof Abdulkadir and the Rector of the State...
Kogi State government on Sunday confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever in the state. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Austin Ojotule, who disclosed this in a statement...
A former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, Zacchaeus Atte has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for stealing N19 million. A Divisional High Court...
Three men kidnapped in Okene, Kogi State on Monday have been released by their abductors, the Kogi State Police Command said on Saturday. This was disclosed...
A former governor of Kogi State, Clarence Olufemi, on Saturday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise that he would not stay in office beyond 2023 as a...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday night announced the dissolution of the state Executive Council formed in February, 2016. Bello made the announcement while speaking...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday signed the state’s 2020 Budget into law at a ceremony in the Government House, Lokoja. Speaking at the...
The Kogi State government led by Governor Yahaya Bello has revealed that it has rescued no fewer than 29 babies abandoned by their mothers across the...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday picked January 20, 2020, for ruling in the suit seeking the disqualification of Kogi State...
Nigerian Governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi State, Prof. James Apam, said poor mobilization by political parties was responsible for the low turnout of voters in...
The Governor-Elect of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that he was owing state workers. In an interview, he described the claims as “lies.” The...
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Monday released its report on the conduct of the elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. The group described the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying “you ran a...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has frowned at reports of electoral violence during the governorship polls held in Bayelsa and Kogi states on Saturday. He warned...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the sack of the current Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. HURIWA urged President...
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the outcome of the Kogi and Bayelsa elections is proof that Nigerians believe in...
Participation Initiative for Behavioral Change in Development (PIBCID), 2Baba Idibia Foundation and youth-focused civil society organizations, have expressed displeasure with the conduct of political parties during...
Armed hoodlums have stormed some polling units in Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State and snatched ballot boxes. Security operatives deployed in the...
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has decried the alleged level of electoral irregularities in the state. She...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, of moving around with his security details and snatched ballot boxes....
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Engr. Musa Wada, has expressed hope of winning the governorship election in Kogi State. The PDP spoke...
Hoodlums in black Hilux van and Honda Civic saloon car have invaded Senator Dino Melaye’s polling unit in Kogi State. The hoodlums, who came in their...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed on Saturday that thugs have invaded the 06 polling unit, Obeiba Ward 1 Ihima Okey Local Government Area of Kogi...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi State has cried out on the alleged snatching of election materials in Ajetachi polling unit in the state. The party...
Voters in Kogi State have apprehended two fake officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly hijacking election materials in Ayingba, Dekina...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has expressed concern over reported cases of vote-buying ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. In a statement...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday adjourned hearing in the suit challenging the eligibility of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for Saturday’s governorship...