The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has approved the immediate employment of a physically challenged lady, Abigail Kasuwa Simon. Abigail Simon has been going regularly to the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, where she has been helping the Ministry in doing some menial jobs. In the last State Executive Council…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Tuesday attributed the recent upsurge in the activities of bandits and kidnappers in some parts of the country to compromises by some individuals in their various communities. Governor Bello made the disclosure while speaking in Lokoja during the 2021 International Peace Day celebration with the theme, “Recovering…
As part of effort to enhance effective policing in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole has donated a Sienna Bus and motorcycle to the Nigerian Police. The Speaker while handing over the keys to the Commissioner of Police, Idrisu Dauda said the donation was part…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Command have arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at Kwara State University, Malete. The suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud activities. According to intelligence report the suspected internet fraudsters were operating in campuses…
The National President of Igala Students Association (ISA) Comrade Musa Bedmasi has called on well meaning sons and daughters from Igala extraction to extend hands of fellowship to the less privilege in the district in order to reduce the high level poverty on the land. Comrade Bedmasi who made the call in Lokoja on…
The Kogi State Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has condemned in strong term the recent attacks on churches and worshipers by gunmen in the state. Recall that gunmen invaded a place of worship in Kabba, Kogi State last Sunday and killed one person, injured three and abducted two worshipers. The gunmen had…
A group of bandits terrorizing some parts of Koton Karfe Local Government Area of Kogi State have met their waterloo as officers of the State’s Vigilante Group killed 11 of them, arrested others while 3 kidnapped victims were rescued successfully The information received revealed that Security operatives acting on intelligence nabbed an officer of…
The Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Prince) Matthew Kolawole has condemned the recent upsurge of banditry activities which has resulted in killings and kidnapping of people in Kabba-Bunu local government council of the State. Kolawole who is representing Kabba-Bunu State constituency at the Assembly , urged the residents to remain calm…
Barely one week after gunmen attacked custodial centre in Kabba where a soldier and a policeman were killed and over two hundred inmates were set free, another gunmen on Sunday morning attacked ECWA Church in Okedayo along Kabba – Okene road in Kogi State. The attackers according to source stormed the Church in the…
Barely one week after gunmen attacked custodial centre in Kabba where a soldier and a policeman were killed and over two hundred inmates were set free, another gunmen on Sunday morning attacked ECWA Church in Okedayo community along Kabba – Okene road in Kogi State. The attackers according to source stormed the Church…