It is a Black Wednesday for Kogi state as no fewer than 23 persons including five students of the Kogi State Polytechnic and three children on their way to school…
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Kogi Govt writes ‘Letter of Protest’ to U.S. over Electoral Fraud Allegation
The Kogi state government has written a Letter of Protest to the United States Government over the electoral fraud allegation leveled against it and visa ban to politicians accused of…
Photos: Kogi First Lady, Hajia Rashida Bello appears in style for brothers’ wedding
Abdulrazaq and Luqman, two brothers of Hajia Rashida Yahaya Bello, the First Lady of Kogi State and Wife of the Executive Governor of the State, were happily married to their…
Businessman Ofodile was killed by assassins hired by associate who begged him money
Kogi-based businessman, Mr. Nicholas Ofodile, who was found dead in his car last month along Abuja-Lokoja highway was murdered by assassins hired by an aggrieved business associate. The identity of Ofodile’s…
Tragedy befalls Kogi community as Bandits wipe off a family of 13
Suspected bandits who attacked Agudu, a community in Bassa, Kogi/koton-karfe LGA of Kogi State in the early hours of Wednesday slaughtered thirteen members of the same family. While confirming the…
Doctors in Kogi commence strike over Gov Bello’s management of Covid-19, threat to lives
Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, have embarked on an indefinite strike after suspected political thugs attacked the facility on Wednesday. Rising from a meeting on Wednesday,…
Breaking: Kogi Chief judge dies of reported Covid-19
Justice Nasiru Ajanah, the Chief Judge of Kogi state has reportedly died of complications arising from COVID-19. He was aged, 64. According to reports from sources, Ajanah died in the…
Governor Bello releases N10m for burial of victims of recent bank attack
Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, has released the sum of N10m for the burial of the victims of the recent armed robbery attack in the Yagba East Local…
Police speaks on release of Kogi Commissioner accused of Rape, Assault
The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that the Commissioner for Water Resources in Kogi State, Abdumumini Danga, was released after interrogation over allegation of battering and raping a beauty queen,…
Just in: “Covid-19 case in Kogi is real and authentic” Dino Melaye
The former senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye has said that the report of COVID-19 in Kogi state is “real and authentic”. On Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
Just in: More controversies in Kogi as family of Covid-19 index case debunks death rumour
The family of Chief Imam of Kabba, Kogi State, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, on Saturday, confirmed that the Chief Imam is not dead. This came following reports, on Saturday, that…
Just in: Kogi’s controversial COVID-19 Index case, Imam of Kabba has died
The family of the controversial Covid-19 index case in Kogi state, Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, has confirmed that he has died of coronavirus. It would be…
NCDC boss reacts after Kogi govt rejected 2 reported cases of COVID-19 in the state
Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, has reacted following Kogi state government’s dismissal of the two COVID-19 cases that the NCDC recorded against the state on Wednesday,…
Breaking: Yahaya Bello wins again at Tribunal, defeats Wada of PDP
Governor Yahaya Bello has recorded another victory as the Kogi State Governorship Election Tribunal on Saturday dismissed the case filed against him by Musa Wada, the candidate of the Peoples…
Doctors accuse Kogi state govt of frustrating efforts to test patients for COVID-19
Health workers in Kogi state have accused the state government of frustrating’ effort to test patients who have COVID-19 symptoms in the state. President of the Association of Resident Doctors, FMC…
‘Social distancing is a practical impossibility in most urban areas in Nigeria’ – Gov Yahaya Bello
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has stated that social distancing is practically impossible in most urban areas in Nigeria. Kogi and Cross Rivers are the only states with no confirmed…
NCDC boss reacts to Kogi state govt faceoff with officials of the Centre
Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, has reacted to the faceoff between some of the officials from the agency and the Kogi state government. The NCDC…
Breaking: NCDC official flees Kogi after Gov. Bello orders him to go on Isolation for 14 days
There was a mild drama in Kogi state on Thursday night when the officials of the the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) visited Governor Yahaya Bello during a working…
Journalist Fisayo Soyombo accuses Kogi Gov’t of covering up COVID-19 cases and deaths (See details)
Journalist Fisayo Soyombo has given shocking account of suspected COVID-19 related deaths which have been recently recorded at Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi state, after patients exhibited symptoms, as he…
Kogi Gov’t raises alarm over plans to declare fake COVID-19 cases in the state
The Kogi state government has alleged that there are plans in motion to declare fake COVID-19 cases in the state. Since the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria, it has…
