Kogi

Kogi, Lagos, and Rivers are the most expensive states to live in, according to inflation rates for August 2023, according to the most recent Consumer Price Index statistics issued by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. Kogi had the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the construction phase of the $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project on Tuesday, June 30. The Presidential flag off which was performed virtually from the Aso Rock Villa in…

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a First Bank branch in Isanlu town under Yagba East local government area of Kogi State, leaving unconfirmed number of persons dead. The attackers also invaded the Divisional Police headquarters in the…

Doctors at the Federal Medical Center, Lokoja, Kogi state, have accused Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration of frustrating efforts to test patients who have COVID-19 symptoms. In the May 18 situation report released by the Nigeria…

Earlier today, three persons were burnt beyond recognition in an accident that occured along the Zariagi-Lokoja highway in Kogi  early this morning. Photos from the accident scene have been shared online. See below.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Saturday’s bye-election for the Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency. The Returning Officer, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi of the…

Another suspected ballot box snatcher has been beaten to death in another polling unit in the traditional area of Lokoja metropolis. It was gathered that the suspect was the son of a House of Representatives aspirant who declared…

Controversial Senator, Dino Melaye is in the news again as the Kogi State Police Command has summoned him to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his armed guards allegedly fired on a team of policemen on patrol…

Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has approved for himself, a total of N260 million as security votes, within days of assumption of office as the governor of the state. According to recent reports, Yahaya Bello’s first day in…

Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal, the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, his deputy speaker, Aliyu Aku,  and the Minority Leader, Hassan Bello has been removed by the 17 out of 25 members of the Kogi State House of Assembly, it has…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alh. Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi governorship poll. APC polled 247,752 votes to defeat PDP who came a strong second…

Unofficial results from yesterday’s supplementary governorship election in Kogi State shows that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has taken a clear, early lead. Results from most of the polling units…

Following the death of Abubakar Audu last Sunday, the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi East Senatorial District, have nominated Mohammed, 43, first son of Abubakar Audu, to replace his father as the party’s…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has this evening released a statement of the inconclusive elections in  Kogi State, and death of the APC Gubernatorial candidate Prince Abubakar Audu. See the statement below:

Prince Abubakar Audu was born 1947 to the late Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Atta of Igala land and the paramount ruler of Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. He was the governorship candidate of the All Progressives…