Tag Archives: Kogi State

Tensions are escalating in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, as community leaders accuse local officials and vigilante operatives of undermining efforts to combat rising insecurity—including fuel smuggling, drug trafficking, and alleged collusion with suspected bandits. Elder S. K. Oniya, Secretary of the Egbe Central Security Committee, has issued a desperate public appeal following what he describes …

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Unknown gunmen on Wednesday have killed three policemen and two vigilante operatives in Egbe, a border town in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, close to Kwara State. Spokesman of the Kogi State Police Command, William Aya, confirmed the attack in Lokoja, saying it occurred in the early hours of Wednesday while the officers were on routine duty. …

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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum.

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A former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission again over alleged misappropriation of funds.

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Newly graduated medical doctors who are indigenes of Kogi State have expressed gratitude to former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello for making their dreams of completing their medical courses possible.

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Indigenes of Kogi State have cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against those they described as embittered and desperate ethnic jingoists who are strengthening the public opinion that the Commission is collaborating with certain opposition figures to persecute the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.

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A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show cause why an order of committal should not be made against him for allegedly disobeying court order.

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The Kogi State Governor, Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo, Friday, visited the FGN Power Company, Abuja to seek for greater collaboration between the company and the State Government to enhance power supply to Kogi State.

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The Kogi State Government has once again told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to come clean on the reason behind its unrelenting persecution and media trial of

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to the 36 state governors in the country to pay their civil servants the N30,000 wage award as this will go a long way in reducing current hardship in the country.

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