The spokesman of the Kogi state command of Nigeria Police Force, William Aya, has confirmed that two persons were killed in Lokoja on Saturday’s bye-election to fill the vacant Lokoja /Kogi seat in House of Representatives. He said the latest victim, whom he identified as Yadau Umoru, was killed at Ugwan Pawa polling unit, in […]
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Senator Dino Melaye was not abducted, but ran into the bush after he was attacked on his way to Kogi state, Gideon Ayodele, the media aide to the lawmaker has said. Ayodele stated this while speaking with OakTV about reports that the Kogi West Senator was abducted by some unknown gunmen on his way to […]
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A Deputy Director in the Kogi Ministry of Education, Mr Haruna David, suddenly collapsed and died in his office on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lokoja that late David collapsed at about 3 p.m. He was immediately rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where he was pronounced dead by medical officials […]
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A court sitting in Kogi state has granted bail in the sum of N10 million Senator Dino Melaye. Mr Melaye, who represents Kogi west at the senate, was given bail by Justice Nasiru Ajanah. The senator was arraigned for alleged gun-running. He faces separate charges in Abuja, bordering on giving false information, offences he denied […]
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Kogi State Chief Judge, Nasir Ajanah, has granted an interim order for Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to be transferred to the National Hospital, Abuja. While responding to Mike Ozekhome’s (counsel to Melaye) processes for motion seeking bail for the senator, Ajanah said the hearing for the bail conditions of the senator would hold on […]
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Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye was on Thursday morning arraigned before a magistrate court in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, where he was refused bail and remanded in police custody until 11 June. Senator Melaye was charged with conspiracy and aiding of jail break. Melaye was brought to court in a police ambulance around 9:17 […]
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The violence unleashed on Kpanche community in Bassa local government area of Kogi state in the early hours of Sunday has spread to two other communities with death toll jumping to 16. According to NAN, Khalid Bukar, the traditional ruler of Mozum community in the area, said the violence has spread to Ozugbe and Biroko, […]
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Following a communal clash in Aloko-Oguma in the Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State, at least five persons have been reported dead, with about 50 houses razed. The attack is said to be a reprisal in a conflict between the Bassa Kwomu and the Igala over the harvest of cashew nuts on a piece […]
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Ali Janga has been reinstated as the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, the state police command spokesman, ASP William Aya, has confirmed. Aya told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday that Janga returned to office on April 3 on the order of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. He said that […]
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Some gunmen early on Tuesday invaded the police station at Gegu village on Lokoja – Abuja road, killing two of the policemen on duty. Spokesperson for Kogi State Police Command, William Aya, told journalists in Lokoja, the state capital that the gunmen also injured one of the suspects in police cell. He said the corpses […]
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