Browsing: Kogi State

Nigerians expressed anger on Thursday in response to the list of 100 days achievements shared by Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo. The governor, who took office on January 27, 2024, listed his 'meeting with National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu' as one of his achievements, which caused the outrage.

Fourteen people have lost their lives while 13 others sustained varying degrees of injury in an accident at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The accident which occurred on Sunday involved a Toyota Sienna bus heading toward Abuja from Port Harcourt and a Toyota Hiace bus heading to the Southern part […]

Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has requested the Federal Government to help his administration address insecurity and frequent flooding in some parts of the state. According to a statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah, Ododo made this request when he received a delegation […]

The Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and his party, the All Progressives Congress, will start their defence on April 15 at the state’s governorship election tribunal in Abuja. The Social Democratic Party and its candidate, Muritala Ajaka, are contesting the declaration of Ododo as the winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election.

Some hoodlums on Friday invaded Agojeju-Odo, a community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. The gun-wielding men were said to have shot community members and burnt houses, Daily Post reports. However, in a telephone interview with the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, he confirmed the attack to our correspondent, adding […]

The head of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu, has instructed the Kogi State Sector Commander to start a thorough investigation that will result in the legal action against drivers accountable for a crash in the state. The prosecution of the drivers would be carried out due to the recent collaboration between the […]

Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Bertrand Onuoha, said on Tuesday that the off-season governorship elections in Nigeria, especially in his state, were like a war zone and did not resemble a normal election. Onuoha made this statement during a public presentation on Nigeria’s Election Violence and Education Report of the […]