Gunmen have abducted nine passengers along the Itobe–Anyagba Expressway in Kogi State. The incident occurred at about 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, August 7, 2025, near Ogbabo Junction when the assailants, who emerged from the bush, opened fire and forced a Peace Mass Transit bus to a halt, security analyst Zagazola Makama reported on Friday. …
One security officer and one civilian were killed as gunmen attacked two commercial banks in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to a video that has gone viral on social media, the two banking institutions were heavily attacked by the thugs at around five o’clock in the evening. Channels TV detailed that witness…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Usman Ahmed Ododo has won the Kogi Governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday began the official announcement of results of the November 11 governorship election poll at the state collation centre in Lokoja. At the time of filing this report, the results…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari Playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States in the ongoing governorship election. According to the anti-graft commission, the suspects were arrested in intelligence-driven operations that commenced several days…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says that the results for the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections will be uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja Village, Ajaokuta LGA, Kogi. on Saturday Yakubu was in the state…
It is a dream come true for coach Emmanuel Biodun Tanko, head coach of Father O’Connell Science College, Minna, Niger State, as his team defeated their counterparts from Government Secondary School, Karu, FCT in the final of the boys’ category in the just concluded Central Conference of the MILO Basketball Championship. According…
Portal for Survival Fund Second Batch Registration Portal 2021 has opened and interested individuals can apply now via www.survivalfund.gov.ng. Truetells Nigeria reports that Survival Fund Second Batch Registration is now open for all to register successfully and also for those that were not able to complete their registration to do that now. Survival Fund…
Kogi state’s Programme officer for Leprosy Mission Nigeria (LMN) Mrs Hannah Fashona has disclosed that the state has recorded 20 new cases of leprosy. Fashona who disclosed this yesterday November 16 at the COVID-19 response palliatives distribution for communities of persons affected by leprosy and disabilities in the state, said the new cases were recorded between January and November…
Kogi State government will introduce a new tax on every baked bread in the state. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry says the tax will help increase domestic revenue. However, the state bakery association said they do not support the tax. A senior member of the group known as Godfirst said they were planning to…
Presentation of Certificate of Return to the Winner of #KogiDecides2019 by the Hon. National Commissioner, Mallam Mohammed K. Haruna at the INEC State Head Office, Lokoja, Kogi State.
