25 families of deceased police officers and others who became accident victims in the line of duty in Kogi State have received cheques worth N39,042,593.07. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, presented the cheques to the families of deceased officers on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, SP William Aya, on Thursday, April 4. He said that while the CP was presenting …
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A Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State has released on bail, a 41-year-old man, Yahaya Shaibu, who raped his biological daughter,16, for three years, impregnated her and procured abortion for her. The suspect was arrested, paraded and subsequently arraigned by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) following complaints by some Non-Government Organizations. He confessed to the crime and blamed the devil. He claimed he was hypnotized after his wife left him in 2020. According to …
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered a probe into the death of a police inspector, Taiye Atobaloye, who reportedly died while being detained at the ‘D’ Division of the Kogi State Police Command. Spokesperson of the police force, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement released. Taiye who was attached to the Oke Onigbin Police Division, Kwara State, was posted to the Zone 8 Police Command, Lokoja, on special duty. However, the policeman declined the …
Senator Dino Melaye has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State. The former Kogi West Senator was declared winner by the returning officer on Sunday, April 16, 2023. He scored 313 votes to defeat Idoko IIonah who polled 124 votes in the keenly contested primaries. Other aspirants, Awoniyi Sunday scored 77 votes while Musa Wada had 56 votes. The former lawmaker will be up against Usman …
One of the staff Three staff of Dangote cement company have been killed in multiple motor accident in Kogi State. Over 50 others were also injured in the accident which occurred around Zariagi Obajana road at about 5:45pm on Thursday, May 26. A staff of the company who didn’t want his name mentioned identified the victims as Aliyu Sheshi, Victoria, and Beatrice. According to Nigerian Tribune, the multiple crash involved four vehicles: a truck, a luxurious bus, Toyota and …
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Kogi elder stateman and board member of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Isah Ozi Salami. It was gathered that the former ICPC boss was kidnapped by gunmen on his way to the mosque in his country home in Ogaminana, the headquarters of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State on Thursday morning, May 26. According to Nigerian Tribune, the kidnappers came with a vehicle parked along the victim’s residence …