EXCLUSIVE: Kogi APC Politician Onimisi’s Supporters Held In Prison For 55 Days Suffer Heart Failure, TB, Medical Reports Show

Medical reports obtained by SaharaReporters have raised fresh concerns over the health condition of two supporters of Kogi State politician M.I. Onimisi, popularly known as Oka’ami, who have been in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service in connection with an alleged shooting incident involving a councillor. The documents identified the two detainees as Shuaibu…

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Security forces rescue 16 kidnap victims in Kogi

Security forces have rescued 16 kidnapped victims, including four children, during an operation against suspected bandits in Kogi State. The victims were abducted on August 9 after suspected bandits attacked commuters along the Ojuwo-Ajengo-Memarebo and Ojiwo-Itobe roads in Ofu Local Government Area. According to intelligence sources who spoke to security analyst Zagazola Makama, the security…

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Kogi govt condemns Kupa killings, orders arrest of vigilante, reprisal attackers

The Kogi Government has commiserated with families of victims of reprisal killings in Abugi, Kuchinda and Mikugi communities of Kupa Kingdom, Lokoja Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Thursday, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, vowed that all perpetrators would be apprehended and prosecuted. He described the incident as…

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Nigerian Police and Tinubu’s Government Say Kogi School Abduction Examination Centre Is a Miracle Centre, Approving Abduction

The Kogi State Police Command has described an examination centre where armed gunmen abducted a school principal, a NECO official and four students as a “miracle centre”, shifting blame to the victims even as four people remain in captivity. Gunmen attacked Government Secondary School in Olowa, Dekina Local Government Area, on Tuesday while candidates were…

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BREAKING: Bandits Invade Kogi School, Gun Down Vice Principal, Abduct Students as Nigeria’s Security Crisis Worsens Under Tinubu

Armed bandits launched a brazen attack on Government Secondary School in Iluke Bunu, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday morning, killing the school’s vice principal, two other residents, and abducting an unknown number of students in the latest assault on Nigeria’s crumbling education sector. The attack occurred around 9:45 am while…

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BREAKING: Two Children, Shoemaker Still Held By Terrorists After Rescue Of Kogi Mother, Four-Month-Old Baby

Two children and a local shoemaker remain in captivity despite the successful rescue of a woman and her four-month-old baby who were abducted during a bandit attack on Ijalu Compound in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. SaharaReporters gathered that Mrs Idowu Kemi Titilayo and her infant regained their freedom in the…

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APC Primary: Kogi aspirant alleges manipulation, irregularities [VIDEO]

Fresh tension has gripped the All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries in Kogi State as an aspirant, Babagbemi Joseph alleged manipulation of the process by the state Commissioner for Communication and Information, Kingsley Fanwo, and the Chairman of Mopamuro Local Government Area, Hon. Destiny. Speaking during the exercise at the venue, Joseph claimed the primary election…

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BREAKING: APC Assembly Aspirant Escapes Alleged Assassination Attempt At Kogi Hotel, Three Suspects Arrested

An All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly aspirant for Ankpa II Constituency, Sumaila Muhammed Attah Enjema, popularly known as Echoga, narrowly escaped what sources described as an assassination attempt in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, on Tuesday. The incident reportedly occurred at Halims Hotel, where party stakeholders were meeting to reach a consensus on…

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Kogi Revenue Service Cracks Down on Fake Tax Collectors, Warns Against Illegal Roadside Levies

The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service has warned residents against individuals posing as tax officials, stating that only authorized government officers are allowed to collect taxes and levies in the state. The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service has cautioned citizens against unlicensed revenue operators by stating that only officially authorized officers are permitted to…

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BREAKING: Bandits Kidnap Three From Kogi Farm, Shoot Bread Distributor In Senator Karimi’s Yagba West Local Govt

Bandits stormed Bethel Farm in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area, on the night of Wednesday, October 1, kidnapping three individuals, SaharaReporters has learned. Community sources told SaharaReporters that earlier on Wednesday morning, along the route between Ejiba and Odo-Eri, the gang attacked a bread distributor, shooting one of the staff members during the assault….

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