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- Kogi State Partners with Chinese Firms to Execute Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ)
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Section: Africa
A high-level Kogi State delegation has signed a strategic cooperation agreement in China with Hezheng Holdings Group to accelerate the state's Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zo...
- Kogi State Security Forces Rescue Fifteen Students Following Gunmen Assault on Unregistered Lokoja Orphanage
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Section: Africa
Security operatives in Kogi State successfully recovered 15 minors after unidentified gunmen attacked an unregistered school and orphanage in Zariagi on April 26. Seven individuals...
- Kogi Government Mobilizes Security Forces to Rescue 24 Children Abducted from Local Orphanage
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Section: Africa
Gunmen invaded a Kogi State orphanage in the early hours of Sunday, April 26, abducting 24 innocent children. Commissioner for Information Kingsley Fanwo confirmed the incident, st...
- Kogi High Court Orders Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to Pay N1 Billion for Defaming Yahaya Bello
Published: Apr 25, 2026
Section: Africa
A High Court in Lokoja has awarded N1 billion in damages against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for defamatory remarks made against former Governor Yahaya Bello. Justice A.S. Ibra...
- Federal High Court adjourns Yahaya Bello money laundering trial to May 6 for further cross-examination
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Section: Africa
The money laundering case against former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has been adjourned by the Federal High Court in Abuja until May 6 and 7. The delay allows the defense to continu...
- Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo Pledges Decisive Crackdown on Kogi State Criminal Networks
Published: Apr 22, 2026
Section: Africa
Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for enhanced synergy between federal and local security stakeholders to eliminate emerging criminal threats. During a high-level se...
- Philanthropist Prince Olatunji Olusoji Pledges ₦90 Million to Bolster Kogi State Security Infrastructure
Published: Apr 22, 2026
Section: Africa
Asiwaju Prince Olatunji Olusoji has donated ₦90 million to enhance security operations in Kogi State during a high profile fundraising summit in Abuja. The event brought together i...
- Nigerian Military Intercepts Terrorist Logistics Couriers Carrying High Caliber Ammunition in Kogi State
Published: Apr 20, 2026
Section: Africa
Troops operating under Operation MESA apprehended two individuals transporting 314 rounds of ammunition and weaponry along the Obajana to Kabba road on Monday. The interception fol...
- Military Raid On Kogi Illegal Mining Site Leads To Arrest Of Three Suspects
Published: Apr 15, 2026
Section: Africa
Troops operating under Operation MESA have dismantled an illegal mining camp in the Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. During the coordinated raid, security forces arr...
- Kogi Youths Launch Massive Street Protest to Defend INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan Against Political Attacks
Published: Apr 14, 2026
Section: Africa
Scores of youths and civil society members in Aiyetoro Gbede, Kogi State, staged a large-scale demonstration to support INEC Chairman Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan. The protesters d...
- Federal Government Urges Stakeholders to Fund Primary Education as Kogi State Commissions Ultra-Modern Science Schools
Published: Apr 14, 2026
Section: Africa
The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has called for deeper investment in youth education to remove children from the streets and foster national development. Speaking...
- House Member Leke Abejide Accuses David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola of Illegal ADC Leadership Takeover
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Section: Africa
Leke Abejide, a federal lawmaker representing Yagba Constituency, has alleged that former Senate President David Mark and former Governor Rauf Aregbesola hijacked the African Democ...