Embattled Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has reacted to claim by the police that two criminal suspects arrested in Kogi state confessed that he was the one who supplied them with guns. The Senator said the claim was part of…
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KOGI: HERDSMEN STRIKE AGAIN KILLING TRADITIONAL RULER AND 11 OTHERS
Barely five days after the killings in Dekina and Omala Local Government Areas, a traditional ruler and 11 other persons have again been reportedly killed and several houses razed in separate attacks by suspected herders of cattle on Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa,…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: KOGI DEATH TOLL INCREASES
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate National Food Security Council with the aim of evolving sustainable solutions to protracted violence being unleashed on farmers by herders. This is as the death toll in the attacks by herdsmen on Oganenigwu in…
VIGILANTE SERVICE GROUP: SENATE ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED LAW PASSED BY KOGI STATE
The Nigerian Senate has ordered its Committee on Security, Intelligence and Judiciary to immediately open investigation into an alleged law passed by Kogi State establishing “Vigilante Service Group”. Senate wants the National Security Adviser, Ali Mongunu and the Attorney-General of…
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: DINO MELAYE ACCUSES KOGI GOVERNOR
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west constituency has accused his state government of trying to frame him up for murder. Melaye said this in a tweet via his twitter handle, @dino_melaye, on Monday. “Kogi State govt trying to frame…
KOGI STATE: THE SACKING AND REINSTATEMENT OF STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 21 LG ADMINS.
There was confusion in Kogi state on Sunday, March 11, as the Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, reportedly fired all members of the state executive council and all the twenty one local government administrators. Few minutes later, however, Governor…
KOGI CRISIS: NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY IS RECEDING- EKWEREMADU
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, said the country’s democracy is receding and it is not unlikely for the military to take over. Ekweremadu said this while contributing to a debate on a motion sponsored by Ahmed Ogembe, senator…
MELAYE’S NARROW ESCAPE FROM SARS OPERATIVES
Over 24 hours after operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad were deployed to lay a siege to an Abuja court in a botched attempt to arrest Dino Melaye, the Force Headquarters has failed to offer any explanation for the move.…
DOUBLE REGISTRATION: ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YAHAYA BELLO STILL HANGING- INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said despite the issuance of new voter’s card to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, he has not been left off the hook over the double registration issue, saying its decision on prosecuting…
KGS DESCRIBES LEADERS OF SAVE KOGI PROJECT AS ‘BUNCH OF FAILURES’
Kogi State Government has described leaders of the Save Kogi Project as a “bunch of failures,” who are unsettled by the giant strides the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello is recording in the state. Reacting to a statement by the…