Crime

By Thompson Yamput Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan Natasha (PDP-Kogi), the lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, has expressed sadness over the latest round of violence and killings in Plateau. The senator, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja by her Media Aide, Orogbonlo Israel, described the killings as “as one tragedy too many”. The Plateau Police…

By Polycarp Auta Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, on Monday, said that at least 50 people were killed by yet-to-be identified gunmen in several communities in Mangu and Bokkos Local Government Areas of the state. The governor disclosed this at a luncheon organised by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, for troops of…

By Thompson Yamput The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 273 suspects and made seizures of 6,911.2kg of illicit substances in Kogi, between January and December. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Adeyeye Olusegun, made the disclosure on Thursday at a news conference held at the command in Lokoja. Olusegun described the feat as…

By Thompson Yamput The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 273 suspects and made seizures of 6,911.2kg of illicit substances in Kogi, between January and December. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Adeyeye Olusegun, made the disclosure on Thursday at a news conference held at the command in Lokoja. Olusegun described the feat as…

  By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the spokesman of the SDP Muri-Sam Campaign Council, Farouk Adejoh-Audu, to retract claims he made against the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha. The ultimatum was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja by SP Williams Ovye-Aya,…

  By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Bethrand Onuoha on Thursday ordered for investigation into an alleged assault on a passenger by a police officer at a check point in a highway in the state. The CP gave the order after seeing the viral video showing the alleged unprofessional conduct, while…

  By Thompson Yamput The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday called on the massive security operatives drafted to Kogi for the Nov. 11 governorship election to be fair to all political actors in the state. The party’s Spokesperson/Director, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, made the call in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday….

  By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command has confirmed that Sheikh Ibrahim, the Director-General, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, is alive. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. Sheikh Ibrahim’s Anyigba residence was raided by a…

By Thompson Yamput A High Court in Lokoja on Wednesday discharged and acquitted two suspected kidnappers over contradictory evidence provided by the prosecution counsels. The trial Judge, Justice I.A. Jamil, while delivering judgment on the the suit of alleged kidnapping label against Harrison Orubabe and Justice Yakubu, blamed the prosecution counsels for creating doubt in…

By Thompson Yamput Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has denied alleged assassination attempt on his life on Sunday. Addressing newsmen in the evening of Sunday, Bello explained the incident on Lokoja-Abuja Highway as a mere altercation between his security details and some military personnel at a check point. But his Information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo,…