The ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise has turned into an unfortunate encounter as over 40 people heading home in a bus after their registration exercise were abducted at gunpoint. The incident happened along the Dekina-Ajiyolo-Anyigba road at about 6 pm on Friday, the 7th of November 2025. The victims were mostly residents of Abocho…
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two persons in Ibado-Apacha, Omala Local Government Area, describing the incident as a case of armed robbery and homicide. The confirmation was made by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP William Aya, in response to enquiries about the killings by gunmen between Tuesday night and…
Troops of 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have rescued two kidnapped victims and recovered ₦3.8 million ransom in Kogi state. The operation was carried out on November 2, following credible intelligence on kidnapping activities along the Itobe–Adumu–Ejule axis. According to the army, the rescue mission was launched after reports indicated that relatives of some…
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 21-year-old housewife, Maryam Muntari, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour, Ahmed Kalo, to death over an alleged rape attempt in the Idoji-Okene community of Okene Local Government Area, Kogi State. The spokesperson for the command, CSP William Aya, who confirmed the incident, stated that the…
The Department of State Services has alerted the Nigerian Army to an alleged plot by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province to launch coordinated attacks on communities in Ondo and Kogi states. In a confidential letter addressed to the Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, and sighted by PUNCH, the DSS…
Armed men suspected to be bandits on Friday stormed a family residence in Isanlu in Yagba East local government area and abducted a woman and her two children while the husband who tried to escape was shot. Tribune Online gathered that the husband, in an attempt to escape abduction, sustained gunshot injuries. The attack, according…
The National Emergency Management Agency has reported that 24 passengers were rescued, 14 bodies recovered, and 42 people remain missing following a boat accident on the River Niger in Ibaji Local Government Area, Kogi State. NEMA, in a post on X on Thursday, said the incident occurred on Tuesday and involved a boat carrying about…
Kogi State has been thrown into mourning after a tragic boat mishap on the River Niger claimed no fewer than 20 lives. The ill-fated boat, packed with traders and community members from Onugwa in Ibaji Local Government Area, was heading to Ilushi Market in Edo State on Tuesday evening when it capsized midway. Eyewitnesses said…
The Kogi Security Force, the Police, and the Military, in a joint operation, rescued eight kidnapped passengers in Kogi along the Okene-Auchi road on Saturday. It was gathered that bandits had kidnapped 23 passengers along the Okene-Auchi express road. The kidnappers attacked a Big Joe Ventures Ltd Toyota Hiace commuter Bus (Edo FUG 13 XY)…
Barrister Onyesom Peace Udoka, a newly called to bar lawyer, has been reportedly kidnapped alongside her sister while returning home from her Call to Bar ceremony. It was learnt that the abduction occurred around Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, September 27, 2025, just days after she was called to the bar on Tuesday, September…