Kogi State

Idris reportedly died in the United Kingdom on Sunday, September 20, 2026, with news of his death prompting visits by political leaders and senior government officials to his Abuja residence.

The President, in a statement on Monday, expressed relief over the safe recovery of the victims, assuring their families and Nigerians that his administration remained committed to securing lives and property across the country.

The Kogi State Police Command has rescued 11 victims abducted by armed men along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. The rescued victims included NYSC members travelling from the orientation camp in Bayelsa...

A domestic disagreement over seven burnt shirts turned into a horrific act of violence after a Kogi-based pastor allegedly doused his wife with petrol and set her ablaze, leaving her with severe burns. The suspect, Jacob Irewa, was...

INEC has restored four previously suppressed State House of Assembly constituencies in Delta and Kogi States after court judgements ordered their reinstatement, reopening legislative representation for thousands of voters in the affected areas. Political parties have been directed...

Army-led joint security forces rescued all 16 kidnap victims, including four children, after tracking the abductors to a forest hideout in Kogi State through credible intelligence. Suspected kidnappers fled with gunshot wounds after a fierce firefight with...

Security operatives rescue Kogi school principal, NECO official and students abducted during Tuesday's attack on a school in Dekina Local Government Area Sustained military and intelligence-led operations force kidnappers to abandon the victims as heavily armed security personnel...

Gunmen invade Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, during the ongoing NECO examination, abducting four students, the principal and a NECO ad hoc staff member Kogi Police confirm one abducted student has been rescued as a joint security team intensifies...

June 17, (THEWILL) — Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued five kidnapped victims after launching a coordinated offensive against terrorist hideouts in forested communities of Kogi State, as intensified military operations forced fleeing terrorists to abandon their captives...

June 10, (THEWILL) — Bandits, on Wednesday, invaded Government Secondary School, Iluke, in the Bunu District of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing three persons, including a vice principal and a six-year-old child, in an attack that...