Kogi State

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...

June 1 (THEWILL) — Troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have shattered a kidnapping operation along the Ayegunle–Bunu Road in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, rescuing 23 abducted passengers in a swift counter-offensive that disrupted the...

May 18, (THEWILL) — Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Kogi Central Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections, following a sweeping victory in...

March 31, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Army has intensified its offensive against criminal elements in Kogi State, tightening its grip on terrorist networks with the successful bust of a logistics supply chain, the neutralisation of a terrorist, and...