Kogi State

August 03, (THEWILL) – The abducted caretaker chairman (CTC) of the Kabba/Bunu local government area, Zacchaeus Dare-Michael, has escaped from his kidnappers’ den. Dare-Michael was kidnapped on Friday, by gunmen, on the Kaba-Okene road while on his way home. He...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The last is yet to be heard in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Kogi State as the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Murtala Ajaka, on Thursday rejected the Appeal Court ruling...

June 24, (THEWILL) - Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has signed seven bills into law with a charge to the people of the state to embrace the new laws in order to move Kogi forward. The seven bills now...

May 10, (THEWILL) - Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, on Thursday night, invaded the Kogi state University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara and abducted an unspecified number of students. Eyewitnesses of the incident told newsmen on Friday, that...

April 11, (THEWILL) - A former member of the House of Representatives from Kogi State, Idris Mohammed, is dead. Mohammed, the son of a former governor of Kogi state, Ibrahim Idris, represented Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala Federal Constituency at...

March 14, (THEWILL) - The Supreme Court has upheld the order of the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, which granted Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), permission to inspect election materials...

February 26, (THEWILL) - Security operatives have rescued 16 kidnapped victims from their abductors in Kogi State. Spokesperson of the Kogi Police Command, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, described the rescue operation as “very swift and pragmatic.” Eleven of the victims, he said,...

February 06, (THEWILL) - ABC Transport PLC says it has been cooperating with the relevant security agencies to resolve issues concerning one of its vehicles, which was hijacked by unknown gunmen in Kogi State, adding that its top...

February 03, (THEWILL) - Member representing Yagba Constituency, Kogi State, Elder Leke Abejide, has urged Nigerians to bear with the administration of President Bola Tinubu for at least two years, to enable its policies to manifest and benefit from...

January 27, (THEWILL) - The newly sworn-in Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has nominated members of his cabinet and other top aides on his first day in office. THEWILL reports that Ododo, who was sworn in as the...