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No fewer than nine persons were in the late hours of Tuesday allegedly killed and scores injured by gunmen that attacked Bagana community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. A resident, who survived by the…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said that he was confronted with over N50 billion salary obligations left by the previous administrations. Bello said the huge debt obligations inherited had impeded his…
Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu has won the All Progressives Congress’s governorship primary elections. Akeredolu polled 2, 458 delegate votes while his closest challenger Olusola Oke got 262 votes. Former chairman…
Two suspected persons have been arrested as the Nigerian Air Force on Friday stated that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of its Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, in a road accident. The NAF…
The Kogi state government on Wednesday disclosed the reason behind the attack on the Federal Medical Centre. TALKGLITZ had earlier reported that some unknown gunmen stormed the hospital destroying some properties and…
Kogi State has just recorded its first cases of the deadly Coronavirus. Kogi and Cross Rivers State previously held the record as the only two states in Nigeria not to have recorded Coronavirus. The Nigerian Centre for…
Family they say is the major bedrock of the society, a support force and an agent of socialization. What then happens to the main purpose of belonging to a family, when siblings become enemy of themselves, children…
Governor Yahaya Bello has congratulated Sen. Smart Adeyemi for his victory at Saturday’s Kogi West re-run Senatorial District poll announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governor in a…
Rashida Yahaya Bello, wife of Kogi state governor, threw a mini party in the state house to celebrate the emergence of her friend, Mercy Onoja's husband as the new Deputy governor of the state. View on Instagram Edward…
Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District has been sacked by an Appeal Court in Abuja. The ruliing was made on Friday, October 11, 2019 after the Appeal Court affirmed the judgment of the Kogi State…
The Governorship Primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday when gunmen invaded the venue of the election, Lokoja Confluence Stadium. The governorship primary…
Ahead of the primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, seven aspirants are said to have stepped down to support Captain Idris Wada. At least seven out of 16 governorship aspirants of the Peoples…
Dino Melaye has been sacked from his position as Kogi State West Senator by the National Assembly Petition Tribunal. Melaye, as a candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), had emerged victorious at the February…
Senator Dino Melaye has revealed that he wants to be President after fulfilling his Governorship ambition. He disclosed this in a meeting with party executives at the party secretariat in Lokoja. “My administration will…
The crisis emanating from workers salary in Kogi state has been traced to the leniency of the Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Abdullahi…
On Saturday, February 2, a helicopter conveying the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, crash-landed in Kabba, Kogi State. Confirming the incident, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and…
The Kogi State Chapter of African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned in totality the continuous attacks on its members and the shambolic disruption of its campaign gathering. We condemn the continous attacks on our…
The All Progressive Congress held a campaign rally today the 16th day of January 2019 in Lokoja the State Capital Kogi State. President Muhammadu Buhari attended the campaign along side the APC National Chairman Adams…
Eight days after holing up at his residence to avoid arrest by policemen for alleged culpable homicide, Senator Dino Melaye has left his Maitama home to meet with the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris at the…
The governor of Kogi state, Yahya Bello, has criticised the lawmakers who booed Buhari during the 2019 budget presentation describing them as a bunch of poorly trained lawmakers at their youthful age. According to him,…
