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NUJ Seeks Insurance Cover After Road Crash NUJ Log

NUJ Seeks Insurance Cover After Road Crash

Mirian Gom June 29, 2026

LOKOJA, Nigeria – The Kogi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has urged the state...

Police Debunk Kabba-Okene Road Kidnap Claim kogi state

Police Debunk Kabba-Okene Road Kidnap Claim

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius June 19, 2026

KOGI, Nigeria – The Kogi State Police Command has dismissed social media reports alleging that passengers were...

Kogi Grants Free Insurance for Sickle Cell Patients Governor Usman Ododo addressing security officials during an enforcement briefing in Lokoja.

Governor Usman Ododo addressing security officials during an enforcement briefing in Lokoja.

Kogi Grants Free Insurance for Sickle Cell Patients

Korede Abdullah June 19, 2026

KOGI, Nigeria – The Kogi State Government has approved free health insurance coverage for people living with...

Kogi Launches Mass Livestock Vaccination to Protect Farmers, Food Supply Veterinarians vaccinating cattle against CBPP in Yobe State

Kogi Launches Mass Livestock Vaccination to Protect Farmers, Food Supply

Chukwu Obinna February 19, 2026

KOGI, Nigeria – Authorities in Kogi State begin a statewide livestock vaccination campaign to curb deadly animal...

Kogi Begins Mass Livestock Vaccination to Halt Deadly Animal Diseases Veterinarians vaccinating cattle against CBPP in Yobe State

Kogi Begins Mass Livestock Vaccination to Halt Deadly Animal Diseases

Oluwafunbi Bello February 5, 2026

LOKOJA, Nigeria – Kogi State has launched a large-scale livestock vaccination campaign aimed at controlling transboundary animal...

Kogi Deploys Surveillance Drones to Strengthen Fight Against Insecurity Governor Ododo presenting surveillance drones at military barracks in Lokoja

Governor Ododo presenting surveillance drones at military barracks in Lokoja

Kogi Deploys Surveillance Drones to Strengthen Fight Against Insecurity

Juliet Jacob January 19, 2026

KOGI, Nigeria – Kogi State is stepping up its security architecture with the deployment of two PH20...

At the Forest’s Edge: How Banditry Creeping from Nigeria’s Heartland Is Testing the South-West’s Resolve Security summit of South-West governors in Ibadan

Security summit of South-West governors in Ibadan

At the Forest’s Edge: How Banditry Creeping from Nigeria’s Heartland Is Testing the South-West’s Resolve

Korede Abdullah December 6, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – As dusk settles over the thick forests and winding farmlands that separate Nigeria’s South-West...

Nigerian Soldiers Rescue Six Kidnap Victims in Kogi Nigerian Army rescues six kidnapped persons in Kogi State during a coordinated operation, following recent church abduction attacks in Ejiba.

Nigerian Army rescues six kidnapped persons in Kogi State during a coordinated operation, following recent church abduction attacks in Ejiba.

Nigerian Soldiers Rescue Six Kidnap Victims in Kogi

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius December 2, 2025

KOGI, Nigeria – Nigerian Army troops have rescued six abducted persons during an operation in the Ejiba...

Ododo Enforces Tight Gathering Curfew as Kogi Battles Insecurity Governor Usman Ododo addressing security officials during an enforcement briefing in Lokoja.

Ododo Enforces Tight Gathering Curfew as Kogi Battles Insecurity

Koko Maxwella November 28, 2025

LOKOJA, Nigeria – Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo has imposed a sweeping 4 p.m. cut-off on all...

Army Seizes 108kg Cannabis, Arrests Fake Officer in Kogi Nigerian soldiers inspecting seized cannabis sacks in Kogi State Nigerian soldiers inspecting seized cannabis sacks in Kogi State Nigerian soldiers inspecting seized cannabis sacks in Kogi State