LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kogi State Command have intercepted 3.1 tons of Cannabis sativa along Okene-Lokoja Express Way. The illicit substance was conveyed in a 30T HOWO Truck heading for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The State Command Patrol Team halted the on-coming truck while an officer…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine persons, made up of eight Policemen and one civilian, were feared killed on Thursday in Isanlu, Kogi State when a gang of armed robbers launched an attack on a first generation bank in the town. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that among those killed were the Divisional Police Officer in…
LAGOS JANAURY 27TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A serving governor is topping the list of suspects being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged N6,549,942, 637.14 fraud in an arms deal. Also under scrutiny are the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, a former Chairman of Skye Bank, Mr. Tunde Ayeni,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have reportedly attacked an Abuja-bound Bayelsa passenger bus along the Okene-Lokoja expressway in Kogi State, with 12 people abducted. One of the passengers was said to have escaped while two others sustained serious injuries. The ill-fated bus, owned by De-prize Motors, a Yenagoa-based transport firm, was travelling from the Bayelsa…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17th (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Niger/ Kogi Command on Tuesday narrated how it lost two of its officers during an attack by some suspected gunmen. Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Benjamin Lomba in a statement made available to journalists said that the command lost the two officers; Assistant Superintendent of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been re-elected as the governor of the state. Governor Bello was returned elected on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having scored the highest number of votes in the keenly contested poll. The Returning Officer for…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Koton Karfe custodial centre in Kogi has collapsed under heavy flooding, loading to escape of 228 inmates. The Comptorller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Jafar Ahmed, who confirmed this while speaking with newsmen in Koton Kafe on Monday said that the flood came at about 3a.m., submeging the perimetre fence…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi State yesterday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Nov. 16 Governorship election. But one of the aspirants who challenged Bello for the ticket described the processes that produced the governor as candidate of the party as “mockery,” saying the national headquarters…