LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter carrying vice-president Yemi Osinbajo and his entourage crash landed in Kabba, Kogi state. Multiple reports said Osinbajo and all the people on board were safe. The Vice President who is in the town for his next-level engagements with the people, was undaunted by the accident. In a video posted on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The agitation for 2019 general election thickened in Lokoja on Saturday following the destruction of the billboards and other campaign materials of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Already, the destruction has…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-No fewer than 3,252 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi West Senatorial District defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors included two former Kogi Commisioners; that of Water Resources, Mr Tunji Oshanusi and Agriculture, Femi Abolarinwa. APC Zonal Chairman, Mr Ropo Asagun, received the decampees at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of a member of the federal house of representatives in Abuja (names withheld) representing Ajaokuta constituency in Kogi state, for alleged certificate forgery, conspiracy, obtaining of false/forged documents and presentation of the documents to INEC knowing same to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Due to the delay by states’ governments in providing land for ranches the Federal Government has decided to use some of its own land in various parts of the country for the establishment of ranches in order to put an end to clashes between herders and farmers across the nation. It was…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise being conducted by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was disrupted for hours in Lokoja on Tuesday when one of the applicants collapsed suddenly and died. The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Olisegun Martins, who confirmed the incident said that the applicant, a male…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye was on Wednesday arraigned in an FCT High Court, Apo, on a six-count charge, bordering on attempted suicide, attempt to escape from custody and damage of police property. Melaye who represents Kogi West senatorial zone, denied committing the offences, while Justice Silvanus Oriji granted him bail in the sum…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS) Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, on Sunday reacted to the death of legendary reggae artist, Ras Kimono. Sharing a photograph of him and the late musician, the lawmaker said “what a dark day”. In a tweet, Melaye wrote, “Ras Kimono and myself in my village(Aiyetoro Gbede) on 31st December…