Jude Johnson with Agency report The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said army authorities had approved the establishment of a ‘Special Forces Battalion’ Barracks to be located in Okene, Kogi. Buratai disclosed this on Friday to journalists in Okene after inspecting the proposed site of the new barracks
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Abuse of Judiciary will hunt you, CSO warns Yahaya Bello
•Decries the plot to remove the state Chief Judge Jude Johnson As the conspiracy to remove the Kogi State Chief Judge thickens, a civil rights group has called on Nigerians to resist the illegality, while warning Gov. Yahaya Bello to be prepared for the consequences of undermining the judiciary. "You should remember
Kogi Executive-Judiciary Faceoff: The imperative of urgent intervention by critical stakeholders
Bode Williams The faceoff between the Executive and Judicial arms of government in Kogi state has again brought to the fore the age long constitutional doctrine of separation of powers between the three arms of government namely, the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. The doctrine of separation of powers is one
Nigerian Army not involved in Kogi State executive-judiciary spat–Buratai
•Warns Commander, personnel to stay off politics Godsgift Onyedinefu The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from the ongoing squabble between the Kogi State Executive and Judiciary. The Army in a statement by its Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, in a statement on Tuesday maintained that it's a professional Organisation will
Security Issues in Nigeria: Kogi State as a case study–Pt1
Editor's note: This article is intended to focus on security issue in Nigeria with specific reference to Kogi state, North Central region of the country. It considered threats to lives and properties, while identifying possible solutions. Israel Ojih Security is a state of being safe and secure from any form of endangerment. Under
We’ll remain in Melaye’s residence until he surrenders — Police
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Nigerian Police Force, (NPF) has maintained that it's operatives will continue to be in wait at the residence of Senator Dino Melaye until he surrenders himself for arrest. The police on Friday invaded the Maitama, Abuja residence of the lawmaker representing Kogi West. The police said its personnel
Telecom services may shut down in FCT, 9 other states
The telecommunications companies in Nigeria, yesterday warned that over nine states of the federation may experience telecom blackout. This is as a result of the forceful closure of some telecom sites by Kogi State government. The telcos, who spoke through the Association of Licensed Telecom operators in Nigeria, ALTON, accused the Kogi
GEEP: BoI disburses N295m to 5,600 beneficiaries in Lokoja
Jude Johnson The Bank of Induatry(BoI) has put the number of beneficiaries of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme((GEEP) in Kogi State at 5, 600. This is even as the nation's foremost Development Finance Institution(DFI), announced that it had disbursed over N295million in the process of executing the programme in the state. The
Islamic state terrorists arrested in Benue, Edo, Kogi
Many members of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) who infiltrated Nigeria have been arrested in Benue, Edo and Kogi. Security operatives revealed that a “good number” of the Islamic State terrorists were arrested in Okpella and Benin in Edo state, as well as Okene, in Kogi. Security service organizations who are
Police parade 30 robbers in Kogi
Babatunde Opalana Thirty dare-devil armed robbers that have been terrorizing the Lokoja, Kogi, Edo axis have been apprehended by a combined team of the state police command and the IGP intelligence Response Team. The suspects were apprehended in their various hideouts in the forest and other locations along the Abuja-Lokoja-kabba highways. The operation that led