An eyewitness account said the woman was murdered at her house in the presence of her husband and children on Thursday night when the assailants allegedly attacked her with a cutlass
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The arrest of the suspects was confirmed in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday by the state police command.
The armed robbers were said to have invaded the Police Station at about 1pm and opened fire on all officers and men on duty
The command’s spokesman, DSP William Aya, who made the confirmation in a statement in Lokoja on Wednesday, said the suspects were killed in Idah.
The Kogi State Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to be kidnappers in Okene area of the state.
The Kogi State Police Command says it has launched a manhunt for some youths that allegedly killed two Fulani herdsmen in Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of the state.
The officials were said to be travelling to Makurdi, Benue State for promotion examination when their vehicles were stopped by the kidnappers
Three suspected kidnappers have been shot dead in Kogi State during a shooting encounter with a combined team of soldiers, policemen and local hunters.
Three suspected kidnappers have been shot dead in Kogi State during a shooting encounter with a combined team of soldiers, policemen and local hunters.
Four persons have lost their lives in Kabba, Kogi State when the wall of a well collapsed on them.
Kogi State Police Command has directed those in possession of illegal arms and other dangerous weapons to surrender them.
Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that it sent a detachment of officers to the house of Senator Dino Melaye at Aiyetoro-Gbede in Kogi State on October 11 to effect his arrest.
Spokesman of the command, DSP William Aya, who confirmed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Saturday, said the incident had brought the number of people killed during the election to two.
The Public Relation Officer of the Command Army Records, Lokoja, Capt. Nick Ejeh, while parading the suspects said that they were in military uniform when they were arrested.
The kidnapping of Father Michael has been confirmed by the spokesman of the Kogi State Police Command, William Aya.
A Police Sergeant was the victim of the shooting, the police said, and is recuperating in the hospital
Kogi Police Command Public Relation Officer, DSP William Aya, told newsmen that Sani was assassinated in his Idah residence in the evening of Tuesday, July 17.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP William Aya, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to newsmen in Lokoja on Friday.
He said that the corpses of the slain policemen had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where the injured suspect is also receiving treatment.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, William Aya, who confirmed this on Wednesday in Lokoja, said the officers were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for prosecution