Tag: Okene
Defiant Natasha storms Kogi constituency, speaks on recall, alleges plot to kill her
ddressing hundreds of them at her compound in Ihima shortly after her arrival, Natasha said no amount of threats and…
Soldiers arrest 3 strange ‘security vehicles’ in Yahaya Bello’s hometown
Soldiers on election duty in Okene, Kogi State have intercepted and arrested three ‘strange’ black colored security vehicles.
Ohinoyi of Ebiraland Ado Ibrahim buried in Okene
Ado-Ibrahim was enthroned as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in 1997 and reigned until Sunday, when he died.
Deeper Life pastor still in kidnappers’ den 7 days after abduction
Kazeem Ugbodaga Seven days after he was kidnapped, Pastor David Onubedo, State Overseer, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Kebbi State, is…
Nigerian military repels attack in Okene, kills terrorists in Geidam
Authorities of Nigerian Army confirmed on Tuesday that its men on cordon and search operations at the general area of…
Robbers not Boko Haram attacked troops in Kogi – Army
Brigadier-General Olajide Laleye, the director of army public relations has clarified that the “widely reported Boko Haram attack on troops…
Nigeria: 2 Mali bound soldiers killed, 5 wounded
Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and five others injured Saturday in an explosion in Okene city in Nigeria’s central Kogi…
OKENE MASSACRE: Kumuyi Breaks Silence
General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has broken his silence following the massacre of 19 members of…
Nigerian police searches for weapons in Okene
Human and vehicular movements were light in Okene, Kogi, on Thursday as an uneasy calm pervaded the town where 19…
Curfew in troubled Nigerian town, after 2 soldiers killed
Two soldiers have been confirmed killed in a fresh gun attack in Okene, Kogi, by unidentified identified men. Mr Simon…
Shooting Causes Panic In Okene
Economic activities in Kogi state, particularly in Lokoja and Okene, were paralysed Tuesday following reports that there were sporadic shootings…
Death toll rises in Nigerian church massacre
The death toll in the church massacre in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi state has increased to 19, according to…
16 Christians massacred in Nigerian church
Sixteen persons have been killed and many others wounded by unidentified gunmen, who stormed the Deeper Life Church at Otite…
Bomb goes off near Nigerian Church
Bomb Goes Off Near Nigerian Church A bomb went off Sunday near a church in Okene, a major town in…
Gunmen kill abducted college bursar
Armed men, suspected to be robbers, on Friday night abducted and killed Stephen Omole, a bursary staff member of Federal…