Kogi Central Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senatorial Candidate in Kogi, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has alleged that the recent attack on Gov. Yahaya Bello’s convoy is politically motivated. “It is a smear campaign against the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka”, she alleged in a statement issued in Lokoja on...
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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has received a group of former members of the PDP from Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of the state into the ruling APC. The governor received the defectors on Monday at the Government House Lokoja. He expressed appreciation to the defectors for recognising the achievements...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, filed a motion for stay of execution of the ruling by a Federal High Court, Lagos on 14 property and the sum of N400 million allegedly linked to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice Nicholas Oweibo had, on April 26,...
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, Mr Usman Ododo, on Friday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s blessings as the party’s flagbearer in the November election. Ododo, while briefing State House Correspondents after he was presented to the President by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, said...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, struck out an interim order of forfeiture, seeking to forfeit properties linked to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The suit was instituted through an exparte application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), seeking a temporary order, forfeiting 14...
The Chief Executive Officer of Sanam Home, Alhaji Sanusi Abdul, has urged Igala leaders and politicians to forgive each other in the interest of the race. The businessman in a statement on Sunday, said the appeal become necessary to have a united Igala house ahead of 2023 governorship election...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 30 and 31 for continuation of the trial of Ali Bello a nephew to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Bello and three others were arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)for alleged N3 billion. When...
Many persons have been feared killed after gunmen on Sunday invaded communities in Oganenigu Ward of Dekina Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. Authorities suspect that the assailants were herdsmen. Sources say the invaders stormed the communities shooting sporadically, and burning hundreds of houses in the early morning...
The Leadership of the APC in Kogi has finally screened Alhaji Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, a frontline governorship aspirant after his purported suspension by the party on Thursday. Also screened by the party were the State Deputy Governor, Chief Edward Onoja and Sen. Smart Adeyemi, all anxious to lead the people...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has threatened to arrest and prosecute those rejecting the old Naira notes. The governor stated this in a statement issued by Bello’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo in Lokoja. It would be recall that the Supreme...
The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has blamed those he referred to as inherited Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for ‘misleading’ President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes...
The following are photos of President Muhammadu Buhari while in Kogi to inaugurates Gov. Bello’s Legacy projects on Thursday. L-R: Nigeria’s President Buhari and Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, at the inauguration of Reference Hospital Okene on Thursday.
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Coalition of Activists with former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), are at loggerhead over alleged money laundering in Kogi. The disagreement between the two sides began on Thursday when the nephew to Gov Yahaya Bello, Aliyu...
The Kogi Government has again debunked claims by the Dangote Group that Obajana Cement Factory is owned, 100 per cent, by the Conglomerate, insisting that there was no valid acquisition. The state government, in a statement issued by the information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja on Friday, claimed that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is alarmed by the disturbing video of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State allegedly inciting his supporters, threatening to burn and unleash maximum violence on Nigerians during the 2023 general elections. In the video, Governor Bello was reportedly heard issuing terrorism threats...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received Kassim Shetima, running mate to Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, in the 2023 general elections as both discussed strategies for APC’s victory in the forth-coming elections. Meeting behind closed doors on Monday, their discussion centered on various plans and...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. In a letter to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi State, the governor also directed that the Chairman...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-inaugurated Reference Hospital, Okene, will end medical tourism in the state and Nigeria at large. A statement issued in Lokoja by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, quoted Bello as stating this after inspecting the 300-bed...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said that all tertiary institutions of the state will continue to run strike-free academic calendar in conformity with his administration policies. The governor gave the assurance while addressing students at the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, shortly after inspecting several projects executed by the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday warned the northern governors and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee that excluding him from the presidential primary will plunge the party into crisis. He issued the warning while briefing State House correspondents in the Villa, saying that the northern...