The Lokoja Metropolis went agog on Saturday as Alhaji Usman Ododo took over the mantle of leadership from Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi. Ododo and Joel Salifu were sworn in as Kogi Governor and Deputy Governor by the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Majebi. The Muhammadu Buhari...
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed confidence of President Bola Tinubu led administration on the ability of the newly inaugurated Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, to deliver good governance in the state. Shettima spoke during the inauguration of Ododo at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja. The News Agency...
The Police command in Kogi on Friday warned political thugs and criminals to steer clear of the venue of Saturday’s inauguration of the Governor-elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo. The State Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, gave the warning in a statement issued in Lokoja by the command’s spokesman, SP...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday inaugurated Muhammadu Buhari Mother and Child 110-Bed Hospital in Iruvichonomi community in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. At the inauguration, Bello said that his administration’s persistent investment in the health sector had yielded positive outcomes, evident in the enhanced...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has approved a 100 per cent hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the state to boost their morale. The governor announced this on Wednesday, during a courtesy visit by pioneer medical students of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba and...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday received Governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Yahaya Bello of Kogi and Governor-elect Ahmed Ododo of Kogi that visited him over their Nov. 11 electoral victory. Uzodinma, who briefed State House Correspondents after the meeting said that the visit was to intimate the president...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said election has gone beyond ethnic sentiment in the state, saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Nov.11 poll because it presented a popular candidate and not based on tribe or ethnicity. Bello said this at a stakeholders meeting of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday presented certificates of return to the Kogi Governor-Elect, Usman Ododo and his Deputy, Joel Salifu. Ododo and Salifu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) had won the Nov 11 Off-Cycle Governorship Election in Kogi with 446,237 votes, to beat their...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it had a clear and convincing victory at Saturday’s Off-Cycle Governorship Election of the state and not afraid of litigation. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Spokesperson/Director of Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council, made the remarks in Lokoja on Tuesday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Governor-elect Usman Ododo of Kogi, on their victories in the Nov. 11 governorship elections. The president in his congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri...
Aare Atunluse Omoluwabi Oodua Worldwide, Chief Muritala Audu, on Monday expressed confidence that residents of Kogi would benefit from the visionary leadership of the state’s Gov. Elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo. Audu, a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in a statement in Lagos said that Ododo’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje has the victory of the APC in both Kogi and Imo states is an indication that Nigerians are appreciative of good governance and they want continuity in peace and sustainable growth...
The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, has won Saturday’s off cycle Governorship Election in Kogi. Ododo polled 446,237 votes to beat his closest rival, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who scored 259,052 votes in the keenly contested election. The...
Residents have attributed the massive turnout of voters in Kogi Central for Saturday’s governorship election on the love for Gov. Yahaya Bello and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Usman Ododo. Some of those interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the zone expressed happiness...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has commended INEC and security operatives for their conduct at Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in the state. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, Alhaji Usman Ododo, gave similar commendation. Bello spoke after voting at his polling unit in Okene...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo, has expressed shock over the death of the Executive Chairman of Lokoja Local Government , Mr Muhammed Dan’Asabe. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Dan Asabe died early Friday in Lokoja...
Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, Alhaji Usman Ododo, on Wednesday called on security agencies to release chieftains of the party, recently arrested in Kogi East. The candidate, who made the call, told newsmen in Lokoja, that the APC chieftains arrested were noble people...
Since the return of democracy in 1999, several elections have been conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), though not without reservations, hues and cries by political actors, analysts and watchers. Of utmost concern to most Nigerians is the fact that every election since then has been...
Eighteen political parties featuring in the Saturday’s Kogi governorship election have signed a peace accord, ahead of the poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the parties were the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party...
The Igbo Community Association (ICA), an umbrella of the Igbo Community in Kogi, has pledged massive votes for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11 governorship poll. Chief Sunday Nwachukwu, the President, ICA, said this when he met with Gov...