Thousands of youth from across the six states of the South-West, on Saturday, converged on Lagos to draw Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi out to contest the 2023 presidential election. The youths, who insisted that it was Bello or no other person for President in 2023, vowed to rewrite...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Plc, Abubakar Suleiman and two other top officials of the bank over the controversial ‘hidden’ N20 billion said to allegedly belong to the Kogi State government. It would be recalled that anti-graft agency,...
The Kogi Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, has said Gov. Yahaya Bello was a futuristic leader with the capacity to bring the needed transformational development to Nigeria. Jones stated this at the ”1st Chief Lecturer Inaugural Lecture Series” of Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa....
The Rescue Nigeria Mission, a movement mobilising for the emergence of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi as Nigeria’s next President, on Saturday, held a town hall meeting with women and youths in Kano. The coordinator of the movement in Kano State, Mr Abdul Amat-Maikwashewa, said the Kogi governor had...
No fewer than 600 Women groups, drawn from different parts of the country, will on Tuesday, Jan. 25, converge on Abuja for a solidarity walk for Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The walk is tagged: “One Million Women March for GYB (Gov. Yahaya Bello). Dr Hanatu Adeeko, Global Coordinator...
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) says Nigeria’s politics is going through fundamental changes to institute enduring progressive governance. The PGF, the umbrella body of governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. The statement was issued to congratulate Gov....
Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by a group of hunters led by Hon. Joseph Salami, Chief Security Officer of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has congratulated illustrious indigenes of the state who made the list of legal luminaries conferred with the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title. Bello in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Muhammed Onogwu, on Wednesday, in Abuja, lauded the new SANs for...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – North-Central youths under the aegis of Yahaya Bello Network (YBN) have endorsed Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi for the 2023 presidency, saying that only through him would the Nigerian dreams of unity, safety and economic advancement be achieved. The youths in their thousands who...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed sadness over the death of Pastor Esther Kolawole, wife of the Speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Pastor Kolawole, aged 50, died at a Lagos hospital on Sunday following an undisclosed illness....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has called on Nigerian youths to make their numbers count and not be political spectators in the country’s 2023 general elections and democratic processes. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to Bello in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja said the governor made...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said expressed optimism that the dredging of the the Lower Rivers Niger and Benue would provide over two million direct and indirect jobs to the masses upon completion. Governor Bello stated this on Thursday, while inaugurating the commencement...
The Kogi State Government has given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apologise and retract a malicious statement that it kept N20 billion bailout fund meant to pay salaries in a commercial bank meant to yield interest. In a briefing on Sunday in...
The Kogi Government says it will again, be vindicated in the EFCC alleged return of bailout fund for workers’ salaries to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, said it returned the N19....
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs , Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, on Thursday said over nine million Nigerian pupils have been benefiting from the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) across the country. Farouk disclosed this at the hand over and distribution of Feeding Utensils for...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said choosing the right leaders to govern Nigeria is critical to resolving the insecurity in the country. Bello made this known while delivering a keynote address at the National Security Summit organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday in...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of federal roads in the state from the list of roads to be reconstructed and rehabilitated under the 2022 federal budget. Gobernor Bello expressed his displeasure while responding to questions during the Media Roundtable at the 29th edition...