Ex- Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday received a heroic welcome from a huge crowd in his country home, Okene, after his eight years tenure as governor of the middle belt state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in what looks like a celebration of...
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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...
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...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday tasked the new Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ahmed Anaje, not to fail the Ebira Kingdom and Kogi on unity and peaceful coexistence that fosters development. Bello made the call after presenting a Staff of Office to the new first class traditional...
The Kogi Government has paid N115 million for settlement of Joint Administration Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration fees for 15,033 public school students across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemmy Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said that...
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...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened sanctions against members found to have engaged in anti-party activities during the Nov. 11 Kogi governorship election. The state APC Chairman, Mr Abdullahi Bello, said this when he received the report of an 11- man committee on the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Monday appointed Caretaker Chairmen for the state’s 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appointments came at the heels of the expiration of the tenure of the elected council chairmen mid December 2023. Bello’s Media...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has dissolved his cabinet and appointed new one as part of transition process for the incoming administration in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Kogi Governor-Elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo will take over from the Bello administration on Jan....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Monday appointed Alhaji Ahmed Tijani-Anaje, who is the Ohi of Okenwe, as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland even as he deposed three traditional rulers of the state. He also appointed Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo-Kabir as the Maigari of Lokoja. The governor made the pronouncements...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Saturday said he came, saw and will be leaving the state better than he met it. Bello stated this at the 4th Convocation ceremonies of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, for 10 sets of graduating students from 2013 to 2022. Bello said part...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday presented 40 SUV cars and four Hilux vans to the state’s lawmakers and judges. He also presented 25 ambulances to local governments. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor also presented three brand new fire fighting vans to...
No fewer than 70 candidates jostling for the stool of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi are being screened by a committee to replace late Alhaji Ado Ibrahim who died on Oct. 29. The late Ohinoyi died at the age of 94. Alhaji Yunusa Sule, Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council,...
The Kogi Government on Friday dismissed speculations of imposing compulsory screening for its workers had caused any ugly incident in the state. The ste Head of Civil Service (HOS), Mrs. Hannah Odiyo, who offered the explanation in a statement issued in Lokoja on Friday, debunked reports that the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kogi has released N497 million for the payment of 2023 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examinations fees for 15,033 students enrolled in the state’s public schools. “This is part of my administration’s commitment to free education and `Zero Out-of-School Policy’ for our young citizens to fulfil their God-given...