The Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu and the Inspector General of Police (IG) to call the Kogi Commissioner of police (CP) to order over his attitude towards its governorship candidate. The Chairman, SDP Campaign Council, Kogi East, Mr Hassan Yakubu, made the call...
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The Kogi Chapter, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, says its governorship candidate, Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka is not violent but peaceful and caring in nature. SDP Director General (DG) New Media, MuriSam Campaign Council, Mr Isaiah Ijele, made the remark in a statement in Lokoja. The News Agency of...
Sen. Jibrin Echocho (APC-Kogi) on Friday declared that he has neither political thugs nor killer squad as being insinuated in some quarters against his good image and character. The senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, made the declaration in a statement he made available to the News Agency...
The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed Oct. 3 for judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi challenging the conduct of the April 14 primary election of the All Progressives congress (APC) for Kogi governorship election. Justice John Okoro fixed the date after taking arguments...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has approved the appointment of additional 94 Senior Special Assistants. This is contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin- Tofa, in Kano on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had earlier appointed 57...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by Alhaji Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi, against Gov. Yahaya Bello and others over alleged plan to arrest him. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says his ambition for now is to help President Bola Tinubu to succeed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Bello was one of the major presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The governor pointed...
A teenager, Miss Oluwabukolami Adeyemi, the recipient of the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award for 2022 has finally left the country for United Kingdom for her studies. This was made possible when Kogi Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello, fulfilled his scholarship promise to the girl, a statement in...
The Kogi State Government on Thursday denied the alleged harassment of the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Leke Abejide. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, stated this in a statement in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Abejide was one of those...
Former Deputy Governor of Kogi Yomi Awoniyi on Tuesday officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Nov. 11 Governorship Election in the state. Awoniyi, who recently declared his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was officially received into the APC at the party’s...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday approved 100 per cent increment of the allowance of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state. The governor also announced a donation of N37.7 million to support the corps members’ logistics as they passed out after serving the...
The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, has tasked the citizens of kogi to give the party nothing less than 99 per cent support and victory votes in the state’s forthcoming Nov. 11 Governorship Election. Ganduje gave the charge on Saturday while addressing party members and...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...
The Fulani community in Kogi have reportedly endorsed the candidature of Alhaji Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Nov. 11 governorship election. The endorsement, according to a statement issued in Lokoja by the state Information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, took place at Gegu Beki...
Chairman, Kogi All Progressive Congress (APC) Alh. Abdullahi Bello, has denied reports that Gov. Yahaya Bello has conceded the positions of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on appointments of some national officers. Bello, who made the rebuttal in a statement in Lokoja on Friday said: “It’s falsehood...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, says the ministry under his watch will construct a flyover as a permanent solution to end the perennial flooding on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister stated this on Tuesday during his tour to inspect ongoing...
The National Economic Council has revealed that the nation’s excess crude account currently stands at 473,754.57 U.S. dollars. The stabilisation account stands at N30,346, 557, 405.57 while the natural resources account stands at N115,175,616,159.65. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi disclosed this at the end of the council...
The three Zonal and 21 Local Government Areas Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have defected to the APC in Kogi, an official has disclosed. M Onogwu Mohammed, Media Aide to Gov. Yahaya Bello, made the disclosure in a statement in Lokoja on Thursday. He said ...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says Shaibu Audu, son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, who emerged as Ministerial nominee by President Bola Tinubu emerged through a fair process. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello stated this on Sunday when family of the late Audu paid...
A former Commissioner for Information and a chieftain APC in Kogi Dr Tom Ohikere, has pledged to ensure the victory of the party’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Usman Ododo in the state’s Nov. 11 governorship election. Ohikere, a close ally of Sen. Smart Adeyemi, one of the governorship aspirants in...