Kogi State’s ministerial nominee, Prince Shaibu Audu-Abubakar, on Thursday, paid a thank you visit to Gov Yahaya Bello. Audu-Abubakar is among the additional 19 ministerial nominees of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is according to a statement issued in Lokoja by Bello’s media aide, Onogwu Mohammed. ...
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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says his style of leadership keeps attracting more defectors from the opposition parties in to All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Bello described the situation as a “plus” and “blessing” to the APC in its quest for victory in the upcoming Nov....
The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), a socio-cultural group on Saturday urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the creation of Okura state from Kogi state, for the advancement of Igala people of the state. Its National Leader, David Abutu, made the call during the inauguration of the newly-elected UIO...
An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered security agencies to provide maximum security for Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Candidate in the November 11 governorship poll in Kogi. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Thursday in a ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday, received PDP defectors from Olamaboro Local Government Area, led by Sen. Attai Aidoko-Ali, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, while receiving the defectors in Government House, Lokoja, the state capital, expressed satisfaction with the level of unity existing among the...
The APC Governorship Candidate in Kogi, Ahmed Usman Ododo has promised to consolidate on the initiatives of Gov. Yahaya Bello when elected in the state’s Nov. 11 governorship poll. Ododo gave the assurance at the Official Unveiling of “Okun United for Ododo Project 2023”, on Wednesday in Kabba, Kabb-Bunu...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the forthcoming Gubernatorial election in the state, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, are currently engaged in a bitter war of words that may assume a frightening dimension. Governor Bello had warned...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday, warned individuals spreading falsehood to prepare to face the law. Bello, who gave the warning in a statement in Lokoja through the Information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, expressed dismay over the unfortunate utterances heating the state’s political atmosphere. The governor was particular...
The Kogi Government on Monday assured the people of the state of adequate security and safety during the Nov. 11 governorship election. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Commissioner for Information, gave the assurance during a news conference in Lokoja. Fanwo, who was responding to the allegation of extra-judicial killing leveled...
The Kogi Government has condemned the alleged vandalism of the state campaign office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) by hoodlums on Sunday morning. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information, who made the condemnation in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, called on security operatives to fish out...
State governors have pledged to complement Federal Government’s initiatives aimed at providing relief to Nigerians, Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi said on Friday in Lagos. Gov. Bello stated this after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. He said the successful implementation of the succour pledged by the Federal Government...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, on Tuesday, commenced the reconstruction of a 13.8km road linking Itakpe to Okene, the headquarters of Okene Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road, which begins from Itakpe Junction through Kabba Junction, will terminate at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Abubakar Rasheed has voluntarily resigned from the NUC to continue lecturing at the Bayero University Kano where he was appointed from Professor Rasheed who stated this to newsmen on Monday in Abuja said he...
The Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), has expressed displeasure over the incessant delay in the payment of salaries.doctor we The association’s concern is contained in a Communique issued at the end of its Emergency Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Lokoja....
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has sacked the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr David Apeh. Governor Bello also sacked his Special Adviser on Emergency Management, Mr Danladi Isah-Yunusa, and Hajia Maryam Salifu, Part-time Chairman, Kogi State Hotels and Tourism Board. The Secretary to the...
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...
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,...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has won the prestigious Governor of the Year at the 2023 edition of Global Excellence Awards in Nigeria. The Awards was organised by Global Excellence, one of Nigeria’s leading news, entertainment, and lifestyle magazines in Lagos. The committee on the awards, in a statement ...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Government has warned politicians against promoting ethnic sentiments and other divisive tendencies ahead of the November 11 governorship election in the state. The state Commissioner of Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who gave the warning in a statement in Lokoja on...