The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun tracking 72 projects worth N16.3 billion across Kogi three senatorial districts. The ICPC Assistant Commissioner Mr Wale David, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lokoja. According to him, the team aims to ensure projects […]
A former governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has been granted permission by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to travel to Saudi Arabia and perform the 2026 lesser Hajj in the holy Land. Justice Emeka Nwite while granting the permission on Thursday, ordered that the travelling passport of the former governor which […]
The authorities in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State have imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew following growing security concerns in the council. The curfew, which runs from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., started on December 2 and will remain in place until further notice. The council also announced 24-hour security surveillance and patrols across all […]
Edward Onoja, former deputy governor of Kogi state, has accused Yahaya Bello, his former boss, of going back on his promise to support him as successor. Onoja said Bello assured him for four years that he would hand him the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but later switched allegiance to Ahmed Ododo, […]
Dino Melaye, former senator and ex-governorship candidate in Kogi state, says his loyalty to Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, will not prevent him from speaking out when necessary. Speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on Friday, Melaye dismissed claims that he follows Atiku blindly, describing such assertions as baseless. “I am not a […]
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State 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 this known while speaking at […]
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja The All Progressives Congress, (APC), Ogbonicha Ward, in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, has disowned Prince Mustapha Mona Audu, as a member of the party. He is leading the Progressive Youths Movement that claims to have disbanded the Governor Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Coimmttee. Prince […]
The National Co-ordinator ‘Got Your Back Nigeria’ , Prof Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr , stated that Kogi state is a testament of financial decency and credibility. Prof Chris , In a press statement on Wednesday said he had repeatedly told Nigerians that Governor Yahaya Bello GYB is clearly the most profound and prolific State Governor […]
The Kogi House of Assembly has approved a supplementary budget of N30.014 billion for the state government to meet the developmental needs of the state. The approval followed to third and final reading of the supplementary budget after a Clause-by-Clause consideration at Thursday plenary sitting in Lokoja. Muktar Bajeh, the House Chief Whip acting as […]
Idris Ahmed, Lokojo Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has lamented that the non-review of the revenue allocation formula has increased the burden of states and local government councils in the country. In his remark at opening ceremony of zonal public hearing on the review of current revenue allocation formula, organised by Revenue Mobilisation Allocation […]
The Convener, Got Your Back Nigeria, Professor Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia , has lambasted those peddling falsehood against the administration of Gov. Yahaya Bello on Salary payment. In a statement on Wednesday, Prof Chris, stated that he is disappointed in people who have chosen falsehood against facts and figures all in the name of political adversaries. […]
*Plans to sue anti-graft commission Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Kogi State Government, on Thursday, tackled the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of a N20 billion Salary bailout fund kept in a fixed deposit account in a commercial bank. The government also disclosed that it will seek legal redress over allegations of mismanagement […]
The Convener , Got Your Back Nigeria, Professor Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr ,has condemned in totality the deliberate plan by some desperate Nigerians who wants to tarnish the Image of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Addressing the press on Friday, Prof. Chris called out the EFCC to resist the temptation of been used by […]
Three students of the newly established Kogi State University of Science and Technology, Itakpe, including a female student identified as Jumai and a lecturer were kidnapped in the early hours of Monday. According to an eyewitness account, the students and the lecturer were kidnapped while returning from a night vigil at the Living Faith Church […]
In the build up to the politics of 2023 there is clearly one individual who has elected to reach out to Nigerians across creed and clan, across religious and ethnic divides and across social cum societal stratification, that person is the incumbent Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello. The others are busy canvassing regional […]
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan has described Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as a colossal failure and catastrophic bad luck, who cannot point to any development project he implemented for the benefit of the people. Ologbondiyan, who spoke during his tour of PDP formation in the state […]
A High Court sitting in Idah, Kogi State has sentenced one Ocholi Edicha to twelve years and six months imprisonment for the Killing of Salome Abuh, a People’s Democratic Party Woman leader during the last governorship election in Kogi State. The defendant was arraigned on the offences of criminal conspiracy, Armed Robbery, Mischief by fire […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on his efforts in providing security, good governance, and infrastructure building in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to Kogi governor, Mr. Mohammed Onogwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onogwu, who quoted Obasanjo as making the commendation when he met […]
On behalf of the Kogi State Government, the Kogi State Commissioner for Economy, Budget and Economic Planning, Asiwaju Idris, concluded two separate subsidiary loan agreements yesterday in Abuja with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank. The project is to be funded jointly by the World Bank, the Agency for French […]
Philip Clement, Abuja An Ajaokuta based Ceremics company, BN Ceremic industry Nig. Ltd. in Kogi state has vowed to give top priority to the welfare of every cadre of its workforce, irrespective of incessant harassment and extortion by some youths groups in the area. The company also reiterated it’s commitment in providing succor to it’s […]