Saturday May 23, 2020 will go down in history as the day Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello won the first leg of the legal battle challenging his dream of retaining his seat for a second term as governor of Kogi state. A three man panel of the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja […]
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbondiyan has asked Gov. Yahaya Bello to apologise to people of Kogi State for misleading them on COVID-19. Ologbondiyan, in a statement, while reacting to the declaration of lockdown in Kabba Bunu LGA of the state following an alledged index case, said the governor needs […]
Members of the Kogi state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have vowed not to accept the proposed cut in the salaries of its members and other healthcare workers by the Kogi state government. A statement by the Chairman of the NMA in the state, Dr. Kabiru Zubair, in Lokoja on Sunday, said the […]
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed civil servants on Grade Level 12 and above in the state to resume work on May 4. Mr Bello gave the directive on Friday in Lokoja, in a message issued to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day. The statement, signed on his behalf by the state Head of […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted the prayer of the Action Peoples Party (APP) abridging the time for the hearing of an appeal challenging its exclusion from the Kogi state governorship election. APP (appellant) had in its appeal against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (respondent) asked the appellate court to abridge […]
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh on Friday in Lokoja, Kogi state confirmed the release of the wife of the Anglican Bishop of Bari Diocese in Kano state, who was kidnapped last week. Archbishop Okoh announced this during the consecration service of five new bishops and presentation of […]
Directors in the 21 local government areas of Kogi State on Friday took over the running of their councils. This followed the dissolution of the administrative teams of the councils by the state government on Tuesday. The Chairman of the Kogi State Local Government Service Commission, Prof Shuaibu Ibrahim, while addressing the directors, urged them […]
Speaker of the Kogi state House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, has refuted insinuations that he is nursing ambition to contest the 2023 governorship election in the state. Kolawole, who made the rebuttal while addressing his statutory aides on Thursday in Lokoja, said it is against insinuations that he was supporting some local government council chairmanship […]
When the reelection campaign train of President Muhammadu Buhari berthed in Lokoja, capital of Kogi, the confluence state, the President made a silent, but striking promise. He told the very jubilant Kogites that if the ambition of a second mandate to lead Nigeria scales through the electoral hurdle, the abandoned and lifeless Ajaokuta Steel Rolling […]
The Oworo Traditional Council in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi state has reacted to the petition written by the Iwo Masi ruling house to the Kogi state House of Assembly through the member representing Lokoja 11 Constituency, Idris Ndakwo, seeking for the dethronement and banishing of Olu of Oworo from his stool. Addressing a […]
The absence of a witness in the suit filed by the former Deputy Governor of Kogi state, Simon Achuba against Governor Yahaya Bello before the National Industrial Court over his alleged unpaid allowances was on Monday stalled. The matter which was slated for defence had to be adjourned when the defence counsel, M.B. Kadiri informed the […]
…Tribunal extends pre-hearing period till Thursday The runner up in the November 16, 2019 Kogi State governorship election, Engineer Musa Wada, on Monday, listed a total of 259 witnesses he intends to call to give evidence at the tribunal in support of his case. Wada and his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had in December […]
The Senate on Wednesday waded into the communal clashes in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi state by demanding for the rehabilitation of affected communities. Senate’s position was contained in resolutions reached sequel to the consideration of a motion sponsored by Senator Isah Jibrin (APC/ Kogi East). Senator Jibrin stated that “communal hostilities ravaged most […]
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Friday called on the people of Akwu community in Ankpa Local Government Area of the state who are at loggerheads over ascendancy to the traditional stool to sheath their swords and give peace a chance. Violence erupted Wednesday night over who among two clans in Akwu community should […]
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has assured the people of Tawari community of adequate security and immediate assistance for the victims of the recent attack in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some gunmen had on Jan. 2 attacked Tawari community in Kogi Local Government Area, killed over 19 people, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of 19 people by unknown gunmen in Tawari community of Kogi Local Government Area, Kogi State. The president expressed his feelings in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. Nigerians must stop going abroad for treatment — […]
The new Commissioner of Police for Kogi State, Mr. Ede Ekpeji, has assumed duty assuring the people of the state that the command under his control will fight all forms of criminality to make it a safe and peaceful society. The Commissioner of Police was deployed to the state following the retirement of Mr. Hakeem […]
…Demands minimum wage implementation The organised labour in Kogi has urged the State Government to publish names of uncovered 300 ghost workers allegedly planted by senior civil servants in the state’s payroll. Labour gave the task in a statement by the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Onuh Edoka, and his Trade Union […]
The present administration in Kogi State led by Alhaji Yahaya Bello has done a lot to foster unity among the various ethnic and religious groups across the state as demonstrated in the construction of the Christian Chapel of Peace and Unity inside Government House, Lokoja. Kogi State Deputy Governor, Chief Edward David Onoja, stated this […]
Never before has the issue of good governance within the polity and indeed, corporate governance in the private sector become imperative and compelling. Over the weekend, the media published a damning report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the Second Corruption Survey Report in Nigeria. The report indicted many agencies of the Federal […]