The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will explore the possibility of using the Nov. 16 governorship election to conduct a fresh election for the Kogi West Senatorial district. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Nasarawa and Kwara States, Alhaji Mohammed Haruna, dropped the hint in Lokoja on Friday. Fielding questions from […]
The Bello/Onoja Campaign Council in Kogi state has warned the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to backtrack from his culture of violence and bloodletting, saying waging violence against the people of the state will not help him in the governorship election. The campaign council through its spokesman, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo frowned at the […]
As political parties engage the electorate to canvass for votes ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi state, a socio-cultural group, Ujache Igala Association has warned politicians and their supporters not to promote ethnic chauvinism. The group is reacting to the action of the Kogi Central Unity Mandate which allegedly wrote a letter […]
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Kogi state Council has demanded that the state government should restore full payment of salaries to primary school teachers instead of the part payment or percentages given to them monthly. State Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Timothy Ayodele, in his speech at the celebration of this year’s World Teachers Day […]
As political parties await the flag off of campaigns by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has inaugurated its campaign commission for the governorship election holding in Kogi State on Nov. 16. with Honourable Tajudeen Yusuf as Director General. While inaugurating the campaign commission in Lokoja on Friday, the […]
The Okun Area Traditional Council in Kogi State has assured Governor Yahaya Bello of his re-election for the November 16 gubernatorial election. The Traditional councils stated this on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the Governor along with the National Executive Members of the Okun Socio-Cultural group, Okun Development Association at the banquet hall of […]
Mr Sanusi Yahaya, Kogi Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, said over 150 communities have been submerged following flood in nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State. Yahaya made the disclosure while addressing newsmen after a stakeholders meeting at the state emergency operation centre on Saturday in Lokoja. The commissioner noted that the centre […]
Patrick Okohue A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Otunba Gbolahan Adeyemi, has taken the former governor of the state, Clarence Olafemi to the cleaners for planning to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said the former governor’s indication on Sunday in Lokoja to defect to APC was […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed door meeting with with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole and the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Reports gathered that Adam Oshiomhole and Yahaya Bello arrived at about 3.30 pm and went straight to the president’s office. […]
President of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Mr. Nuhu Ogirima, has said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has not done anything meaningful to tackle the myriad of problems bedeviling the education sector in the country. Ogirima, a senior lecturer in the Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene, Kogi State, made the […]
Patrick Okohue The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted the date of the governorship primary for Bayelsa to Saturday, August 31. The APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) has also adopted the direct primary mode for the state. The party’s NWC has also chosen indirect primary mode for choosing its governorship candidate in Kogi state. The […]
Dino Melaye, whose post as the senatorial representative for the Kogi’s west district was annulled on Friday by the Kogi state national assembly tribunal, has reacted to his annulment. Read more at: https://dailytimeslive.com/dino-melaye-sacked-as-kogi- west-senator/ The senator, who is presently one of the gubernatorial aspirants of Kogi state, took to his twitter page saying his mandate […]
The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has quashed the victory of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district. Melaye (PDP) was declared winner in the February election by INEC, but Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC) approached the tribunal, challenging INEC’s declaration citing, irregularities, over voting and non compliance with the electoral acts. […]
Daniel Usman, the 19-yar-old student of Kogi State University, who was killed by political thugs while trying to vote in Anyigba, Kogi state on Saturday February 23rd, has been laid to rest. Daniel was killed by a stray bullet in a cross fire between political thugs in the state during the elections. Fifteen hours before […]
A Facebook user has praised a physically challeged man who is making sure he earns a living despite his condition. The Facebook user shared photos of the physically challenged vulcanizer, who owns a shop in Okene, and wrote; “He is handicapped physically but his mind is by no means incapacitated. I had just brought my […]
Tension is brewing in the Kogi state House of Assembly, following plots by some legislators to impeach the speaker, Rt.Hon. Mathiew Kolawole, over allegations of unholy fraternity and sell out of the arm of government to the executive. The lawmakers last week embarked on strike to protest the non payment of their several months of […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kogi State says it has arrested six persons and seized 104.150 kg of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp between October 25 and Saturday. The Commander of NDLEA in Kogi State, Alhaji Idris Bello, said this while parading the suspects and the illicit substances on Tuesday in […]
Youth across the country have been advised to accept skills acquisition as a reliable means of getting self employed. Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, gave the advise on Saturday at Koton Karfe headquarters of Kogi local government area of Kogi state while commissioning three skills acquisition centres established by Hon. Zakari Mohammed Osewu as […]
…Cites tax disputes between Kogi Govt and mobile operators as reason Ten states and parts of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may soon face telecommunications services blackout following tax disputes between Kogi State Government and mobile network operators. Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, made this known on Monday in Lagos while briefing […]
A group, Kogi state concerned workers’ forum, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the organised labour for the peaceful resolution of the national minimal wage debacle. Reacting to the outcome of the tripartite committee set up by the federal government on the review of the national minimal wage , the forum applauded the government’s will […]