The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has urged Kogi State riverine communities at the banks of Rivers Niger and Benue to relocate to upland due to impending floods. Mr Sadiq Yelwa, Managing Director of N-HYPPADEC, gave the advice at the palaces of the Atta Igala, HRM Alaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche-Akpa, and the […]
The Kogi State Government and All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Sunday, called for prayers for rainfall following the devastating effects of drought on farm crops and food security in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Timothy Ojomah and AFAN Chairman, Alhaji Salihu Adobayi made the call in an interview with the News […]
By Tom Okpe An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming Kogi State Local Government Elections Chairmanship, Olamaboro Local Government, Bashir Ibrahim has rejected the purported endorsement of Comrade Ameh Williams as the party’s special candidate. Addressing journalists at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Friday, Ibrahim said the endorsement of […]
BY IDRIS AHMED A group, Election Transparency Advocacy Coalition, (ETAC), has expressed disappointment with some politicians in Kogi State who continue to direct their frustration on the Independent National Electrical Commission (INEC), over their defeat during the November 2023 governorship election. Sponsoring campaign of calumny against the Commission by the losers of election is just […]
Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State has told criminal elements to stay away from the state warning that Kogi is not a fertile ground for criminality. Ododo gave the warning while speaking to newsmen shortly after observing his Eid-el-Kabir prayer on Sunday at Okene Eid Praying ground. The governor said the perpetrators behind the kidnapped […]
By Ukpono Ukpong Some politicians and elders from Kogi state under the auspices of the Kogi East Forum have called on the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure the timely trial of former Governor Yahaya Bello, on his financial management of the state. The former Deputy Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Sule Iyaji, who […]
The Youth Advocacy Network has expressed deep concern over recent developments in the aftermath of the Kogi governorship election. The group queried the ethical breaches in the legal profession regarding the election, especially regarding comments made by some senior lawyers. In a statement signed by its convener, Comrade Seun Adeaanu, the group said: “As an […]
Mild drama continued at the Kogi Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday as some witnesses disowned their depositions before the panel. Four witnesses from Adavi Local Government Area of the state gave their evidence for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) before the three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu. The witnesses, […]
The Kogi Peoples Movement for Equity and Justice has warned those described as fifth columnists and detractors of the former Governor of Kogi State , Alhaji Yahaya Bello , to stay off his respectful relationship with President Bola Tinubu . The Group in a statement signed by its coordinator, Sani Usman and made available to […]
…says saboteurs to face the law By Idris Ahmed Kogi State Government has commenced distribution of rice as part of palliative, with a stern warning to government officials who may be tempted to divert or sell the commodity to desist or face the wrath the law. The state Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, who gave […]
By Idris Ahmed Kogi State government has identified the poor electricity power supply to the water plants as the major cause of perennial water shortage across the state. Commissioner for Water Resources, Engineer Muhammed Yahaya Farouk , revealed yesterday, at the presentation of the draft report on water supply, sanitation master plan and investment plan […]
By Idris Ahmed Kogi State government has raised the alarm over what it described as a desperate attempt by “criminals masquerading as politicians”, conniving with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to tarnish the image of the immediate past Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. . A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, […]
By Idris Ahmed Kogi State government, has denied rumours making me rounds that it has created an office in the Government House, to accommodate the immediate past Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. A press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Oladele Nihi on Tuesday, denied the creation of the ” Office of […]
By Idris Ahmed Youths in Kogi State have hailed the governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for the establishment and subsequent signing in to law, the Youths Development Commission. The commendation came at a one day Town Hall meeting organised by the Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolutions. In a communique issued at the end of […]
By Idris Ahmed Kogi state House of Assembly has called on the Police to regig its operations across the State inview of the renewed wave of robbery and kidnappings. The call was part of the resolutions passed at Tuesday’s plenary following motions moved by members on the spate of insecurity arising from recent incessant violent […]
By Idris Ahmed Kogi State government has announced the deposition of some prominent traditional rulers and appointed new ones for some vacant stools. A government statement released on Monday, said “Having followed through Our Traditional and Chieftaincy Laws, Rules and Regulations and all the due processes, We have come to the following resolutions. “That His […]
By Idris Ahmed Kogi state Government has dissolved all the 21Llocal Government Councils including termination of the 239 councillors, following the expiration of their three year tenure. Commissioner for Local Government And Chieftaincy Affairs, Barr. Salaudeen Ozigi Deedat, in a statement on Thursday, announced the dissolution. The Commissioner, who congratulated the erswhile Executive Chairmen of […]
…as Police investigates attack on Tribunal Secretary, others By Idris Ahmed The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban – Mensen, has ordered immediate relocation of the Kogi state Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja. A statement by David Umar Mike, Secretary of the Tribunal, said that its sittings would now […]
Stakeholders from the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Kogi state said the party didn’t file any petition against the election of the Governor-elect, Ahmed Usman Ododo in the interest of democracy. The National Stakeholders Forum Chairman, Honourable Ayo Momodu who briefed newsmen in Abuja on the outcome of the poll said the participation of the […]
By Idris Ahmed A Civil Society Organization, the United Front for Democracy, (UFD) in Kogi State, which claims is non-partisan, has vowed to stop the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidates Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, from filing electoral petition through the back door. Convener of the United Front for Democracy, Barrister Yetunde Olubunmi Shuaib, who […]