Eighteen political parties featuring in the Saturday’s Kogi governorship election have signed a peace accord, ahead of the poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the parties were the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party...
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The Igbo Community Association (ICA), an umbrella of the Igbo Community in Kogi, has pledged massive votes for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11 governorship poll. Chief Sunday Nwachukwu, the President, ICA, said this when he met with Gov...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in the state, Usman Ododo, would chart new direction legacies for the state if elected on Nov. 11. “This is because Ododo remains steadfast in his commitment to advancing and solidifying my remarkable...
The Kogi Government on Wednesday debunked alleged claims by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) that some of their stakeholders had been pencilled down for arrest in the wake of the state’s Nov. 11 Governorship Election. Spokesman/Director of Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Campaign Council, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo,...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, has mourned the death of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, describing his demise as a personal and painful loss to him. Recall that the royal father died in...
Stakeholders in Okunland of Kogi State have endorsed Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as their preferred candidate for the Nov.11 poll. Speaking at an enlarge stakeholders meeting convened by the Obaro of Kabba, Oba Solomon Owoniyi at his palace in Kabba,...
The Labour Party (LP) on Friday suffered a setback as all its 21 Local Government Chairmen defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the defected chairmen decamped to the ruling APC with with scores of their supporters. NAN also reports...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its campaign for the Nov. 11 Kogi Governorship Election, as a mark of respect for Ms Khadijat Yahaya, a member of the party who died after an attack by suspected thugs. The spokesperson for the state Campaign Council, Mr Kingsley Fanwo,...
The Kogi Chapter, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, says its governorship candidate, Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka is not violent but peaceful and caring in nature. SDP Director General (DG) New Media, MuriSam Campaign Council, Mr Isaiah Ijele, made the remark in a statement in Lokoja. The News Agency of...
The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed Oct. 3 for judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi challenging the conduct of the April 14 primary election of the All Progressives congress (APC) for Kogi governorship election. Justice John Okoro fixed the date after taking arguments...
The Kogi chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN)on Saturday declared its support for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the Nov.11 poll. The state MACBAN chairman, Malam Umar Damina, stated this when he led hundreds of Fulani herders from...
The Kogi State Government on Thursday denied the alleged harassment of the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Leke Abejide. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, stated this in a statement in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Abejide was one of those...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders in Lokoja /Koto Federal Constituency have resolved to deliver massive votes to the party’s Governorship candidate, Alh Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11 Governorship Election in the state. The stakeholders, under the Chairmanship of Mr Baba Ali, in a Communique on Wednesday,...
The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, has tasked the citizens of kogi to give the party nothing less than 99 per cent support and victory votes in the state’s forthcoming Nov. 11 Governorship Election. Ganduje gave the charge on Saturday while addressing party members and...
The Fulani community in Kogi have reportedly endorsed the candidature of Alhaji Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Nov. 11 governorship election. The endorsement, according to a statement issued in Lokoja by the state Information Commissioner, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, took place at Gegu Beki...
The three Zonal and 21 Local Government Areas Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have defected to the APC in Kogi, an official has disclosed. M Onogwu Mohammed, Media Aide to Gov. Yahaya Bello, made the disclosure in a statement in Lokoja on Thursday. He said ...
A former Commissioner for Information and a chieftain APC in Kogi Dr Tom Ohikere, has pledged to ensure the victory of the party’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Usman Ododo in the state’s Nov. 11 governorship election. Ohikere, a close ally of Sen. Smart Adeyemi, one of the governorship aspirants in...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received more People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors into the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the struggle for the Lugard House intensifies. The defectors, led by Mr A.K. Salihu, a former two-term House of Representatives member, Mr Udu Malik, former caretaker chairman of Okehi...
Usman Ododo, APC Kogi Governorship Candidate, says he has a blueprint and development plan that will ensure development of the state to the benefit of its indegines if elected. He said this on Friday in Abuja when he visited Mr Tunde Ayeni, a business mogul from Kogi as part...
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, Mr Usman Ododo, on Friday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s blessings as the party’s flagbearer in the November election. Ododo, while briefing State House Correspondents after he was presented to the President by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, said...