The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi have been exchanging brickbats over pre-election violence. The PDP stated on Friday in Lokoja that the APC was responsible for Thursday’s destruction of its properties and those of its members in Ofu Local Government Area of...
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The Former Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Alfa Imam, on Thursday led scores of supporters of the ruling APC to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former speaker described their defection as “decisive” and “a step in the right...
The Kogi Government on Thursday commended the Department of State Security (DSS) for arresting masterminds of the Dec. 29, Okene explosion. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, in statement issued in Lokoja, thanked the DSS for unmasking the terrorists suspected to be behind the explosion. Fanwo said,...
The Kogi Government has described Thursday’s Okene bomb explosion as the handiwork of enemies of progress. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser to Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, made the statement in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. The explosion, which...
The following are photos of President Muhammadu Buhari while in Kogi to inaugurates Gov. Bello’s Legacy projects on Thursday. L-R: Nigeria’s President Buhari and Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, at the inauguration of Reference Hospital Okene on Thursday.
The Kogi State Government has declared war against quackery in its health sector following its devastating effects on lives of innocent residents of the state. Dr Zakari Usman, Kogi Commissioner of Health, made the declaration during a stakeholders’ meeting of private medical practices held in the ministry, Lokoja, Kogi....
The Kogi Government has urged residents of the state to vote massively for candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) at all levels for victory in the 2023 general elections. Mr Ozigi Salami-Deedat, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, made the call while addressing party supporters during the unveiling...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the Kogi State Government from shutting down Dangote Cement PLC in Obajana area of the state. The court also stopped the state government from disrupting or suspending the activities of Dangote Coal Mines Ltd and Dangote Industries Ltd in Okaba, Ankpa...
The National Security Council says it ordered the reopening of the Obajana Cement Company for the sake of peace and Nigeria’s economic prosperity. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cement company was initially closed down following disagreements between the Kogi government and management of the company,...
The Kogi Government has again debunked claims by the Dangote Group that Obajana Cement Factory is owned, 100 per cent, by the Conglomerate, insisting that there was no valid acquisition. The state government, in a statement issued by the information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja on Friday, claimed that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is alarmed by the disturbing video of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State allegedly inciting his supporters, threatening to burn and unleash maximum violence on Nigerians during the 2023 general elections. In the video, Governor Bello was reportedly heard issuing terrorism threats...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received Kassim Shetima, running mate to Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, in the 2023 general elections as both discussed strategies for APC’s victory in the forth-coming elections. Meeting behind closed doors on Monday, their discussion centered on various plans and...
Mr Samuel Ajagun, a Chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2019 Kogi Local Government election, has advocated for shift of power to Kogi West Senatorial District in the state’s next governorship election. Ajagun made the call in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. In a letter to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi State, the governor also directed that the Chairman...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-inaugurated Reference Hospital, Okene, will end medical tourism in the state and Nigeria at large. A statement issued in Lokoja by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, quoted Bello as stating this after inspecting the 300-bed...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said that all tertiary institutions of the state will continue to run strike-free academic calendar in conformity with his administration policies. The governor gave the assurance while addressing students at the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, shortly after inspecting several projects executed by the...
The Director Media, Yahaya Bello Campaign Organisation, Dr Yemi Kolapo, has said that Bello, a Presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), remains the hero of the oppressed. Kolapo made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, following the just concluded Presidential primary of...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants has said that he will fight terrorism and insecurity in the country if elected as next president in 2023. He said this on Tuesday while addressing the party’s delegates at its special convention and presidential primary election...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The meeting is coming a few hours before the commencement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention. Although the details of the meeting are still sketchy as...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday warned the northern governors and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee that excluding him from the presidential primary will plunge the party into crisis. He issued the warning while briefing State House correspondents in the Villa, saying that the northern...