Tag: Kogi State

Final candidate lists for the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governor elections are released by INEC.

The final list of contenders for the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi on November 11 has been made public by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC. Those…

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Kogi Guber surveys: Two PDP Assembly candidates switch to the APC

The PDP candidates for Lokoja I and II State Constituency in the most recent general election, Hon. Ahmed Shehu Yabagi and Hon. Ishaiku Kashim Musa, have left the party and…

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Kogi Guber: APC deputy publicity secretary dumps party

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary and member of the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has resigned from his position in the party.…

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Kogi guber: Buhari appoints preferred candidate

Usman Ododo, a candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), was endorsed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Ododo was presented to Buhari by Governor Yahaya Bello at the State…

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Kogi APC Primaries: Rape of democracy, God will descend on INEC – Smart Adeyemi

An All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Smart Adeyemi, has described the outcome of the primary election in the state as a ‘rape of democracy.’ Speaking on…

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Court rejects suit seeking to nullify PDP delegates’ list for gubernatorial primaries

An Abuja High Court on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking the nullification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates lists for the governorship primaries scheduled to hold today. Mr Abayomi…

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In Kogi, the EFCC arrests 19 suspected Yahoo boys

Yesterday, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin zonal command arrested 19 suspected internet fraudsters in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The arrest was made during a sting operation…

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Eye Saw – Kogi State Community Destroyed By Erosion

While politicians are busy fighting for next election and farmers praying for rain, it's a different prayer for Ubi-egbe community and other local communities in Idah, Kogi State Nigeria. In…

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Double jeopardy for pensioners as pension desk officers extort money before processing pension payments

For pensioners in Kogi state, North Central Nigeria, it’s a case of double jeopardy as not only do they have to cry and groan for their pensions which does not…

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‘There was no jail break in Kogi prisons’ – Nigeria Prisons Service

Contrary to reports of a jail break by two alleged suspects in the case of Senator Dino Melaye, the Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service has denied any…

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