Tag: Kogi State
INEC promises free, fair supplementary election in Kogi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to conduct free and fair governorship supplementary election in the 91 polling…
Bayelsa Polls: Police restrict movement, bar security aides on election day
…orders intra-city restriction of movement in Kogi state …bars security aides from accompanying principals on election day In furtherance of…
Kogi Polls: INEC office burnt down
One of the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi State, where a supplementary poll is slated…
Will Kogi supplementary poll hold? Court decides today
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Federal court in Abuja will rule today on whether the Independent National Electoral Commission should go ahead…
Kogi poll: INEC distributes sensitive materials
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive materials for the governorship supplementary election that will hold in 91…
Kogi Polls: Court to rule on Wada’s suit on Friday
A total of four suits have been filed so far on the 21 November Kogi State gubernatorial elections with one…
Kogi Polls: Faleke kicks as APC confirms Bello as guber candidate
The All Progressives Congress, APC on Monday evening finally announced Yahaya Bello as its replacement for Abubakar Audu, its candidate…
INEC confirms Bello as APC choice for Kogi supplementary polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress, APC has submitted the name of Yahyah…
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Supporters of Faleke, Bello on rampage at APC secretariat
The All Progressives Congress Secretariat in Abuja has been lit with violence from supporters of Yahaya Bello and James Abiodun…
Audu’s votes died with him, Wada tells INEC
Seun Bisuga Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has categorically told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the votes…
Kogi Polls: Wada demands certificate of return, says INEC did a hatchet job
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of carrying out a hatchet job…
Ohikere makes case for Faleke, blasts Oyegun, APC NWC
Dr Tom Ohikere, head of media, Abubakar Audu/James Faleke Campaign Organisation, has warned the leadership of the APC not to…
APC replaces late Audu with Yahaya Bello
The drama of who replaces the late Abubakar Audu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in…
Kogi APC lawmakers insist on Audu’s son as guber candidate
Lawmakers on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi, on Friday threatened to impeach any candidate chosen…
Kogi governorship race gets messier by the day
The governorship election in Kogi state, central Nigeria that appeared to have been conducted almost seamlessly on 21 November is…
Audu’s son nominated as APC governorship candidate
Leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi East Senatorial District have nominated Mr Mohammed, 43, first son of Late…
27 scrambling to replace Audu in Kogi
There are indications that 27 aspirants have signalled the intention to contest the All Progressives Congress primary to pick a…
I’m yet to come to terms with Audu’s death – Gov Wada
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state said on Wednesday that he was yet to come terms with the sudden death…
Why I sacked LGA chairmen – Gov Wada
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi has stated that “it is a lie” that he sacked 15 Local Government Chairmen for…
Kogi Polls: APC set to pick Audu’s replacement
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday in Abuja said the party would pick a…
PDP demands resignation of AGF, INEC chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has demanded immediate resignation of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Malam Abubakar Malami and…
Wada sacks 15 council chairmen for defecting to APC
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Tuesday removed 15 chairmen of local governments from office for defecting to the rival…
INEC gives verdict on Kogi polls, says no to fresh polls
The Independence National Electoral Commission has stated that there will be no fresh polls in Kogi state after the death…
Audu: Sports Minister condoles family, Kogi State
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has commiserated with the youth and people of Kogi State over…
Life and Times of Abubakar Audu
*Audu Abubakar, the flamboyant prince of Igalaland and the man who contested four times to return as governor of Kogi dies…
BREAKING: Kogi polls declared inconclusive
Just when many thought the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu will be officially declared winner of Kogi governorship…
BREAKING: APC’s Audu wins Kogi governorship election
All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu, has won the gubernatorial election defeating incumbent Idris Wada in a keenly contested…
Kogi Polls: Results, pictures, live updates
INEC officials take a 30 minute break after announcing results from 11 LGAs. APC’s Abubakar Audu is in the lead…
Kogi Polls: Early results put APC’s Audu in the lead
From all indications, the All Progressives Congress candidate in Kogi governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu is heading for a victory,…
Kogi polls: Reports reaching me are troubling – Wada
Idris Wada, the governor of Kogi state whose second term ambition is on the line in Saturday’s election spoke to…