Tag: Kogi State
Kogi election: Audu sweeps own polling booth, PDP 0
The results of the governorship election held in Kogi State have started trickling in, with the All Progressives Congress candidate,…
Kogi Deputy Governor lauds INEC for smooth conduct of guber polls
Kogi Deputy Governor, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the smooth conduct of the…
Card Readers work near-perfectly in Kogi polls
Most of the Card Reader machines deployed for the conduct of Kogi Governorship election have been working effectively across the…
Kogi Election: Female guber candidate steps down, supports Audu
Eromosele Ebhomele Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the Saturday governorship election in Kogi State, Nigeria, Zainab Usman,…
Polls: APC’s Audu represents the ugly past of Kogi – Obanikoro
Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has stated that the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kogi state, Abubakar…
Kogi Polls: Don’t allow anybody intimidate you, Mbu tells police
The Commandant, Police Staff College, Jos, Mr Joseph Mbu, has advised police officers to remain bold and never allow anyone…
Kogi Polls: Arase deploys 15,969 policemen, restricts movement
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase has deployed 15,969 police officers, one Deputy Inspector General of…
45 killed in road accidents in Kogi
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says 45 persons lost their lives in 61 road crashes in different parts of…
Kogi Polls: Arase tells trouble makers to keep off
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has assured Nigerian citizens, especially indigenes of Kogi state, of the readiness…
Kogi: Police uncover plans by thugs to use police uniform
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, said police were aware of plans by some politicians in Kogi to clothe…
Police to deploy SARS for Kogi polls
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase, on Friday said Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) squad would be deployed to…
Be independent, PDP tells INEC ahead of Kogi, Bayelsa polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has charged the new leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to assert its…
Vote Audu, APC – Osinbajo tells Kogi electorate
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged electorate in Kogi to vote en masse for Alhaji Abubakar Audu in the governorship…
1.3m voters to participate in Kogi guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 1,397, 786 voters will participate in the governorship election holding in…
PDP tells Buhari to warn APC members ahead of polls
buhari The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to caution members of the All Progressives Congress…
INEC to distribute PVCs in Kogi, Bayelsa from Nov. 6
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would commence the distribution of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to eligible voters…
Vote out Wada, liberate yourselves from poverty, Oyegun tells Kogi electorate
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, on Saturday urged the people of Kogi to…
Kogi Guber: Immigration tells immigrants to steer clear
The Nigeria Immigration Service in Kogi on Saturday cautioned immigrants against taking part in the Nov. 21 governorship election. The…
APC’s Audu responds to N11 billion fraud allegation
In a tweetChat with his followers on Thursday, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the November 21 Kogi state governorship…
Audu, Faleke begin guber campaign in Kogi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced its governorship campaign in Kogi with a call on the electorate to vote…
Gunmen attack DSS office, kill policeman
Some gunmen on Friday night attacked the headquarters office of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lokoja. Mr Emmanuel…
Kogi LG workers to receive N45bn from bailout fund
The Kogi Government said on Thursday that N45 billion of the N50.9 billion its bailout money would be spent on…
‘Wada must go protesters’ block Abuja-Lokoja Highway
Taiwo Adelu Travellers going from Abuja and those coming to the capital city had a hectic journey as workers of…
Audu Abubakar agrees to power rotation in Kogi
*Denounces Vengeance rumour The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Kogi State governorship election, Prince Audu Abubakar has…
Buhari’s inaction reason we will not participate in Kogi, Bayelsa elections – Fasehun
Dr Frederick Fasehun, the National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), says the party will not participate in the forthcoming…
PDP: Wada, others screened for Kogi guber primaries
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has screened Governor Idris Wada of Kogi, Jibrin Isa Echocho and Banjo Amoto Moses for…
Kogi PDP elders endorse Wada for second term
The Kogi PDP Elders Advisory Council has endorsed the state governor, Capt. Idris Wada for a second term in office.…
No automatic ticket for Idris Wada in Kogi, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it will not offer automatic ticket to any aspirant in the November 21 governorship…
I’ll identify with only positive people, Obasanjo says
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday stated that he will only identify with positive people, while reiterating that his decision…
Ex-Kogi governor Audu formally joins guber race
Abubakar Audu, the former governor of Kogi, has formally declared his intention to contest the forthcoming governorship election in the…