Tag: Kogi State
2-month old DPC to field candidates in Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls
The newly registered Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DPC), says it will field candidates to contest governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa…
PDP NWC told Kogi governor, Idris Wada to pay N1bn to retain ticket
The Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Staff Welfare, Dan Ochu-Baiye, has accused the National Working Committee of the party…
APC has no anointed candidate for Kogi guber race
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja declared that the party has no preferred candidate for the forthcoming…
Idris Wada: Governor “Zero” Propaganda By Danladi Danjuma
Criss Jami, author of Kilosophy, opined in his book that, “a rumour is a social cancer: it is difficult to…
Corruption is a crime against the people, says Olisa Metuh
Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday urged the Federal Government to probe every corrupt politician…
Group supports Ipinmisho’s governorship ambition in Kogi
Okun Progressive Union in Kogi has lauded the ambition of Chief Lanre Ipinmisho to be the next governor of the…
Kogi Police Command summons licensed-gun holders
The Kogi State Police Command has directed all licensed holders of guns and other firearms in the state to report…
Teachers pray to save education from collapse
Teachers and non-teaching staff in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kogi on Thursday held an inter-faith prayer session…
Why PDP needs younger candidates for Bayelsa, Kogi guber elections
Rethink Nigeria, a group sympathetic to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised the party to field younger candidates in…
Bayelsa, Kogi Election Time Table
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INEC schedules Kogi, Bayelsa gov elections for Nov, December
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved dates for the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The governorship…
Our Govt’ll Be All-Embracing If Elected –APC Gov Aspirant
A top aspirant for the ticket of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Kogi State governorship election, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has…
Kidnap: Police arrest Kogi politician, 44 others
The police have arrested a politician in Kogi state along with 44 others suspected to have connection with kidnapping, armed…
Ex-Kogi governor dies at 66
Former Military Administrator of Kogi, Col. Bzigu Akakirya is dead, aged 66, a member of his family, Prof. Peter Lassa,…
Kogi distributes N23.2bn loan to 145,000 farmers
The Kogi State Government says it has begun the distribution of N23.2 billion loan and grants to 145,000 farmers in…
Nigeria picks Akwa Ibom, Kogi as sites for nuclear power plants
Nigeria has selected two sites for the construction of its planned nuclear power plants, as Africa’s biggest economy tries to…
Police rescue abducted Kogi commissioner
The Police in Kogi on Thursday announced the rescue of the state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Stephen Maiyaki…
Gov. Wada dissolves 5th Kogi House of Assembly
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday dissolved the 5th Kogii House of Assembly after completing the statutory four-year tenure…
Commissioner for Lands/Housing kidnapped in Kogi
Stephen Maiyaki, the Kogi State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, has been kidnapped. NAN gathered that Maiyaki was kidnapped by…
Kogi Crisis: Senator pleads with APC leadership to intervene
Senator Alex Kadiri, a leading member of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, has pleaded with leadership of the party…
Police arrest Kogi PDP lawmaker
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Kogi have arrested a member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Mr Friday…
Kogi set to inaugurate N1.5bn diagnostic centre
Kogi State government said that the new N 1.5 billion diagnostic and imaging centre, currently under construction in Lokoja, will…
N100,000 loan not enough, farmers tell govt
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Kogi chapter, on Saturday said the N100, 000 loan grant to farmers by the…
Kogi CJ releases 3 inmates in Ankpa Prisons
Chief Judge of Kogi Nasir Ajanah on Friday unconditionally released three Awaiting Trial inmates from Federal Prisons, Ankpa in Kogi.…
Why State Police Is Not Ideal For Kogi
By Odunayo Joseph In my article on whether state police should be introduced in Nigeria published under various titles such…
Kogi has no reason to be a poor state – gubernatorial aspirant
A governorship aspirant in Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, said the state had no reason to be listed among poor states…
Kogi Varsity Ends 2-Month Old Strike
Harrison Iyoha Kogi State University, KSU, Anyigba, Kogi State, has directed its lecturers and students to return to school for…
Senator Condemns Bombing Of Radio Station
The Senator, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the outgoing seventh National Assembly, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has decried the bombing…
Police arrest 15 over election violence in Kogi
The Police Command in Kogi on Thursday said it arrested 15 persons for various offences during the April 11 Governorship…
“We will win all assembly seats”, says PDP
Umar Muhammed, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Kogi State, on Thursday expressed confidence that his party would win…