The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 51 candidates and their deputies to contest the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. The names of the cleared candidates and their details were on Friday made public in Lokoja by the INEC. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that five of those cleared as governorship candidates […]
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Governor Sani Bello of Niger state has sworn in 14 new commissioners. The governor used the occasion of the swearing in too warn them against all forms of corrupt practices. Speaking at the occasion in Minna, on Wednesday, Bello also urged them to work hard to uphold the confidence reposed on them. “It will interest […]
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The police are probing the stabbing to death of Bilyamin Muhammed Bello by his wife, Maryam, in Abuja. Bilyamin is a son of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one-time minister, Dr. Haliru Bello. His wife, who is the suspect, is a daughter of former Aso Savings boss Hajia Maimuna […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, via telephone from London, congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. On the same day, he also spoke with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and thanked him for all his support. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President confirmed […]
Continue ReadingBarely a week after he became governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello approved for himself a total of N260 million as security votes, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. Mr. Bello, who is currently Nigeria’s youngest governor, was sworn into office at an elaborate ceremony on January 27 after his party, the All Progressives Congress, […]
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