The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has adopted Indirect Primary method ahead of its governorship primary election for Kogi State. Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, National Publicity Secretary of the party, in a statement on Friday, said the approval was given after a meeting of the NWC yesterday “where a formal request from […]
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The organised labour in Kogi state, on Wednesday, told Yahaya Bello, the state governor, that his administration owed workers eight to 39-month salary arrears. Onu Edoka, the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), disclosed this in Lokoja, during an emergency meeting between the governor and the leaders of the organised labour. The meeting, […]
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“Senator” representing Kogi East in the Senate, Atai Aidoko, has reported a massive attack by suspected ‘Fulani herdsmen’ which, he said, claimed 32 lives in two local governments in Kogi State. Mr. Aidoko said 20 people were killed in Dekina Local Government Area, 12 in Omala while another five were maimed in the two areas. […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service said it has identified the importer of military wares which allegedly belong to the government of Kogi State. The customs also said it issued a 30-day ultimatum to the importer. The ultimatum was given for the importer to produce the End-User Certificate from the Office of the National Security Adviser. The […]
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Kogi State witnessed hug drama on Sunday, as Governor Yahaya Bello ordered the dissolution of his cabinet but quickly reversed the order just before the news filtered out. Sources close to the State Executive Committee meeting held on Sunday said the governor had ordered all commissioners and all the 21 local government administrators to hand […]
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After his viral ‘Ajekun Iya’ in 2017, Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has released another video where he is seen singing and dancing. The subject of his mockery this time around is Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor. Bello and Melaye are far from best of friends and have traded series a of accusations in […]
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Kogi Government in collaboration with various security agencies had recorded tremendous success in checking criminal activities in November and December 2017. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, who stated this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday, said state’s crime statistics covering the affected months indicated that the state recorded no single case of armed […]
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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has lauded the sacrifices of civil servants who endured financial constraints during the recently concluded state’s civil service reforms. Bello gave the commendation in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Petra Onyegbule, in Lokoja on Sunday to mark the New Year celebration. Bello noted that 2017 had been a […]
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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Wednesday reaffirmed commitment to pay salaries and pension arrears of all genuine workers in the state. Bello gave the assurance at the APC rally tagged: “Yagba Alive Rally in Support of PMB 2019”, organised by Yagba Federal Constituency at Isanlu Township stadium in Isanlu. “I am assuring you by […]
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May Agbmuche-Mbu, a national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced that the commission has sacked two of its members of staff accused of being involved in the double registration of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state. Bello, who had registered as a voter in the federal capital territory, FCT, was said to […]
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