Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says merchants of insecurity in the state, will face hard times.Onogwu Muhammed, chief press secretary to the governor, quoted Bello as saying this when he addressed Ebira Peoples Association in Kano.The governor said his administration takes the issue of security of lives and property of the Kogi people seriously and would not relent in [...]
The Nigerian army and other security agencies have arrested 20 “suspected notorious criminals” and recovered weapons in Kogi state as part of its clearance operation launched across the country since October 8.NAN reports that John Agim, the acting director defence information (DDI), made this known during a press briefing in Lokoja on Saturday. According to him, the operation has led to [...]
The camp of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, has been thrown into mourning following the assassination of Yusuf Adabenege, one of his aides by gunmen in Okene town, Kogi state.Adabenege, a personal assistant to the governor on domestic matters, was reportedly killed alongside two of his aides while driving on Obehira-ege road in Okene.He was at the forefront of [...]
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says the state has lost N100 billion to flood.Flood has rendered a lot of people homeless across 10 local government areas of the state.Bello has since sought the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari to alleviate the damage caused by the flood.Speaking through Kingsley Fanwo, his media aide, Bello said over 200 communities have been [...]
Bello Abdullahi Adoke, a former police PRO and father of Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, died on Wednesday night in Okene, Kogi state.According to Bashir, one of the sons of the deceased, the 79-year-old retired policeman had fallen ill in August 2018 and was treated at a hospital in Abuja before he was discharged on Wednesday afternoon.He [...]
Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi west senatorial district have ruled out automatic tickets for aspirants in the 2019 general election.Dino Melaye, who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP, is the lawmaker representing the district at the senate.The decision not to give any aspirants automatic ticket was reached at a meeting which held [...]
Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor, says the silent revolution of his administration was "handsomely" appreciated in the recently conducted bye-election in the state.He said this in Okene on Monday after picking his permanent voter card (PVC) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office.Haruna Isah, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja/Kogi federal constituency, was declared winner of [...]
The bye-election to fill the vacant seat in the Lokoja-Kogi federal constituency which started on a peaceful note on Saturday was later marred by violence, vote-buying and intimidation.According to NAN, suspected political thugs moved from one polling unit to another to perpetrate fraud."Although policemen and other security agents were seen at the police stations, they looked the other way, while [...]
Leo Michael, a reverend father and parish priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, Obajana, Kogi etate, has been kidnapped.Peter Adinoyi, Diocesan chancellor, Lokoja Catholic diocese, confirmed the kidnap to reporters in Lokoja, the state capital, on Thursday.He said the priest was returning to Obajana from Okene when he was kidnapped on a spot at Irepeni village, Okene -Lokoja road.According to [...]
Kingsley Fanwo, spokesman to Yayaha Bello, Kogi governor, will not plunge the state into debt.Fanwo said this in reaction to report on how Bello secured loans amounting to over N16bn despite the Paris Club refunds and other federal government bailouts to the state.But speaking with TheCable in an interview, Fanwo said it is normal for governments to borrow.“Borrowing is a [...]
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The Kogi government on Thursday confirmed 17 cases of cholera out of which three had died in Kabawa Uphill community area in Lokoja, the state capital.Kolawole Johnson, permanent secretary, Kogi ministry of health, disclosed this to journalists at a news conference in Lokoja.He said the ministry got a report of the outbreak of cholera in Kabawa on Wednesday from the [...]
The Kogi state government obtained loans of at least N16 billion between May 2017 and January 2018, TheCable can report.This is despite over N20 billion which accrued to the state from the Paris Club refund.Paris Club refund is a partial settlement of long-standing claims by state governments relating to over-deductions from their federation account allocation committee (FAAC) disbursement for external [...]
Haruna David, a deputy director in the Kogi state ministry of education, suddenly collapsed and died in his office on Tuesday.According to NAN, the tragic incident occurred in Lokoja around 3pm.He was immediately rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where he was pronounced dead.Until his death, he worked in the quality assurance department of the ministry.The deceased hailed from Ogugu, [...]
Communities which own the land on which Ajaokuta Steel Company is built say the firm cannot take off unless their "angry" ancestors are appeased.The community leaders of Geregu and Ajaokuta, the host communities in Kogi state, said this during an interview with NAN.Idris Aliyu, chairman, Geregu Community Association, attributed the non-completion of the steel plant to "mystical forces arising from [...]
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says those behind the parallel state congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, are only trying to damage the party.A faction loyal to James Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu in the 2015 governorship election, had announced Hadi Ametou as the party's factional chairman.But speaking through Kingsley Fanwo, his spokesman, [...]
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