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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

Delegates from the 239 wards in Kogi on Saturday re-elected Hadi Ametuo, chairman of the Faleke faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and his colleagues, except three.The state congress which held at St Peter's LGEA primary school, Felele, Lokoja, the state capital, was said to be peaceful, and adjudged to be free and fair by all [...]

The Audu/Faleke political organisation in Kogi state has declared that majority of its candidates won in Saturday's ward congresses across the state.In a chat with reporters in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, Hadi Ametuo, chairman of the Faleke faction of the All Progressives Congress(APC), said he was glad to announce that APC members came out in their thousands to elect the [...]

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are welcome to participate in the party congresses, assuring them of their safety.Bello said this in reaction to claims that his government has hijacked the congress.James Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu in the 2015 governorship election in the state, [...]

James Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu in the 2015 governorship election in Kogi state, has advised his supporters against participating in the All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses in Kogi state.Faleke alleged that Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, had hijacked the processes by handing over the ward congresses to local government area (LGA) administrators to compile names [...]

Concerned Nigeria, a civil rights group, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) to prosecute those who put fake signatures in the register to recall Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west.Melaye survived the bid to recall him from the upper legislative chamber after those in his constituencies did not partake in the verification of signatures by INEC.One of the [...]