The former Executive Director Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Dr. Sanusi Ohiare has described the proposed establishment of a university in Okunland as timely, a well thought out decision by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state. Dr. Sanusi stated this sequel to the State Executive Council approval to establish the State University in Okunland. He…
A civil society organization, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) a Civil Society Organization has charged media organisation to create programmes that can enhance Ethics and Integrity in order to eradicate corrupt practices in the country. The charge was contained in a communique signed by the Executive Director of CHRCR, Comrade Idris…
Ahead of 2023 governorship election in Kogi state a group under the aegis of Kogi For Kogi Movement has called on candidates of political parties and the electorate to look beyond ethnic sentiments in voting for the next governor of the state. The Chairman of the group Comrade Abdullahi Rufai made the call at…
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has condoled the family of Arch. Yomi Awoniyi, the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State over the death of his mother, Madam Florence Ebun Awoniyi who died on Tuesday. In a statement made available to newsmen in…
The gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Sen. Dino Melaye has paid a royal visit to the Paramount ruler of Igala Kingdom and the President of Kogi state council of Chiefs, HRM Alaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche Akpa in Idah the ancestral home of the Igala Kingdom. Melaye who was in company of…
Magongo Development Associations (MDA) has charged the people of Magongo community in Ogori-Magongo local government area of Kogi state to shun any act of violence and intolerance that can disrupt the peace and tranquility that existed in the community. The president general of the association Prince Akpata Jordan Alaba gave the charge on Saturday…
Prince Shaibu Abubakar Audu, one of the aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in the direct primary election held in Kogi State on April 14, 2023, has withdrawn the lawsuit he instituted against the party and the winner of the primary, Usman Ododo. Audu, son of late former Governor Abubakar Audu, said his decision…
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated workers in the state on the occasion of Workers’ Day celebration by the labour movement around the world. In statement by his media office in Lokoja, the APC standard bearer assured that his administration will…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State and the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo has described Sen. Smart Adeyemi’s assessment of the last Governorship Primary of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kogi State as “vituperation of a desperately dangerous bad loser”. Fanwo stated this on Saturday in…
The Standard Flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 2023 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Friday congratulated the new Chief Imam of Ebira land, Shaykh Muhammad Salihu Abere on his official conferment and turbaning as the substantive Chief Imam of Ebira land. This was contained…