Ahead of November 11 Governorship election in Kogi State, the zonal chairmen of the Social Democratic Party in the three senatorial districts of the State, on Thursday, officially dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC), along with all the party’s chairmen in the 21 local government areas of the state. The SDP…
Two suspected kidnappers have met their Waterloo during a gunduel with security operatives in Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State. In the operation two others escaped with different degrees of bullet wounds. According to reports, the kidnappers have unleashed havoc within the area of their nefarious operations and security operatives had been on…
The fake news of associating the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Dr. Edward Onoja in a fraud with Gabriel Onoja is not surprising to come from Sahara Reporters whose flourishing enterprise is that of fake news and misinformation. Ignoring this gradually disappearing medium would have been the best and golden decision to do,…
Thugs loyal to the Social Democratic Party, on Wednesday, stormed the Kogi State Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja, chanting war songs and ready to cause mayhem in the state capital. The thugs numbering over 100, who wore fezcaps of the SDP Governorship Candidate, Muritala Ajaka, and mask, made efforts…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect after the investigation that led to his arrest and detention by the security agency. The suspension was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press…
The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, has described as absolute falsehood a report in some section of some online media that Governor Yahaya Bello has reportedly ordered the sack of Kogi teachers who are not APC supporters. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in…
Dangote’s 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) oil refinery project has been identified as one of the oil distillation companies that would boost global refining capacity by 6.9 million barrels per day in the next five years. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), disclosed this in its 2021 World Oil Outlook released recently. OPEC said…
The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Wednesday signed the state’s Budget of Accelerated Results for the year 2022 into law. The budget is in the sum of N145,896,072,913. In his remarks after signing the budget into law, Governor Bello stated that his administration has tried to stem corruption to the barest…
The Special Adviser to Kogi state governor on Good Governance and Due Process, Honourable Aturu Ojo has congratulated the chairman-elect of Ogori-Magongo Hon. Rosemary Ohiezu and the Councillors-elect for their well deserved victories at the just concluded local government elections in Kogi State. Honourable Aturu Ojo who congratulated the newly elected leaders of the…
The People Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi State Chapter on Saturday elected Hon. Enemona Anyebe as the new State Chairman and Alhaji Yahaya Karaku as Deputy State Chairman of the party. The election which took place during the Kogi State PDP congress held at Kefas multipurpose Hall, Lokoja was conducted under a peaceful atmosphere devoid…