Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has described those lawmakers that hackle President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 budget proposal presentation, on Wednesday, as lacking in home training. He also described them as those bent on destroying the country and democracy as well. President Buhari was interrupted and booed intermittently by some lawmakers […]
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Court restrains Kogi gov from removing CJ
Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja Spirited efforts by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to remove the Chief Judge of the state over a festering crisis hit the rock, on Thursday, as a Koton-karfe division of the High Court restrained the governor from doing so. The governor and the Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, had been having […]
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Senate probes Kogi government over alleged illegal’ N180b foreign loan
The Senate has resolved to investigate the Kogi State government over alleged borrowing of $500 million (N180 billion) from the United Arab Emirates without the required constitutional authorisation from the upper chamber. It, therefore, mandated its committee on local and foreign debts to probe the allegation and establish the approach used to access the loan, […]
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Gov. Bello abandoned my family, Audu’s son cries out
Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja Mohammed, the son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, the 2015 All progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, in Kogi State, has said he was surprised that in spite of the huge resources his father deplored in winning the governorship election, the beneficiary of that election, Governor Yahaya Bello did not deem it fit […]
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Kogi govt earmarks 37,000 hectares for workers’ housing scheme
In a move to increase the 500 housing units awarded in 2014, the Kogi State Government recently made available 37,000 hectares of land for the construction of affordable houses for workers. Governor Yahaya Bello, announced this at the ground-breaking ceremony of the scheme in Lokoja where a whopping sum of N10 billion was set aside for […]
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Obaro chieftaincy tussle: Gov. Bello urged to halt coronation
Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has been called upon to halt the Saturday coronation of Chief Dele Owoniyi as the new Obaro of Kabba to avoid a breakdown of law and order. In a press statement made available to newsmen, in Lokoja and signed by the heads of the three ruling […]
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Smart Adeyemi wins Kogi West APC senatorial primary
Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Thursday morning, won the Kogi West senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) beating all other three contestants in a landslide. The senatorial primary which was to be held, on Tuesday, was postponed till Wednesday but could not start until midnight and lasted till about 6.30a.m, on […]
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World Peace Day: Kogi Govt. canvasses for peace, unity among citizens
NAN The Kogi Government joined the rest of the world in marking the International Peace Day, appealing to all and sundry in the state to embrace peace and unity. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, who made the appeal in Lokoja on Friday during the Peace Day Celebration, said it was necessary to embrace peace in […]
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Obaro of Kabba for installation in september, says Bello
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has tentatively fixed the second week of September for the installation of the new Obaro of Kabba, Solomon Owoniyi. Bello spoke in Okene during a sallah visit by the Kabba community to thank the governor for the appointment of a new traditional ruler. Bello indicated that the coronation would […] …
