Category: Kogi News/Politics

Kogi News/Politics

Kogi Governorship: TRIBUNAL AFFIRMS GOV YAHAYA BELLO’S VICTORY IN SPLIT RULING

The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello. The petition had been filed by Mr Musa Wada, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election. In a judgment of two to one, delivered by the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Kashim Kaigama, on Saturday, 23rd May, the tribunal held that the … Continue reading Kogi Governorship: TRIBUNAL AFFIRMS GOV YAHAYA BELLO’S VICTORY IN SPLIT RULING

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COVID-19/CoronaVirus, Kogi News/Politics, News

Covid-19 Update: KOGI WILL NOT BE PRESSURED TO ANNOUNCE FICTITIOUS CASE OF COVID-19, SAYS HEALTH COMMISSIONER, AS GOV BELLO DECLARES LIFE INSURANCE, HAZARD ALLOWANCE FOR FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has reportedly declared life insurance as well as a whopping 50 Thousand Naira hazard allowance for Covid-19 front-line health workers in the State. Details of this developing story are still unfolding, but in a related Covid-19 Update, the Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna Audu has stated categorically that Kogi state will not give in to pressure … Continue reading Covid-19 Update: KOGI WILL NOT BE PRESSURED TO ANNOUNCE FICTITIOUS CASE OF COVID-19, SAYS HEALTH COMMISSIONER, AS GOV BELLO DECLARES LIFE INSURANCE, HAZARD ALLOWANCE FOR FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS

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Covid-19 Controversy: NCDC OFFICIALS FLEE KOGI, DODGE MANDATORY COVID-19 TEST ORDERED BY GOV BELLO

Visiting officials of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have reportedly fled Kogi State, shortly after Governor Yahaya Bello directed them to go into isolation at the state quarantine centre for fourteen days before carrying out their assignment in Kogi, or leave the state immediately if they refused. This is coming barely one week after media altercations between NCDC and Kogi state government over the … Continue reading Covid-19 Controversy: NCDC OFFICIALS FLEE KOGI, DODGE MANDATORY COVID-19 TEST ORDERED BY GOV BELLO

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Education, Kogi News/Politics, News, Special Report

PROF. EGWUNYENGA ASSUMES DUTY AS NEW DELSU VICE CHANCELLOR, CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING MASS AT ST. PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHAPEL, ABRAKA

David Diai History was made on Monday, 2/12/2019, as the new Vice Chancellor, Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga officially assumed duty, as the driver of the ship in the activities of Delta State’s premier tertiary institution. And to commemorate his formal assumption of Office as DELSU Vice Chancellor, Prof Andy Egwunyenga, his wife Prof. Mrs. Ebele Egwunyenga and his family, celebrated with … Continue reading PROF. EGWUNYENGA ASSUMES DUTY AS NEW DELSU VICE CHANCELLOR, CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING MASS AT ST. PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHAPEL, ABRAKA

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Kogi News/Politics, News

Breaking: ADEYEMI WINS KOGI WEST RERUN POLL, MELAYE VOWS TO CHALLENGE RESULT IN COURT

Senator Smart Adeyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the Kogi West senatorial zone election, following the conclusion of the November 30 rerun poll ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Recall that the earlier November 16 election had been declared inconclusive by INEC on the ground that the results canceled from 53 units and 20 registration areas, was more … Continue reading Breaking: ADEYEMI WINS KOGI WEST RERUN POLL, MELAYE VOWS TO CHALLENGE RESULT IN COURT

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MY WIFE’S MURDER WAS PREMEDITATED, HUSBAND OF BURNT PDP KOGI WOMAN LEADER CRIES OUT FOR JUSTICE

THE ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF MY WIFE, HON. MRS SALOME ACHEJU ABUH AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTIES ON 18TH NOVEMBER 2019. My attention has been drawn to various stories both offline and online regarding the sorrowful death of my beloved wife, Hon. Mrs Salome Acheju Abuh, on Monday the 18th of November 2019 which happened at Ochadamu Ofu Local Government area of Kogi State Nigeria. … Continue reading MY WIFE’S MURDER WAS PREMEDITATED, HUSBAND OF BURNT PDP KOGI WOMAN LEADER CRIES OUT FOR JUSTICE

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Controversy, Kogi News/Politics, News, View Point

ON THE WOMAN BURNT ALIVE IN KOGI – by Frank Tietie

I am in the middle of writing my LLM exams but I have been too horrified to concentrate because of the haunting thoughts about the news of a certain woman leader that was burnt alive, in her locked house by some thugs belonging to a rival political party in Kogi State. It was reported to be a post-election incident by a jubilant group revelling in … Continue reading ON THE WOMAN BURNT ALIVE IN KOGI – by Frank Tietie

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