He announced the retention of the incumbent Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Folashade Ayoade-Arike.
Bello made the announcement in his inaugural speech after taking Oath of Office and Allegiance in Lokoja.
The Governor appealed to members of the State Assembly to screen the nominees in earnest to enable the full take-off of government activities.\
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“In this second and concluding term of my constitutional tenures as governor, it shall be the principal preoccupation of my administration to deliver
The party also promised that Bello will not take Kogi citizens granted in his second term.
The party gave the assurance while congratulating Bello on his inauguration for a second term in office on Monday.
APC also congratulated Edward Onoja as he takes the oath of office as the Deputy Governor of the state.
A statement by the APC spokesperson, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, on Sunday, reads: “In
Former Governor of Borno, Ali Modu Sheriff, has condoled with Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi over the death of his sister, Rabietu Bello, and the recent attack on Tawari community in the state.
Sheriff, who met with Bello at Government House, Lokoja, on Sunday, in company of some of his aides, said he was in the state to sympathise with the governor.
He prayed God to bless the soul of the late Rabietu and grant the governor and other members of the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Sheriff also sympathised with the Government and people of
Bello, who mourned the death of Kola-Ojo, prayed God to grant the family, party members and the entire people of the state the fortitude to bear the loss.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Onogwu, Bello said: ”It is with heavy hearts but with total submission to the will of God that I, on behalf of the government and People of Kogi received the sad demise of one of us, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ojo.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Abubakar Bello as the governor of Niger State.
The apex court dismissed the appeal filed by Mohammed Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party challenging the victory of Bello of the All Progressives Congress in the March 2019 election.
The Court of Appeal in a unanimous judgment delivered by a five-man panel of justices, affirmed Bello’s victory.
It held that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain judgment against Mr. Bello as the appellants failed to conclude their petition within 180 days, as stipulated …
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has downplayed the submission by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), which rubbished the conduct of the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States, describing the two elections as a fiasco where the unthinkable happened.
Monguno, had on Wednesday at an Inter-Agencies Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting in Abuja, said the polls in both states were not credible, despite the assurances of adequate security before the elections.
However, Bello told State House correspondents thursday in …
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has inaugurated the 24 Local Government Council in the state with a call on the chairmen to redoubled their efforts to ensure that the people feel the presence of governance at the grassroots.
The governor reminded the Council Chairmen that local government remains the closest tier of government to the people and therefore if things are gotten right at that level, it will make things easier at the state level.
Swearing in the 24 out of the 25 local government Chairmen at the government house in Minna on Thursday, the governor urged …
Despite widespread opposition that trailed the Federal Government’s proposed increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) and its eventual approval by the National Assembly, an expert in Monetary and Development Economics, Dr Tayo Bello, says there should be no cause for alarm over the decision.
Acording to him, the action would not likely have significant negative effect on Nigerians.
In this interview, Bello, who is a lecturer in the Department of Private and Property Law, Babcock University, also enumerated some benefits accruable from the decision and speaks on other major economic issues.
The Senate last week approved the proposed increment
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has revealed through his verified Facebook page that Sir Ahmadu Bello started hate speech in Nigeria which they now to pass a bill on in the country.
“Sir Ahmadu Bello the preliterate Fulani Caliphate feudal lord with his primitive xenophobic tendencies was and still remains the undisputed progenitor of hate speech and irredeemable hater of non-Muslim ethnic groups in the disasterous British colonial experiment known as Nigeria. Fulani were the first to utilise hate speech to advance their domination of the political space in Nigeria, but today they …
The returning officer for the election and vice-chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Umar, announced the result at the INEC office in Lokoja on Monday, November 18.
Bello won 12 local governments to beat his major challenger Musa Wada of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who won 9 local governments.
In
Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said no amount of intimidation will save the APC from defeat in the Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States.
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Except Nigerians stand by constitutional democracy, the APC has already turned our democracy upside down. They promised change in 2015, but all we have seen are negative changes. We have not made any development towards the growth of democracy in Nigeria since the …
Barely six days after signing a peace accord initiated by the National Peace Committee, major political actors in Kogi State have signed another peace pact to ensure a violence free governorship election on November 16.
All the 24 candidates were present at the ceremony , including Governor Yahaya Bello of tge All Progressives Congress (APC) and Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu said this became imperative with a view to conducting peaceful governorship election in Bayelsa and …
