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Fresh Fuel Scarcity Looms As PENGASSAN Issues Fresh Threats

More Woes For Kogi As Fuel Hits ₦230/L Amidst Flood

October 23, 2022 7:24 pm

Commuters in Kogi were left with deep frowns of disgust as some of the Lokoja-Okene bound drivers had openly expressed their hearfelt displeasure on Sunday as fuel prices had hit at least ₦230 per litre in Okene and the Lokoja local government areas of Kogi State.

A visit to some of the filling stations in Okene on Sunday had shown reports that the current scarcity of fuel in Lokoja, which is the Kogi State capital, has extended to Okene, with some of the major filling stations without fuel to dispense to motorists.

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Tipper Crushes Father Of 30 Children To Death In Kogi – FRSC

Tipper Crushes Father Of 30 Children To Death In Kogi – FRSC

August 2, 2022 6:31 am

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said a father of 30 children was killed on Monday when a tipper rammed his motorcycle in Kogi.

This was announced in Lokoja by Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, the Kogi FRSC Sector Commander.

The tipper truck struck and killed the guy, 60-year-old commercial motorcycle Abdulsalam Ibrahim, along with his passenger at Lokoja’s Ganaja Junction.

‘The incident was tragic and very unfortunate,’ he said.

He regretted that the accident cut short the life of the bread-winner of 30 children.

Read Also: FRSC Launches War On Motorcycles Unregistered

‘The accident was a case of hit and …

Wike Hails Yahaya Bello Over Youth Inclusion In Governance

Wike Hails Yahaya Bello Over Youth Inclusion In Governance

May 5, 2022 12:48 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has commended his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello over what he described as his youth inclusiveness in governance.

Wike who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pointed out that Bello’s inclusion of youths in governance would enable the younger ones learn governance from a young age to become good future leaders.

He gave the commendation on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit to Bello at the Kogi governor’s  residence in Lokoja.

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Bello Vs Wada - Today Is Judgment Day!

Bello Vs Wada: Today Is Judgment Day!

May 23, 2020 5:51 am

Aside the controversies over whether the deadly Covid-19 virus has landed in their midst or not, the most talked about issue among residents of Kogi in the past few days is the impending judgment of the Kogi Election Petition Tribunal in the petition filed by Musa Wada, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP against the declaration of Yahaya Bello of All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the State’s November 16 governorship election.

Findings by this medium on Friday revealed that members of the two major Nigerian political parties are anxious, excited and hopeful that they will sing …

Kogi: Bello Names SSG, 17 Commissioner-Nominees (Full List)

January 27, 2020 11:13 pm
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, on Monday listed 17 Commissioner nominees.

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

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Kogi: How Gov. Yahaya Bello Reacted To Death Of PDP Chair

January 10, 2020 11:11 am
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has reacted to the death of Taiwo Kola-Ojo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kogi West Chairman.

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.

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Kogi: Relieving A Violent Reputation

November 24, 2019 8:22 am

The Kogi State governorship election has come and gone, the winner and the loser emerged, but the scars of violence produced as a result will linger in the memories of people of the state for many years to come. The political landscape in the confluence state on Saturday, 16 November, and post-election period indeed relieved its violent reputation.

Based on her antecedents, Kogi State has always been marked as a flashpoint in every election by the Election Management Body. Kogi Central and some communities in the Eastern flank of the State like Anyingba, Ejule and others, pointed to the fact …

Kogi: INEC To Conduct Supplementary Elections On Nov 30th

November 21, 2019 4:20 pm
  • PRESS RELEASE

    INEC met today 21st November 2019 and fixed 30th Nov 2019 for the conduct of Supplementary and re-run elections for Kogi west Senatorial District and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency respectively…

 

 

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Kogi: PDP’s Wada Dissatisfied, To Appeal Election Result

November 17, 2019 4:06 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State Musa Wada has rejected the election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Wadda said he would go to the tribunal to appeal the election result he claimed to have won.

“They (Kogi people) should not despair,” Wada said in a video tweeted by the PDP.

“We shall pursue this to a logical conclusion with the coffers of the law in this country.”

The PDP candidate said the announced results were fabricated.

“We hope that …

Kogi: Collation Officer Presents ₦50,000 Bribe

November 17, 2019 7:36 am

A collation officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi state on Sunday presented a N50,000 bribe politicians offered to a presiding officer in Igalamela-Odolu local government area of the state during Saturday’s election.

There was widespread financial inducement by politicians during the election.

The collation officer presented the money at the INEC headquarters in the state while submitting the result of the local government he coordinated.

 

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Kogi: Hoodlums Attack, Raze Down SDP Secretariat

November 11, 2019 11:56 am

As tensions and apprehension trail the upcoming governorship election in Kogi State, hoodlums suspected to be political hirelings of a leading party in the state have reportedly attacked the state secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), burning the property.

According to an eyewitness account, the incident was said have happened at the early hours of Monday, November 11.

An earlier attack on the SDP state secretariat, located close to the APC state secretariat opposite the Lokoja local government secretariat along Murtala Way, involved vandalism.

In that attack, the windows and doors of the secretariat were shattered, while banners, posters …

Kogi: Why Achuba Is Challenging His Impeachment

Kogi: Why Achuba Is Challenging His Impeachment

November 3, 2019 4:11 am

The emergence of the former Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as the new Deputy Governor may not have come to many as surprise, just as the recent impeachment of the former Deputy Governor, Chief Simon Achuba was long expected.Onoja was nominated by Governor Bello as his running mate, following his victory at the primary election of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which produced him as its standard bearer for the November governorship election.

No doubt, Chief Edward Onoja would be remembered as one of the most powerful and influential Chiefs of Staff …

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