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By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says his style of leadership keeps attracting more defectors from the opposition parties in to All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Bello described the situation as a “plus” and “blessing” to the APC in its quest for victory in the upcoming Nov. 11 governorship election in…
By Thompson Yamput A political support group, “Okun United 4 Ododo’’, on Sunday in Lokoja pledged to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi. Okun is a major ethnic group in Kogi and is home to Sen. Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) one of the…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has received more People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors into the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the struggle for the Lugard House intensifies. The defectors, led by Mr A.K. Salihu, a former two-term House of Representatives member, Mr Udu Malik, former caretaker chairman of Okehi local government…
By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Friday urged the Federal Government to channel funds towards improving health, education, agriculture and other critical infrastructure to help cushion effects of subsidy removal. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Onogwu Mohammed, made the appeal during a meeting…
By Thompson Yamput Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, made President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday afternoon. Ex-Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai; and presidential spokesman, Dele Alake also made the list. After a long wait by Nigerians,…
By Thompson Yamput A Parasitologist, Prof Patrick Amidu-Audu, has warned that parasitic infections pose a serious threat to the wellbeing and existence of humans and livestock in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Amidu-Audu, a lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL), made this known while…
By Gyang Bere The health sector in Plateau State is to be repositioned as part of strategies for a productive economy and to curb medical tourism. Governor Caleb Mutfwang gave this indication on Monday in Jos when a delegation of the state branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), led by the Chairman Dr….
By Thompson Yamput Suspected hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the Campaign Office of Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the office, which is located on John Holt road, near Paparanda Square, Lokoja, was gutted by fire in the…
By Thompson Yamput The new Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Onuoha Bethrand, on Thursday assumed duty as the 38th holder of the office in the Command. A statement issued by the Kogi Police Command’s Spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja, said Bethrand took over from CP Akeem Yusuf, who had been redeployed to Research…
By Thompson Yamput A Chieftain of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi, Mr Abdulrahman Tanko-Ozi, on Thursday, defected and declared support for APC Governorship Candidate in the state, Mr Usman Ododo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chieftain, who was the SDP Senatorial candidate for Kogi West in the 2023…
