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By Thompson Yamput The All Progressive Congress (APC), has swept the 21 Local Government Chairmanship seats and 239 councillorship slots in Kogi in the election held on Saturday Mr Mamman Nda-Eri, Chairman, Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC), who announced the results in Lokoja, said the election was peaceful, free, fair and credible. The News…
By Thompson Yamput Kogi Residents on Saturday described the State’s Local Government Election as peaceful, free and credible as voters turned out en masse and voted for candidates of their choices Mr Bashir Gegi, Commissioner for Solid Minerals, in his remarks, described the election as very peaceful and encouraging. Gegi, who lauded the efforts…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Mamman Nda-Eri, Chairman, Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC), on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the turnout and peaceful conduct of voters during the local councils election. The chairman made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on his impression after monitoring the election in Lokoja metropolis….
By Okon Okon Mr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says Nigeria is losing about 29 billion dollars annually due to a lack of reliable power supply. Adesina said that it amounted to 5.8 per cent loss in the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), He made this known during his lecture on “building…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government says it has procured massive relief materials for distribution to flood victims in the state. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that the gesture was to ameliorate the hardship being experienced by the flood victims. The commissioner…
By Thompson Yamput Mr Bertrand Onuoha, Commissioner of Police in Kogi, has advised politicians, their supporters and voters to ensure peace during Saturday’s local government councils election in the state. Onuoha gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Friday. The CP who spoke through SP Williams…
