Politics

By Emmanuel Antswen Gov. Hyacinth Alia’s prudent management of state resources is responsible for the ongoing massive infrastructural development in Benue, Mr Tersoo Kula has said. Kula, who is Alia’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), told newsmen on Thursday in Makurdi after inspection of ongoing projects that the governor is focused and committed to executing impactful…

By Abubakar Garba There is a saying among the elders: “When the wind blows, it only exposes the fowl’s rump, but it cannot change its feathers.” In the storm of Nigerian politics, reputations are often tested, names are dragged, and shadows masquerade as light. Yet, through the noise, truth stands firm like the baobab tree…

By Thompson Yamput Mr Hassan Shado of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Dekina-Okura II State Constituency by-election held on Saturday in Kogi. Prof. Emmanuel Enenche-Onome, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, announced the results on Sunday. Enenche-Onome, said Shado scored a total of 55,073 votes to beat his…

By Thompson Yamput The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi  says it  has received sensitive materials for the Dekina-Okura II house of assembly bye-election in  the state. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)  in Kogi, Mr Oliver Agundu, made the disclosure on Friday. Agundu, who spoke through the commissions’s  Voters Education Officer in Kogi,  Mr…

By Thompson Yamput The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all is now set for Saturday’s by-election in Dekina-Okura constituency of Kogi. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Kogi, Mr Oliver Agundu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. NAN reports that the by-election is…

By Thompson Yamput The Indigene of Oworo, under the auspices of Oworo West Progressive Forum (OWPF), on Saturday called for creation of Oworo West Local Government Council out of Lokoja council area of Kogi. The OWPF Chairman, who doubled as the Olu Apata, Oba Fredrick Balogun, made the demand at the forum’s maiden stakeholders’ meeting…

By Blessing Odega The Plateau Southern Zone of All Progressives Congress (APC) has tasked the recently sworn-in Speaker of the State Assembly, Daniel Nanlong, to work in synergy with all members of the assembly. Mr Abdullahi Nyalum, Chairman, Plateau South APC in Plateau, gave the charge when he paid a courtesy visit to the speaker…

By Thompson Yamput A former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, has distanced himself from APC National Chairmanship campaign posters recently seen across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In a statement on Thursday by its Director, Michael Ohiare, the Yahaya Bello Media Office in Lokoja dismissed the posters as the work of mischief makers. Ohiare expressed surprise…

By Thompson Yamput The Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi, Mr Kingsley Ogga, has said that two of three people challenging the David Mark-led interim national executive of the party in court are not ADC members in the state. Ogga, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on…

By Isaiah Eka A bill aimed at providing a legal framework for executive power transition in Akwa Ibom has passed the second reading at the plenary. The assembly, on Tuesday, deliberated on the ‘’bill for a Law to Provide for Orderly Transfer of Executive Power in Akwa Ibom State and for Other Matters Connected Therewith…