Politics

  By Thompson Yamput Ahead of Tuesdays election of the Senate Minority leader, the foremost aspirants, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, and Seriake Dickson and other aggrieved members of the PDP on Monday afternoon stormed the party’s National Secretariat and demanded for the transmission letter nominating candidate for the seat. The PDP lawmakers reportedly met a stiff…

  By Thompson Yamput Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday sacked the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr David Apeh. Also sacked are Special Adviser to the Governor on Emergency Management, Mr Danladi Isah-Yunusa, and Hajia Maryam Salifu, Part-time Chairman, Kogi State Hotels and Tourism Board. The sacking of the trio is contained in a…

  A cross section of stakeholders, who spoke about the journey of Nigeria’s democracy  right from the the first republic till  now lamented the level corruption and bad leadership that characterised the practice.   While some appreciate the little progress made so far , some argued that we are still far behind and needing a…

  By Thompson Yamput Barewa College, Zaria, Kaduna State has laid to rest the controversy surrounding academic qualification of Alhaji Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka, Kogi SDP Governorship Candidate as it confirmed him one of its bonafide students. ephemeralnews reports on Friday that the Principal of the college, Mallam Alhassan Isyaku, in a letter he wrote in response…

By Thompson Yamput Kogi Council of Chiefs, on Monday, condemned last Saturday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Yahaya Bello. The council, led by the Atta Igala, Alhaji Mathew Ogwuche-Akpa, gave the condemnation during a visit to the governor at the Government House, Lokoja. The traditional rulers, in a statement issued by Chief Press Secretary…

  By Admin The Social Democratic Party, Kogi State wishes to bring to the notice of His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Security agencies and well meaning Nigerians that, Gov. Yahaya Bello, acting in proxy through his paid agents in security uniform, attacked the candidate of our…

By Thompson Yamput Kogi Central Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial  Candidate in Kogi Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has alleged that the recent attack on Gov. Yahaya Bello’s convoy is politically motivated. “It is a smear campaign against the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka”, she alleged in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday. She urged…

By Thompson Yamput The leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi, on Sunday, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in Kogi to maintain law and order. Mr Moses Peter, Kogi SDP Chairman, made the appeal in a statement he personally signed in Lokoja, deriding what he described as “deliberate attempt” to overheat…

  By Thompson Yamput The Kogi All Progressives Congress (APC) Guber Candidate, Mr Usmam Ododo, on Sunday unveiled a Primary School Teacher, Salifu Joel, as his running mate for Nov. 11 governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the running mate is the current Chairman of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), and…

  By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Saturday said the convoy of Gov. Yahaya Bello was attacked by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. it said the attack took place near a Naval Base, few kilometers away from Lokoja, the state capital. The Kogi Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the disclosure in a…