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By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Bethrand Onuoha on Thursday ordered for investigation into an alleged assault on a passenger by a police officer at a check point in a highway in the state. The CP gave the order after seeing the viral video showing the alleged unprofessional conduct, while…
. By Thompson Yamput Alhaji Usman Ododo,, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, on Wednesday called on security agencies to release chieftains of the party, who were recently arrested in Kogi East. The candidate, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lokoja, said that the APC chieftains…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Wednesday announced the closure of schools for the Off Circle Governorship Election scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 11 in the state. Mr Wemi Jones, the Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, gave the directive in a statement issued in Lokoja, said “all schools must shutdown from Friday, Nov….
By Thompson Yamput Eighteen political parties featuring in the Saturday’s Kogi governorship election have signed a peace accord, ahead of the poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the parties were the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP) and Action…
By Thompson Yamput The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday called on the massive security operatives drafted to Kogi for the Nov. 11 governorship election to be fair to all political actors in the state. The party’s Spokesperson/Director, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, made the call in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday….
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command has confirmed that Sheikh Ibrahim, the Director-General, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, is alive. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. Sheikh Ibrahim’s Anyigba residence was raided by a…
By Thompson Yamput Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begged politicians in Kogi to give peace a chance for a peaceful, successful and credible governorship election on Nov. 11. The INEC made the appeal during a one-day stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Lokoja. Yakubu, who was represented by the…
By Thompson Yamput The Civil Society for Cancer Eradication in Nigeria (CiSCANEN), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) remembers her founder, Comrade Elijah H.O Elijah, who died in active service to humanity on NoV. 6, 2022. Peaceglo.com.ng reports that until his demise, Elijah was the National Coordinator of CiSCANEN, the National Coordinator of the Coalition for Civic…
By Thompson Yamput The Igbo Community Association (ICA), an umbrella of the Igbo Community in Kogi, has pledged massive votes for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo in the Nov. 11 governorship poll. Chief Sunday Nwachukwu, the President, ICA, said this when he met with Gov Yahaya Bello and…
By Thompson Yamput The police command in Kogi says it plans to deploy over 40,000 policemen across the state to ensure peaceful conduct of the Nov. 11 governorship election. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Bethrand Onuoha, stated in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Monday….
