Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson as his new Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on entertainment, arts and culture . Johnson’s appointment was announced with 62 others in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government ( SSG), Dr Folashade Ayoade. The appointments take effect […]
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Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has refuted a news report claiming he was pelted with stones by some miscreants at the Lokoja Central Mosque today. A statement by his government said the incident reported happened after he had left the scene. “Our attention has been drawn to the unfortunate incident, which occurred after the Jumaat […]
Read More The Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the war path with Governor Yahaya Bello after passing a vote of no confidence in him. The party has also reported the governor officially to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Bello is accused of sidelining members of the state executive council and other […]
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KOGI State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of a former Deputy Speaker of the State House of assembly, Mr Simeon Achuba, as the state’s deputy governor. The approval was immediately followed by Achuba’s swearing-in behind closed doors as journalists were barred from the Banquet Hall of the Government House, the venue of the inauguration […]
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DEPUTY Governor-elect of Kogi State, Mr. James Faleke, has said he was not invited to Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony and that he had no reason to attend the event. He explained that this was because he was challenging the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare the November 21 governorship election inconclusive in court. […]
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JOE Igbokwe, the publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, has faulted the ruling party for picking Yahaya Bello to replace the late governorship candidate of the party, Abubakar Audu, in the November 21 governorship poll in Kogi State. Bello who was inaugurated today amidst the crisis within the Kogi APC as […]
Read More Alhaji Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was Wednesday sworn-in as fourth executive governor of Kogi State. The oath of office was administered on him at exactly 12noon by the Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja. On hand at the inauguration was the APC National Chairman, […]
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