Tag: Kogi State
Kogi loses N213bn to ghost workers in 13 years
Kogi State Auditor-General, Okala Yusuf, has disclosed that the State Government lost N213 billion to 18,211 ghost workers in the ...
The winners and losers in the Remi Tinubu and Dino Melaye fight
When on Wednesday, Senator Oluremi Tinubu declared that she had forgiven fellow senator, Dino Melaye for his uncouth comments and ...
Kogi State govt denies spending 1bn to purchase vehicles
Kogi State Government has debunked reports published by Saharareporters on Friday, that its government, under the administration of Governor Yahya Bello ...
Over 9,720 ghost workers found on Kogi state payroll
More than 9,720 ghost workers have been discovered in the payroll of Kogi state government, says a committee on staff ...
Yahaya Bello names Kogi University after Audu Abubakar
Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has renamed the Kogi State University after late Prince Audu Abubakar, the first civilian ...
4 months after being sworn-in, Kogi governor holds first SEC meeting (PHOTOS)
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state appears to have overcome the bickering and disagreements that has trailed him like a plague since ...
Like Faleke, Wada fails to unseat Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello
Former Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada, has lost his petition challenging the election of Governor Yahaya Bello at the ...
Where is the ‘mother of all protests’ Dino Melaye promised in 7 days?
From his stand against the removal of subsidy in 2012, his famous fist fight at the House of Representatives in ...
The governor of Kogi has been spending, spending, spending – in 9 highlights
The new All Progressives Congress Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has been hailed as one of the youngest for ...
‘Governor Bello has given power back to the PDP’ | Revolt in Kogi APC
The trouble in Kogi state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has deepened as members of the party ...
Kogi Assembly sealed as leadership crisis deepens
The failure of the Kogi state House of Assembly to resolve its leadership crisis which has plagued it for 3 ...
Speaker, Dogara to be sued by Kogi House of Assembly
The Kogi state House of Assembly has set plans in motion to file a contempt of court suit against the ...
Kogi governor appoints Gbenga Olorunpomi as SSA on New Media, others
The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has appointed Folashade Ayoade as the new Secretary to the State Government. This was ...
Yahaya Bello sacks permanent secretaries, Accountant-General, many others
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has suspended all the permanent secretaries and heads of parastatals in the state civil service ...
Simon Achuba sworn in as Kogi deputy governor
Following a letter forwarded to the Kogi state House of Assembly by the state governor, Yahaya Bello nominating Simon Achuba ...
Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello finally appoints deputy – See who
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has appointed Simon Achuba as the deputy governor of the state. According to the All ...
Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello dissolves all state boards, parastatals
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has ordered the dissolution of government boards and parastatals. Bello, who issued the directive ...
‘Kogi governor will be sent packing before December’ – James Faleke
James Faleke, the running mate to deceased governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Abubakar Audu- said ...
Dino Melaye says Yakubu Dogara is ‘Speaker by force’
The Senator representing Kogi East, Dino Melaye has directed some verbal barbs towards the Speaker of the Federal House of ...
Yahaya Bello sworn-in as Kogi state governor… without a deputy (PHOTOS)
Yahaya Bello has been sworn-in as the Governor of Kogi State at the Lokoja Confluence stadium. Bello, the fourth democratically elected ...
APC plans to declare me an ‘absconded Deputy governor’ – Faleke
The deputy governorship candidate of Abubakar Audu in the November 21, 2015 election in Kogi state, James Faleke, says there ...
DSS invites James Faleke, Mohammed Audu for questioning
The running mate and son of Audu Abubakar- the deceased governorship aspirant in Kogi state- James Faleke and Mohammed Audu ...
Voters, electoral officers flee as thugs invade polling units in Kogi
Thugs have disrupted voting at Eti Aja 2 polling unit in Dekina Local government area of Kogi. Yahaya Bello of the ...
Kogi election: James Faleke heads to Appeal Court
The running mate of late Abubakar Audu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the November 21 governorship election in ...
BREAKING: Kogi supplementary election to hold, federal high court lacks jurisdiction
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the federal high court, sitting in Abuja has ruled that the court does not possess the ...
Opinion: The illegality of father to son succession in Kogi
In the prevalence of reason, justice and law the current trend in Kogi election as re-emphasized an entrenched gerontocratic disposition ...
Abubakar Audu reportedly dead after suffering stroke
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state, Abubakar Audu has been reported dead. According to Saharareporters, ...
#KogiDecides: Bad blood spills as APC chieftain supports PDP’s Idris Wada
In an apparent show of bad blood, former Senator Alex Kadiri, of the All Progressives Congress, has declared his support ...
#KogiDecides: These are the 22 aspirants vying to be Governor
The gubernatorial election of Kogi state, is about to commence and 22 candidates are in the pool for the contest. According ...
Governor Idris Wada is a happy man… and Buhari is his source of joy
Kogi state governor, Idris Wada, was so joyous that President Muhammadu Buhari stayed away from the governorship rally of the ...
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