Kogi State

Audu Abubakar, APC Kogi guber candidate | YNaija.com

November 13, 2015

‘In 4 years, I did what PDP couldn’t do in 12 years’ | Audu Abubakar wants you to believe this

The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prince Abubakar Audu, is preaching for votes and blowing his own trumpet. Abubakar wants Nigerians, specifically the people of Kogi state, to know that his accomplishment in 4 years outweighs what the Peoples Democratic Party did in the state, in 12 years. In spite of being tainted with... Read More

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October 31, 2015

Early birds: PDP governorship campaign kicks off in Kogi state (PHOTOS)

Still smarting from the heavy defeat of the last general election, the Peoples Democratic Party no longer has time for dilly-dallying. The election campaign for Kogi state governorship election, has commenced early enough. A multitude of PDP supporters came out on Saturday, for the party’s rally for candidate, incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada.

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September 15, 2015

How Kogi governor, Idris Wada won PDP ticket for a second term

Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada, yesterday night, won the primary election, to represent the Peoples Democratic Party in the upcoming governorship polls. The election was supervised by the governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Uguawanyi The result of the primary was announced late at night, at about 9:42pm on Monday. Wada won the election by what... Read More

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Kogi State happens when you present an empty vessel as leader

by Shaibu Stephen Ojate They should learn to call the Governor to order by telling him that the people of Kogi central are not contented with the number of political appointments to our area. The PDP Leaders should understand that the Governor is a human being like them and not a masquerade and even if... Read More

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APC, PDP Senators hold separate meetings over Amaechi and Uguru | YNaija.com

APC members believe there are PDP spies in their party

by Panshak Ibrahim There are moles in the fold- Some members of the All Progressives Congress are convinced about this. According to a group within the APC in Kogi state, Confluence of Change, there are definitely double agents in the new-ruling party. Owing to this, the group has advised President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and the... Read More

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APC, PDP Senators hold separate meetings over Amaechi and Uguru | YNaija.com

Death recorded as Kogi PDP, APC youths clash

by Ranti Joseph During a clash between youths of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) at Anyigba Okura constituency of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State one person is allegedly dead. The clash occurred on Saturday during the supplementary election in some wards and polling units across six LGAs of Kogi State.... Read More

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Opinion: An open letter to Governor Idris Wada of Kogi

by Ibrahim Husseini As a result of your administration’s attitude towards education, Kogi now ranks as one of the top investment destination for private school operators with ill-equipped private schools springing up in every nook and cranny of the state. “Every city should make the common school so rich , so large, so ample, so... Read More

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Cheta Nwanze: When the Boko Haram bombs finally hit home

by Cheta Nwanze So sad for Nigeria. I wish we can all just unite and be our brother’s keeper. These guys are just few, they can’t be terrorizing us all in the name of whatever they are fighting for which is baseless as far as I am concerned. “To educate a man, is to educate... Read More

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December 14, 2013

REPORT: Police officers taking bribe beat up journalist who took photo of them in Kogi

by Adeola Balogun New reports have claimed that a photojournalist was beaten up yesterday and assaulted by men of the police force in Kogi State. The journalist, Okanyi Enemali, was said to have taken a photo of a policeman in the act of collecting a bribe in Lokoja, the state capital. The incident was said to have... Read More

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November 22, 2013

Rotimi Fasan: Festus Iyayi we know; his works we’ve read, but who is Idris Wada?!

by Rotimi Fasan Iyayi deserved more than this and ASUU must prove this by instituting a civil case against Idris Wada and his rampaging goons. The Governor must be hounded through the instrumentality of the law until his likes learn the norms of civilised conduct. He is definitely a menace to the community of Nigerian... Read More

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November 12, 2013

Terrible: 4 people die in Kogi after attack on police station

by ‘Jola Sotubo Unidentified gunmen yesterday invaded the area police station at Osara in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attack, the motive for which is yet to be identified, left three police officers and one passerby dead. The assailants reportedly used explosives as well as guns during the operation which started... Read More

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November 9, 2013

HORRIFIC: ‘Overspeeding’ petrol tanker kills 2 people, burns houses in Kogi

by Adeola Balogun An accident in the Iffe neighbourhood of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State has led to the loss of 2 lives and the destruction of at least 10 buildings. The unfortunate incident occurred yesterday after a petrol tanker lost control and ran into a residential area levelling the houses and killing... Read More

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November 1, 2013

Opinion: Emperor Sullivan Chime and his many sins

by Abdullahi Yunusa Sincerely, i still recall with deep grief when, in 2007, Governor Chime’s overzealous aides rained live bullets on innocent, peaceful and law-abiding undergraduates of Kogi State University, KSU, Anyigba. Seriously speaking, I hold no personal grudge against Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, but I unapologetically belong to the league of... Read More

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September 4, 2013

FRAUD: Pastor, 3 others arrested for impersonating EFCC officials in Kogi

by Adeola Balogun Men of the Kogi state police command have apprehended 4 suspects, one of them a pastor of a new generation church, for pretending to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) . The men claimed before their arrest that they were ordered to investigate the Rector of the Federal... Read More

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August 30, 2013

BUSTED: 4 fake EFCC officials, 6 others arrested by police in Kogi

by Oge Okonkwo Four persons, Samuel Ogbebor, Daniel Njaiji, Agwai Peter and Jackson Umosen, have been arrested by the Kogi State Police Command on Thursday for allegedly trying to defraud the Federal Polytechnic, Idah, by posing as officials of the EFCC. Parading the suspects before newsmen in Lokoja, the acting Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Austin Evbakhavbakun made the announcement, saying that... Read More

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August 18, 2013

“We are too refined for that”: Police disown officers begging on highways

The Kogi State Police Command has said policemen accused of begging motorists on the Abuja-Lokoja for money to repair their patrol vehicles and to fuel them are not its personnel. It, however, promised to investigate the matter to unmask the culprits. Motorists plying the ever – busy Abuja-Lokoja Expressway, which linked the northern and southern... Read More

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December 30, 2012

After a successful surgery on Gov Wada in Abuja, family insists on flying him abroad [DETAILS]

by Isi Esene Dr. Felix Ogedegbe of the CedarCrest Hospital, Abuja, who is treating the governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, for injuries sustained in an autocrash on Friday has confirmed that he is in a stable condition after a successful surgery on his broken thigh bone. According to the doctor, “When the governor was... Read More

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November 10, 2012

Two suspected bank robbers killed as police foil robbery operation

by Isi Esene The Kogi State Police Command, yesterday, announced the arrest of two members of a robbery gang who specialize in robbing banks. The two men arrested are part of a six man robbery gang from Imo State who were in Lokoja for a robbery operation. According to the state commissioner of police, Muhammed... Read More

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November 6, 2012

#FloodDisasterFraud: Imposters invade Kogi settlement camps, demand for relief materials

by Isi Esene The Kogi Emergency Management Agency is complaining over the difficulty it is facing in trying to identify genuine victims of the flood disasters which affected many homes and communities in the state. The secretary of the Agency, Alice Ogedengbe, said m,any people who are not victims of the flood have stormed the... Read More

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September 26, 2012

Bad, bad, bad! Floods cause havoc in Kogi (PHOTOS)

by Isi Esene The flood which has displaced many people and devastated many villages in Kogi and neighbouring states have continued to affect even more residents close to the banks of the River Niger. See aerial photos of the extent of devastation caused by the flood around Lokoja, Kogi State.

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September 16, 2012

#AnambraOilWar: Kogi gov meets Pres Jonathan, Anambra gov makes state broadcast

by Stanley Azuakola Oil has murdered sleep, and has set friendly neighbours on the path of acrimony. Since August 30th when Orient Petroleum Resources commissioned its facilities in an occasion where President Jonathan declared Anambra State as the 10th oil producing state, there has been tensions between the states of Anambra, Kogi and Enugu. The... Read More

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September 15, 2012

Six trucks set ablaze by JTF in Kogi for suspected oil bunkering

by Akan Ido Six trucks suspected to be carrying illegally acquired petroleum products were yesterday set on fire by security agents at Ajogu and Lokoja, both in Kogi State. The contents were suspected to have been siphoned illegally at Adogo in Ajaokuta, and Osara in Okehi LGA. Three of the trucks were set on fire... Read More

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September 15, 2012

Oil Wars: Three states battle over ‘Anambra oil’

by Stanley Azuakola The discovery of oil is the beginning of crisis. In recent years, there have been various court cases and exchange of words between some states as a result of oil. The most famous cases involve that between Rivers and Akwa Ibom, as well as that between Akwa Ibom and Cross River. Now,... Read More

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September 8, 2012

Ghost Workers: Audit throws up names of minors on Kogi’s payroll

Akan Ido The president of the Kogi State chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alex Abutu on Thursday disclosed that names of minors have been found on the payroll some local governments and many others have been discovered to collect salaries twice a month from LGA councils. While speaking to newsmen... Read More

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September 2, 2012

Give me my wife: Husband drags mother-in-law to court for “withholding” his wife

by Isi Esene There was drama in a Kaduna Sharia Court yesterday when Malam Mohammed Abdullahi dragged his mother-in-law, Habiba Mohammed, to court for not allowing his wife return to him after the delivery of their baby. Abdullahi’s wife, Sa’ade , was said to have travelled to Kaduna to receive motherly care after delivering her first... Read More

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