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August 21, 2017

Clueless Yahaya Bello is the worst Nigerian governor | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors

Just when one thought sycophancy and lack of discretion were going out of fashion, Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello showed up, waltzing the runway of stupidity gracefully with folly. Bello, who since the inception of his tenure has been owing civil servant salaries is currently building a mansion, according to reports. In the week under review,... Read More

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August 21, 2017

Kogi govt identifies disease which killed 62 people

The Kogi State government has said the strange disease which has led to the death of 62 people in the state has been discovered to be gastroenteritis. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Audu disclosed this to newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday. The disease: Initially killed 50 people in the state. Death toll rose to 62 persons.... Read More

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August 20, 2017

Unknown Disease: NCDC urges Nigerians to remain calm

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has asked Nigerians to remain calm as they have begun investigations into the recent outbreak of a “strange disease” that has led to the death of about 62 people in Kogi. A statement from NCDC yesterday said the organization’s Event Based Surveillance (EBS) system detected the news of a... Read More

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August 19, 2017

Strange disease: Kogi govt denies death of 62 people

Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu has denied that 62 persons died from an unknown disease. While speaking with newsmen in Lokoja, Audu said those diagnosed were suffering from gastroenteritis and Malaria. “The current information available to us is that the strange disease actually started six weeks ago in Okoloke village in Yagba... Read More

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August 19, 2017

Unknown disease: Death toll rises to 62 in Kogi

The Kogi State government has said 62 people are now dead due to a strange disease in the state. The State had disclosed the 50 people have been reported dead from the disease on Thursday. [Read Also: Unknown disease kills 50 people in Kogi] Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna said the unknown disease has continued... Read More

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August 17, 2017

Unknown disease kills 50 people in Kogi

A strange disease with symptoms, including diarrhoea, blood stain vomiting, and high fever, has killed 50 people at Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba West local government, Kogi state, TheCable reports. The state commissioner of health, Saka Audu who visited the affected areas on Thursday, confirmed that the disease is yet unknown. “We initially suspected... Read More

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August 17, 2017

Gov Bello owes civil servants yet builds mansion in Okene – Report

Shunning claims that he is owing civil servants, both serving and retired, a report by TheCable, says the governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello is building an ultra-modern mansion; also, converted the entrance of the strictly residential area to his private entrance. The edifice located on Mahmoud Atta Street, GRA Okene, is currently undergoing finishing touches and... Read More

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Court harmonises suits seeking to stop Melaye’s recall

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday harmonised two different suits seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from initiating the process of recalling Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi) from the Senate. NAN reports that Justice Nnamdi Dimgba allowed for the suits filed by Melaye and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be... Read More

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ASUU lambasts Yahaya Bello over non-payment of salaries

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lambasted the Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, for not paying the salaries of about 65 workers of the Kogi State University, while the state government claimed that it had paid 90 per cent of the university workforce. ASUU, Abuja Zone, which held a briefing on Monday, said... Read More

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Kogi Assembly speaker resigns

Following the attackbby suspected hoodlums, the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Umar Imam has resigned. He reportedly resigned on Tuesday night to avoid being impeached during Wednesday’s plenary session. When contacted, the Chief Press Secretary to the speaker, Ali Yakubu, who neither denied nor confirmed the development, said there was a proclamation... Read More

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Osun Perm Sec, Olufunke Kolawole killed in Kogi

The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole has been murdered around Okene, in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja on Thursday. Kolawole had left Osogbo on Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as a judge before he was... Read More

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Reps counter cabal, asks Osinbajo to swear in nominees

The House of Representatives Tuesday at plenary called on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to swear in two ministerial nominees confirmed by the Senate about two months ago. The Senate had on May 3, 2017, confirmed Steven Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan as Ministers to represent Kogi and Gombe States respectively in the Federal Executive Council (FEC),... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: What a shame! Dino Melaye is not going home afterall

Thank You Jesus. Status quo should be maintained says Federal High Court Abuja on the fake recall case. Yahaya Bello is a loser. — Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) July 6, 2017 It looks like it’s finally over and Senator Dino Melaye has the last laugh. According to a tweet he shared hours ago, the... Read More

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25 herdsmen suspected to be robbers and kidnappers arrested in Kogi

About 25 herdsmen suspected to be robbers and kidnappers have been apprehended by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Kogi Police Command. They are reported to be those robbing and kidnapping people in Osara-Lokoja Expressway, disguising as herdsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, said. Inalegwu commended the Commander of SARS, Bimbo Oyewole and his operatives,... Read More

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Suspended Kogi lawmaker reinstated by court

A Kogi State High court sitting in Lokoja has voided the suspension of Friday Makama, the member representing Igalamela Odolu constituency in the state House of Assembly. Makama, who was suspended on March 28, 2017 over alleged anti-legislative activities, had dragged the Assembly to court challenging his suspension. Justice Henry Olusuyi, in his ruling, held that... Read More

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Kogi West constituents file suit to stop Dino Melaye’s recall process

The Concerned Kogi Registered Voters (CKRV) have filed a law suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from commencing verification of signatures collected in order to recall Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West). Addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, the convener and secretary of the 18-member group,... Read More

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Dino Melaye

[The Legislative Blog]: Someone finally confirms Dino Melaye’s theory about his fake recall

The ongoing power play between embattled Senator Dino Melaye and Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has seen a number of interesting twists and turn since the alleged move to recall Melaye from the Senate became a major topic. We’ve seen photo proof of his constituents setting off the recall process by queueing to append signatures... Read More

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“No weapon fashioned against me shall prosper” – Melaye goes spiritual on his recall process

The embattled senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) has alleged that the signatures of his constituents, which were collected for his recall, were forged and fraudulently forwarded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Addressing newsmen at the press centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Lokoja on Sunday, Melaye reiterated that signatures of dead... Read More

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Escaped assassinations, legislative recall | The travails of Dino Melaye – a timeline

Probably the most popular lawmaker after Senate President Bukola Saraki, Dino Melaye representing Kogi West in the upper chamber is on his way to becoming a brand. This year alone, Melaye has been embroiled in the most controversial issues in the country. From his certificate saga, to launching of an anti-corruption book, revealing an alleged... Read More

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INEC says process to recall Dino Melaye still ongoing

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would go on with the process to recall Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West). A source in the legal unit of INEC said the commission has at least three precedents to follow in dealing with the case. “INEC would go ahead to conduct the referendum in so... Read More

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$3bn stolen by hackers, N90m bank fraud | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

$3 billion – The FBI estimates that phishing attacks by hackers have cost more than 22,143 Nigerian companies this amount. N350 billion – The Federal Government of Nigeria set to release this amount of funds for capital projects to government MDAs for implementation of the 2017 budget. 188,588 – The number of Kogi West constituents who... Read More

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Dino Melaye insists dead people signed petition, sues INEC

Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) said he had filed his case against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said he filed the case on Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a series of tweets downplaying his proposed recall by his constituency, the lawmaker also alleged that dead people were among those who... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: INEC confirms receipt of petition to recall Dino Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye’s “comedy of errors” has just begun. It was only on Wednesday that his constituents in the Kogi West district submitted a petition to INEC demanding the recall of the Senator from the House. Reacting to the move, Dino Melaye went on a Twitter rampage where he dismissed the attempt to have him... Read More

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Opinion: Yahaya Bello – Not entirely good, not entirely bad

by Isa Eneye Mubarak After all is said and done, the biggest political blunder we the people of Kogi can possibly do is voting Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB) out in 2019. Our Pioneers were not so intelligent, the first political blunder was during the creation of Kogi, and when the creation of LGs came. They committed... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: If Dino Melaye’s constituents need an extra reason to recall him, here it is

You people need to scold yourselves for voting him in the first place. We have nothing more to say. https://www.instagram.com/p/BVkz7M9gVN-/?taken-by=dinomelaye

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[The Legislative Blog]: Dino Melaye explains how his recall process is a fraud (WATCH)

Senator Dino Melaye is nowhere near giving up. Following the move to recall him from the Senate, a move we can no longer verify considering INEC has denied knowledge of any such process, the troubled Senator has made a video detailing how nonsensical the attempt to recall him is. Dino Melaye has insisted from the... Read More

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“Gov Bello is a compound fool on cheap drugs” – Dino Melaye

Following the protest that led to the death of two people in Kogi, Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) has called Governor Yahaya Bello a liar for saying one of the deceased is a student. Posting on Instagram, Dino said the governor is only scared of people with “rising profiles”. He also reiterates, “He is shooting... Read More

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Police ban rally, processions in Kogi

The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday banned rally, procession and demonstrations in the state. State Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu announced the ban in Lokoja. He explained that the ban would remain in place until the current tensed political situation in the state improves. He described the gunmen attack on Melaye and his supporters at... Read More

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Declare state of emergency in Kogi | Dino Melaye urges senate

Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye on Tuesday urged the Senate to declare a State of Emergency in Kogi State. According him, the governor of the state, Yahaya Bello had sent his killer squad to attack him when he was addressing supporters on Monday. He added that some of his supporters were injured during the... Read More

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“Stop causing mayhem in order to save your dying career” – Bello tells Melaye

The governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has told Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West), that he “can’t use violence to revive his drowning political career”. In a statement by spokesperson, Petra Onyegbule, the governor Melaye for the death of a protester Melaye had claimed on Monday that he escaped death after unknown gunmen attacked him... Read More

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