Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: Beauty, brains, brawn on eve of 44
By Tunde Olusunle She was a breath of fresh air when she joined the political fray in Kogi State. She’s an attorney who is reputed for her efforts in…
Matters arising in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Off-Cycle Polls, By Tunde Rahman
Former President Goodluck Jonathan last weekend opened the debate on the propriety or otherwise of off-season elections. Speaking in an interview with journalists after voting at his Ward 13 Otuoke,…
Kogi: APC’s Usman Ododo is the winner – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo, winner of the Kogi state guber election with 446,237 votes, to defeat his main rival,…
Police. party agents clash in Imo, Protest in Kogi over pre-filled election result sheets
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its “senior officials” are currently investigating the incident(s) of pre-filled election result sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of Kogi State…
Guber Polls: We already have our candidates – Voters say after receiving cash inducement from Party agents in Kogi
Nov. 11, 2023 Party agents are sharing money to voters to induce them to vote for their candidates in Lokoja in Saturday’s Kogi governorship poll. The agents stationed themselves about…
Guber Election: Don’t engage in Violence, General Ndiomu Tells Ex-Agitators
Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has called on ex-agitators in states holding off cycle elections this weekend, to resist the temptation of being…
How FG will spend N2.1trn supplementary budget; INEC gets N18bn for Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa poll
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a 2023 supplementary budget of N2.1 trillion while also giving a breakdown of how the money will be used. Minister of Budget and…
Dusk tragedy: Gunmen kidnap Oba, wife in Kogi
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the Oba of Idofin and his Wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. Political Economist NG recalls that Kogi has been a hotbed for…
INEC to publish personal details of candidates in November 11 governorship elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal details of candidates in the three off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, lmo and Kogi states scheduled for November…
NSCDC arrests father for allegedly defiling, raping daughter for 3 yrs
State’s NSCDC Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, Kogi Command, addressing Journalists while parading Rape Suspect on Wednesday in Lokoja The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, has…