The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has described the #EndSARS protests as politically motivated. In an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, the governor explained that although he supports the agitations of the youths, the fact that they refused to relent after some demands were met, means the protests have political undertones. “Dear ...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has described Covid-19 as ‘glorified malaria’ which some Nigerian politicians and middlemen have used to steal billions of naira. He disclosed this on the Tuesday edition of Sunrise Daily on Channels TV. Governor Bello explained that most of the looting of CACOVID warehouses across the nation was partly because the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a virtual meeting with members of the Governors Forum’s Security Committee, headed by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi over security developments in some parts of the country. The meeting is being attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has mourned the late Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, describing her death as shocking and devastating. Arotile who was Nigeria’s first-ever Combat Helicopter Pilot died on Tuesday after a head injury sustained in an accident in Kaduna. In a condolence message by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, Bello ...

The Kogi State government has lifted the lock down imposed on Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the state over suspected cases of COVID-19. Governor Yahaya Bello announced this on Friday at the Government House in Lokoja, the state capital. He explained that the decision became necessary after the result of all the samples taken and ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State   Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered that a delegation of officials of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to be quarantined at the state Isolation centre for 14 days. The health worker, who are members of the NCDC Rapid Response Team, were deployed in Kogi to ...

IGP, Mohammed Adamu   Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said police formations and commands have been re-organised and re-equipped for effectiveness and efficiency. Adamu said this while addressing the North-Central regional security summit on Wednesday in Lafia, Nasrawa state. The theme of the Security Summit was entitled:” Strategic Partnership for Effective Community Policing ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by Natasha Akpoti, Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi, against the Governor, Yahaya Bello, for lacking in locus standi. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the judgement, held that the alleged offence was criminal and not a civil ...

The Kogi State Government says over 300 ghost workers have again found their way into its payroll. The state Head of Service, Mrs Deborah Ogunmola, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. She said that the development was at the centre of the meeting she held with ...

  “We really must stop this habit of blaming President (Muhammadu) Buhari for everything, including issues that are not his business.” The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, was quoted as saying this during an interview with reporters on Tuesday in Abuja. He was responding to the various ...