The lawmaker representing Lokoja II, Aliu Umar Yusuf has emerged the new Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly. Yusuf emerged as the new Speaker shortly after Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State issued a proclamation for the eighth Assembly. The House also elected Enema Paul member representing …
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The Commander of the 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen Isang Akpaumontia, has sought inter-agency collaboration with other security agencies in the state. The Commander visited the Heads of Sister security agencies in Kogi such as: the Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Crops (NSCDC), Ahmad Gamdi; the Police Commissioner, Akeem …
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The Federal Government of Nigeria and State Governments are taking steps to mitigate the anticipated severe flooding in 2023 as the rainy season starts. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had warned that this year’s flood might be worse than in 2022. Farmlands, …
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Ex-Kogi deputy governor, Awoniyi loses mum Late Madam Florence Awoniyi was the wife of Late Sunday Awoniyi who died on 28th November, 2007. Born in Mopa, Mopamuro LGA on the 31st August 1940, Late Madam Florence died on 8th May 2023 at the Evercare Hospital, Lekki, Lagos, after a brief …
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CHIEF David Obadofin, the traditional ruler of Aghara, Kabba-Bunu local government area of Kogi State, has died in the custody of his abductors after 12 days in captivity. He lamented that when the abductors noticed that Pa Obadofin was becoming too weak, they agreed to collect the sum of N2m …
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A 39-year-old man, identified as Sunday Orishagbemi, lost his life after he was stabbed while trying to settle a quarrel between two men over urination in Zango Daji Quarters in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State on Friday. The tragedy, which has been confirmed by the Kogi State …
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A legal practitioner, Barrister Adejo Okeme, has won the Kogi State Labour Party governorship ticket. Barrister Okeme polled 127 votes ahead of his closest rival Isaac Alfa who scored 69 votes at the primary held on Saturday in Lokoja, the state capital. Barrister Okeme is from Kogi East Senatorial district. …
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AHMED Usman Ododo, a former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kogi State governorship election. Ododo, who polled a total of 78,704 votes, won the direct primary election held on Friday, with a wide margin …
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THE logo of Labour Party is missing on the ballot paper for the Kogi West senatorial elections, Newsextra24.com observed. Though the logos of the 18 registered political parties including the Labour Party are present on the ballot papers for the presidential elections, our correspondent observed that only 8 parties were …
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The immediate past Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Alfa Imam has defected from the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC) alongside over 3000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Leading thousands of APC members from Lokoja Local Government Area in Kogi State to the opposition party, the former speaker …
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