I WON KOGI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION BY 204,877 VOTES – Idris Wada
Ex-Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that he won the 2015 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former governor contested the election…
Kogi State House In Commotion Now
Police has sealed the complex of the Kogi State House of Assembly in Lokoja, following a commotion arising from an attempt by one faction of the state legislature to convene a meeting. The meeting was to be convened allegedly at…
Kogi State Governor-elect, Yahaya Bello gets a New Deputy
Ahead of the swearing of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi State on Wednesday, the campaign coordinators of the Governor-elect have nominated an Abuja-based publisher and politician, Mr. Gowon Usman Egbunu, as their preferred deputy governor-elect. Egbunu, a Christian,…
Death To Nigeria’s Steel Subsector: Long Live Nigeria Steel Subsector by Henry Agbonika
In the last couple of days, Ajaokuta Steel Company has resurfaced in the mainstream media with calls by various stakeholders for its resuscitation. No doubt the moribund steel plant conceptualized in 1958 holds lots of promises for the country. The…
Kogi: INEC Concludes Governorship Election December 5
Following the inconclusiveness of the last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday resolved to conduct fresh elections in the 91 polling units that witnessed cancellation of the ballots. The election which it…
Kogi Governor Reinstates Council Chairmen
Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Ichala Wada has reinstated sacked Council Chairmen in the state in obedience to the Court of appeal ruling which ordered their immediate reinstatement. It would be recalled that the Council Chairmen were sacked last year…
#KogiDecides: INEC Cancels Ayingba Polls Over Ballot Snatching
Information reaching The Street Reporters indicates that the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kogi has cancelled the election in one unit in Itaja Ward in Ayingba in Dekina Local Government Area after hoodlums snatched a ballot box in the unit….
Kogi Gov Approves Reimbursement of N276m WAEC Fees To Students
Ahead of the state governorship election, Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has approved the reimbursement of N276 million to candidates who sat 2014/2015 West African Examinations Council, WAEC, in the state. A statement by the Secretary of WAEC Fees…
