Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, again on Friday, insisted that the state was free from the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, just as he lifted the ‘absolute lockdown’...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has placed Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state on ‘absolute’ lockdown following the positive testing of two persons in the...
The drama of whether or not covid-19 exists in Kogi State has taken another dimension , as the family of the index case in the state...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Saturday, upheld the election victory of Yahaya Bello as governor of the state. Bello contested the November 16 election...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been accused of frustrating efforts to carry out COVID-19 test on patients showing symptoms of the dreaded pandemic. The president...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has accused the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) of hiding something over COVID-19 and asked them to open...
Kogi State Government on Tuesday said it takes exemption to claims by the Director-General of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, that...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has given reasons why many Nigerians referred to Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President as a...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Friday banned the sale of beef in Lokoja and its environs for the next 48 hours. At least 12 cows died...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has said he does not have any prior knowledge of campaign posters and fliers linking him to a bid for...
The Government of Kogi State on Thursday lifted the ban placed on large gatherings, specially religious gatherings in the state in the wake of the spread...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, sacked the Vice-Chancellor of the Kogi State University, Ayangba , Prof. Mohammed Abdulkadir. A statement issued by the Secretary...
Nigerian governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, suspended the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, for allegedly assaulting a lady over a Facebook post. The...
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday, shrugged off reports that he had contracted the coronavirus. The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday, ordered the closure of all entry points into the state following the growing cases of the coronavirus pandemic in...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said on Tuesday his late mother’s travail in the hands of kidnappers in 2013 influenced his decision to deal ruthlessly with...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has stated why his administration has failed to conduct local government council elections. Governor Bello while inaugurating three commissions,...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday dissolved the administrative councils of 21 local government areas in the state. The governor said a statement issued...
The impeachment of former Kogi State deputy governor, Simon Achuba, in October last year has been nullified by a State High Court in Lokoja, the state...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered the suspension of the Vice Chancellor of Kogi State University, Prof Abdulkadir and the Rector of the State...
Kogi State Government and the organised labour have set up a 14-man committee to negotiate the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers in the...
The Kogi State Government has blamed rising wave of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state on some criminal elements who infiltrated the state. In a...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday night announced the dissolution of the state Executive Council formed in February, 2016. Bello made the announcement while speaking...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has described Muhammadu Buhari as the most democratic president he had ever seen. The governor spoke in response to the Punch’s...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday picked January 20, 2020, for ruling in the suit seeking the disqualification of Kogi State...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Monday sacked some political office holders in the state, including his Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants. In a...
Nigerian Governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
Newly elected senator for Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, Sunday stated that Dino Melaye was unable to manage his earlier election into the senate but decided to...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday held a closed-door meeting with the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams...
The Governor-Elect of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that he was owing state workers. In an interview, he described the claims as “lies.” The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying “you ran a...
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the outcome of the Kogi and Bayelsa elections is proof that Nigerians believe in...
A forum compromising 16 political parties in the Kogi State governorship elections has opposed calls for the cancellation of the governorship election by some civil society...
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has attacked the Chairman of the Independent National...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Governor Yahaya Bello as winner of last Saturday governorship election in Kogi State. Bello won in 12...
Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Wada, and his running mate, Sam Aro, have rejected the result of the election as announced by the...
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election, Natasha Akpoti, has rejected the outcome of the exercise in the state, urging the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that election results from polling units where cases of ballot box-snatching were recorded may be cancelled. Chairman, INEC...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that agents of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were threatening and forcing presiding officers,...
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has decried the alleged level of electoral irregularities in the state. She...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has voted as the governorship election in the state commenced. He voted at Agaza/Ahachi Okene ward 07 polling unit...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday adjourned hearing in the suit challenging the eligibility of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for Saturday’s governorship...
The Engr. Musa Wada/Sam Aro Campaign Organization has accused Governor Yahaya Bello and his All Progressives Congress (APC) of importing mercenaries to cause violence during Saturday’s...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the withdrawal of all security aides attached to governors, their deputies, public office holders, politicians and other personalities...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s decision to kneel down to publicly apologise to Kogi people ahead of Saturday’s...
In a move that suggests desperation, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday, knelt before the electorate in Kogi State, begging them to forgive...
As the Kogi governorship election draws closer, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made yet another allegation against the State Governor, Yahaya Bello, who is also...
The Senate on Wednesday approved N10 billion loan refunds to the Kogi State government. The Senate approval came just three days before the governorship election in...
Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign council, Smart Adeyemi, has asked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State to withdraw from the...