A group, Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Frontier, has rejected Mona Anyebe as the consensus chairmanship candidate of the party in the state. The group, in a statement signed by the President, Umar Francis on Saturday in Lokoja, maintained that the chairman must emerge from among the interested candidates screened by the committee. […]
Press Freedom Day: Kogi Governor commends media practitioners
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has praised the sacrifices and contributions of media practitioners in deepening the democratic space. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Ismaila Isah, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day May, Governor Ododo eulogized the press for its role in holding the government […]
Kogi: Fanwo complicit, Yahaya Bello’s attempt to bribe judge exposed – Okai on leaked chat
The 2023 People Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal House of Representatives, Usman Okai, has said attempt by the immediate Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello to bribe a judge have been exposed. Okai was reacting to the leaked WhatsApp chat group chat involving the state’s Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo and others. Charging Fanwo […]
Doctors protest poor working conditions, shortage of manpower in Kogi
Residents Doctors at the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja, FTHL on Thursday protested over the shortage of manpower and alleged obnoxious policies introduced by the management of the hospital led by Dr Olatunde Alabi. The protesting doctors carried placard with various inscriptions saying, ‘We want to work, not to work and die,’ don’t kill us, stop […]
Kogi N80bn fraud: Tinubu knows Yahaya Bello’s sins, EFCC not witch-hunting him – Austin Okai
The Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency in the 2023 elections, Austin Okai, has said President Bola Tinubu knows the enormity of “sin” committed by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Okai said Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC, know that Bello’s sins are too enormous […]
Peter Obi blames death of 35 Nigerians in Kogi, Enugu on bad road, insecurity
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, has blamed bad road infrastructure and insecurity under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for the death of 35 persons from accidents in Kogi and Enugu states. Obi disclosed this in several posts on his official X handle on Wednesday. Recall that accidents in […]
Suspected kidnapper terrorising Kogi communities arrested
A suspected notorious kidnapper, Abubakar Ali Damina, terrorising the people of Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area, has been arrested. Damina, 43, was arrested during a joint security operation at Ofodo village, close to Igabada in Kogi State. The suspect, who it was gathered hails from Bida in Niger State, was found in possession of a single-barreled […]
Three killed as suspected herdsmen attack Ajokpachi Odo community in Kogi
Suspected herdsmen on Tuesday launched an attack on Ajokpachi Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing no fewer than three persons. The hoodlums also carted away motorbikes and foodstuffs, while scores of residents are missing. The attack occurred barely a fortnight after the same suspected herdsmen massacred over 20 people in […]
May Day: NLC demands implementation of N35,000 wage award for workers in Kogi
The Organized Labour in Kogi State has demanded the immediate implementation of N35,000 wage award for workers in the State. In his May Day address, in Lokoja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Gabriel Amari said the current N30,000 National Minimum Wage falls short of meeting the basic needs of workers […]
Anyebe emerges consensus candidate for PDP chairmanship position in Kogi
Hon Enemona Anyebe has emerged as the consensus candidate for the position of Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State. DAILY POST learned that the decision was made by a committee comprising former governors and party leaders who reviewed the conduct of two initial aspirants. They deemed it necessary to opt for […]