Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Stephen Oceini has said that Kogi State will deliver President Buhari on 16th of February with massive votes that has never been witnessed. Oceini who spoke yesterday in Lokoja while fielding questions from newsmen said the chances of the APC in Kogi are bright, challenging Kogi voters to…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Kogi State has described as fictitious, unfounded and tendentious, claims that the party has abandoned the spokesman of the council and senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, in his hour of need.

About a month to the February 16 presidential and National Assembly polls, one issue that is likely to shape the election in Kogi West Senatorial District, nay Kogi State is the travail of Dino Melaye, one of the three senators from the state. Although he represents Kogi West, his running battles with Governor Yahaya Bello…

The Police Command in Kogi on Thursday said two persons were killed and many injured in a renewed hostility between Egbira and Bassa-Kwomu tribes in the state. Spokesman of the command, Mr Williams Aya, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who made this known in Lokoja, however, said that the situation was under control. Aya confirmed…

The Kogi State N-Power beneficiaries, under the aegis of Kogi N-Power Volunteers Campaign Organisation for Muhammadu Buhari, has planned to hold a special prayer session tomorrow in support of Buhari/Osinbajo ticket ahead of the February 16, 2019 presidential election. The state Co-ordinator of the group, Alfa Momoh, an N-Agro beneficiary from Igalamela/Odolu, disclosed this yesterday…

The tenures of IG Sunday Ehindero and Mike Okiro that were extended by the administrations of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Yar Adua respectively. Obasanjo extended the tenure of Ehindero by one year. Former President Yar’Adua extended the tenure of Okiro till 2010. But President Buhari cannot extend the tenure of IGP Ibrahim Idris because…

Kogi West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the security agencies to release Senator Dino Melaye, who is representing the senatorial zone, without further delay. The call came after an emergency meeting held at the Iyah-Gbede residence of General David Jemibewon (rtd.) to review the “unabated intimidation” of the senator. In a statement signed…

We are living witnesses to various crises in the country, especially triggered by ethno-religious conflicts and socio-political sentiments which could have been prevented through crisis communication strategies. At a recent training workshop organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, it was discovered that there is no way one can talk about crisis communication…

Some armed mobile policemen yesterday besieged the streets leading to the Abuja residence of Senator Dino Melaye who represents Kogi West in the National Assembly. The residence on 11 Sangha Street, off Mississippi, Maitama, Abuja was completely taken over by the fierce looking police officers. At the time of filing this report, the security operatives…

Political leaders in Kogi East Senatorial District may have taken the zone’s destiny in their hands, as they have endorsed Victor Adoji, a senatorial candidate on ADC platform for 2019 National Assembly election.   The reason for their action may not be unconnected with the feeling that the senatorial district had suffered misrepresentation in the…

Kwara State Police command has warned politicians in the state against buying Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) from the electorate. Spokesman of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi told The Guardian in Ilorin yesterday, that the act is a criminal offence under the Constitution and Electoral Act. The police said: “We are yet to get any formal report…

The Koton-Karfe Division of the High Court of Kogi State has restrained Kogi State Government and the state’s House of Assembly from taking steps that would hinder the discharge of the duties of the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Nasiru Ajanah and his Chief Registrar, Yahaya Adamu. The order was obtained by the Chief…