President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday collect Presidential Nomination form and the Expression of Interest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event will hold at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at 11.30a.m. NAN reliably learnt that a socio-political group, the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN), who bought the…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has tentatively fixed the second week of September for the installation of the new Obaro of Kabba, Solomon Owoniyi. Bello spoke in Okene during a sallah visit by the Kabba community to thank the governor for the appointment of a new traditional ruler. Bello indicated that the coronation would…

A former of governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris, has denied allegations that he is behind plans to impose candidates of various political positions on the state ahead of the 2019 elections. Report in the social media had accused the former governor, who is the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state,…

Kogi chapter of the Accord Party on Monday dissociated itself from the August 11, Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency by-election alleging that the result did not reflect the votes cast during the election. Alhaji Alhassan Adakeke, Chairman of the party in the state, disclosed this in Lokoja at the inauguration of Ward and Local Government executive members…

A common way to describe Nigeria’s democracy is to liken it to a gilded tea-cup made for a specific type of people. Hence, Nigeria’s political elite usually see themselves as special breed, who are larger-than-life and most often above the law. They need no introduction in the public sphere as their ego and brocade dress…

The Kogi State High Court, sitting in Lokoja has granted an order of interlocutory injunction, restraining Chief Solomon Owoniyi from parading himself as the Obaro of Kabba. It barred Owoniyi from doing anything relating to the position of the Obaro, pending determination of the substansive motion. Justice M. M. Gwatana ordered that Kogi State government…

Two persons lost his life at a polling unit in Lokoja, yesterday, after attempting to disrupt the process by snatching the ballot box at the unit during the Lokoja-Kogi bye-election.

Police in Lokoja have confirmed the death of another person during Saturday’s bye-election to fill the vacant Lokoja /Kogi seat in House of Representatives. Spokesman of the command, DSP William Aya, who confirmed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Saturday, said the incident had brought the number of people killed during…

National Assembly members from Kogi State have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged intimidation by Governor Yahaya Bello. The lawmakers are senators Dino Melaye, Ahmed Ogembe and Atai Aidoko. Others are members of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Yusuf, Benjamin Ikani Okolo, Karimi Sunday, Emmanuel Egwu and Omale Hassan. They alleged that the governor has…

Following his alleged kidnap by some gunmen on Thursday morning, Senator Dino Melaye claimed he has regained his freedom yesterday morning.

Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Kogi State, James Apam has raised alarm over the large number of unclaimed PVCs (293,241) lying idle at the State Independent Electoral Commission’s (SIEC) office. Apam who disclosed this while speaking during a stakeholders meeting at INEC headquarters in Lokoja ahead of August 11th Lokoja/Koto Karfi Federal Constituency bye-election said…

Stakeholders have expressed concerns over vote buying that characterised the recent Ekiti State governorship election in next month’s Lokoja/Kotonkarfe constituency by-election in Kogi State. They raised the alarm at a meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja, the state capital. Deputy Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Buba Jibrin, had…