Tag: Kogi

“I can’t imagine it’ – A’isha Yesufu scolds Gov. Ododo for stopping Yahaya Bello’s arrest

Aminu Imam
A'isha Yesufu

Popular activist, A’isha Yesufu, has expressed shock over the role played by Kogi State governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, in stopping the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), from arresting his predecessor, Yahaya Bello. Recall that Ododo, on Wednesday, obstructed the arrest of Bello by operatives of the EFCC. The EFCC operatives had stormed Bello’s residence in Abuja in an attempt to arrest him over an ongoing fraud investigation. But Bello was reportedly smuggled out of his residence by Ododo to evade arrest by the anti-graft agency. “I cannot imagine I,…

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Alleged Money Laundering: EFCC seizes $760,000 meant for Gov. Bello’s children’s school fees 

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has seized a sum of $760,910.84 paid by Governor Yahaya Bello, of Kogi State, to the American International School, Abuja. The money was allegedly paid by the governor to American International School for his four children; however, the anti-graft agency seized the money, which was said to have constituted money laundering under Nigerian laws. Reports yesterday quoted some documents which indicated that Yahaya Bello’s nephew, Ali Bello, entered into agreement with the American International School in August, 2021, whereby the sum of $845,852.84…

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Senate swears-in Natasha as Kogi-Central Senator

Aminu Imam

The Senate, yesterday, swore-in Senator-elect for Kogi-Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi-Central. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), becomes the first female Senator from Kogi State. Earlier on Tuesday, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, upheld Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected candidate in the Kogi Central senatorial election held earlier in February. The court…

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IReV: ‘No result upload glitches for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls’ – INEC assures voters

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured voters that there won’t be glitches with the upload of results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi polls. The INEC Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who made this known during a television programme on Friday, said: “We have been using the IReV for all governorship elections, but it (2023) was the first time we deployed it for the general election setting. Well, we had a glitch for some hours, and we fixed it. But I can…

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INEC makes U-turn; says results of Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo guber elections will be transmitted electronically

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the results of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States will be transmitted electronically. Recall that the Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ofiong Efanga, recently, at a press conference, said that the commission would adopt a manual mode of transmission of the governorship election results.  However, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, during the monitoring of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi State, said whatever the Bayelsa REC must be disregarded. He said: “The method is as…

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Naming of Projects: “How Governors, Cabinet Ministers are disobeying my instructions” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that despite some governors naming key projects after him in their states, he has earlier warned them not to do so. The President, who disclosed this yesterday during a live broadcast during a television programme in Kogi State, after commissioning some projects in the State. President Buhari jokingly said that the Kogi State governor was one of the few governors that disobeyed his earlier instruction on project commissioning. He said: “I thank the Governor and the people of Kogi state for naming it (Muhammadu Buhari…

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Police arrest suspected gunrunner with 2 AK-47, pistol in Kogi

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police in Kogi State have confirmed the arrest of one Mohammed Bako with two AK-47 rifles, a locally fabricated pistol and 41 rounds of ammunition. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, DSP Williams Aya, disclosed this in a statement in Lokoja. Aya said Bako was intercepted on Idah-Ayingba road by operatives of the command attached to Ayingba Area Command while on a stop-and-search operation. He said that the “suspected gunrunner, kidnapper and armed robber” was also found in possession of one locally made Baretta…

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Tertiary students in Kogi to enjoy health insurance

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Plans are underway by Kogi State Government to enroll students under the state’s Tertiary Institution Contributory Health Insurance Programme (TICHIP), as part of its commitment to improving quality healthcare delivery in the state. Executive Secretary, Kogi State Health Insurance Agency (KGSHIA), Dr Aledare Adewale, said this at a sensitisation meeting with the Heads of Kogi tertiary institutions, on Friday in Lokoja. Adewale noted that the TICHIP was a model designed for students of the state-owned and private tertiary institutions to improve their access to quality health services. According to him,…

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2 Doctors kidnapped in Kogi, NMA asks Police to act

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to security agencies to quickly intervene and rescue two of its members recently kidnapped in Kogi. The state chapter of the NMA which made the appeal in a statement issued in Lokoja on Friday, identified the victims as: Dr Ebiloma  Aduku of the Zonal Hospital, Ankpa, and Dr Kelechi Mgbahurike of Christ the King Hospital Anyangba. The statement was signed by the state Chairman of the NMA, Dr Simeon Omakoji, and the  state Secretary, Dr Famotele Tolorunju. According to the statement, Aduku was kidnapped at…

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7 school children, 16 others burnt to death in Kogi tanker explosion

Ishaku Yohanna

Twenty-three people, including seven school children, have died in a fuel tanker fire accident which occurred at Felele area of Lokoja,Kogi, in the early hours of Wednesday. The State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Idris Ali, who disclosed this in Lokoja, said the seven school children comprised 10 male adults and six female adults. Ali said that three of the children were females while the remaining four were burnt beyond recognition. He said five of the dead victims were students and staff of the Kogi…

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