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    Politics INEC Sacks Three Officials For Registering Kogi Gov Twice

    The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has approved the immediate sacking of two of its officials and the compulsory retirement of another electoral official for their alleged role in the double registration of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The electoral body, however...
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    Metro Director Who Committed Suicide Was Last Paid In December, Falsified His Age - Kogi State Govt

    The Kogi State Government says Mr. Edward Soje, the late director who recently committed suicide after his wife gave birth to triplets, was last paid salary in December 2016. The government, however, dispelled rumours that Soje took his life because he was being owed salaries. The Kogi State...
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    Kogi State Governor Increases Number Of Aides

    The Kogi State House of Assembly has legitimately appointed four other Special Advisers for Yahaya Bello, the governor of the state. Therefore, now the governor officially has 67 aids. This appointment has followed a letter to the House and read by Mathew Kolawole, the recently nominated...
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    Metro Man Charged To Court For Exposing Gov Bello's Mansions

    A 32-year-old man, Johnson Musa has been arraigned before a Lokoja court for exposing the multi-million Naira Abuja mansions of Gov Yahaya Bello. He allegedly took the aerial pictures of the houses with a drone camera and posted them on social media. He was said to have posted the pictures with...
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    Politics INEC Accuses Kogi Gov. Bello Of Registering Twice For PVC

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello of registering twice for Permanent Voter Card. PREMIUM TIMES reports that Prince Solomon Soyebi, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC)...
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    Metro Truck Drivers Block Abuja-Lokoja Expressway

    Protesting truck drivers have blocked the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highways since the early hours of Monday. The drivers were protesting the N10,000 daily tax imposed by the Kogi State revenue Service. The state government, police and the Federal Road Safety Corps were, however, taking measure to...
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    Politics Why President Buhari Should Declare Kogi Oil Producing State - Lawmakers

    Kogi State House of Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to accord Kogi State its right status as an oil producing state. The lawmakers are making the request following the exploration of oil in Echeno and Udeke all in Ibaji Local Government Area of the state...
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    Politics House of Reps Summon Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello

    The House of Representatives has today passed a resolution to summon the governor of Kogi State ,Yahaya Bello, for failure to obey the resolution of the House. The House had in March taken over the functions of the Kogi State Assembly following the leadership crisis that engulfed the state...
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    Politics Yahaya Bello Reveals How Ex-governor Idris Wada Stole N2billion

    Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has accused his predecessor, Captain Idris Wada, of embezzling the N2 billion Youth Enterprise Fund obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Bello, who made the accusation on Sunday in a statewide broadcast to commemorate Democracy Day, said the immediate...
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    Politics Kogi State Assembly Suspends 10 Members

    The Kogi State House of Assembly has suspended 10 of its members over alleged involvement in the leadership crisis rocking the state legislature since November 2015. This was followed by the adoption of the ad-hoc committee report commissioned on March 10, 2016 during the House plenary on...
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    Politics APC Barred From Kogi East, Central Senatorial Rerun Election

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state has been barred from participating in the East and Central senatorial districts rerun election scheduled for February 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. INEC’s State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mallam Halilu...
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