Donatus Okorowa, the judge who granted the control of three local government areas (LGAs) in Kogi state to Idakwo Ameh Oboni, the Attah Igala, has been queried. TheCable understands that the chief judge of the federal high court queried Okorowa over the judgement delivered at a federal high court sitting in Lokoja. The disciplinary measure, it wasgathered, followed…

APPRECIATION!!! It was a wonderful sight to behold at the crowd, and the immeasuable love showned on me by the good people of lokoja11 constituency at the inauguration ceremony of the 7th assembly. Names are too many to mention at this point, but am indeed grateful and honoured.and I promise to be a good ambassador…

Policing elections in a pandemic: Agenda-setting towards 2020 governorship elections in Ondo, Edo States June 8, 2020 0 By Teresa Chigozirim Okoro Introduction: With the outbreak of COVID19 it is important that INEC, security services and stakeholders make sensible and well-informed decisions regarding how or whether to hold Ondo & Edo State Governorship elections with…

The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, 2020, as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day Celebration. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah in a statement issued Monday in Abuja said the declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola on behalf of the Federal Government….

Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the All Progressives Congress and its national chairman from conducting any primary election in Edo State ahead of the state governorship election in September, pending the determination of the suit on June 11, 2020.

The federal government has secured about $1.46 billion for the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Mills in Ajaokuta, Kogi State. The development signifies what could become an effective end to the over 40 year-delay in the completion of the multi-billion dollar project. Minister of Mining and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this in an…

  PRESS RELEASE FROM THE EBIRA PEOPLES’ ASSOCIATION, (EPA) KOTON-KARFE IGU DESCENDANTS ASSOCIATION, (KIDA) AND OKUN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (ODA) ALL OF CENTRAL SENATORIAL AND WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICTS OF KOGI STATE, ON THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT JUDGMENT IN LOKOJA DECLARING AJAOKUTA, KOTON-KARFE AND OWORO LAND AS BELONGING TO THE IGALAS* Please recall that the Federal High…

Gov Bello Supports Isanlu Robbery Victims with 10M His Excellency, the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has released the sum of 10million naira to support the burial rites of the slain victims of the unfortunate Isanlu robbery attack which claimed about ten (10) lives. The monetary support was delivered on behalf of the…

365 days of 7th Assembly of the Kogi State House of Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole On the 4th June, 2019 to be precise, the 7th Assembly of the Kogi State House of Assembly was inaugurated by the Executive Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to commence…

As the Community and Social Development Project-Additional Financing (CSDP-AF) is billed to end in June this year, The General Manager of Kogi state Community and Social Development Agency (KGCSDA), Mallam Dauda Momoh, disclosed that over one point one billion naira has been spent in project execution with an average of N3.5 million per micro project…