…Timetable and Schedule of Activities has also been uploaded to the Commission’s website The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released timetable and schedule of activities for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state governorship elections. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. INEC
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…A commuter described the scarcity of petrol in Okene as worse compared to Lokoja Lokoja-Okene bound drivers on Sunday expressed anger as petrol hit at least N230 per litre in Okene and Lokoja local government areas of Kogi State. Sources claimed that the current scarcity of fuel in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital has extended
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The Obajana Cement Company was solely registered in 1992 by the Kogi State Government. Kogi State government has initiated legal action against Dangote Industries Limited, the parent company of Dangote Cement Plc over the ownership of its cement plant in Obajana, a town located in the Oworo district of the Lokoja Local Government Area. According
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‘He confessed that he was using the Police ID card to escape public harassment’ The Kogi State Polytechnic security operatives have arrested one Mr. Abimaje Shittu, a 25-year-old native of Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, for impersonating an Inspector of Police and possessing a misleading identification card. A statement issued by the
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‘When they entered, they started shooting at everyone outside the church’ Two persons were killed and three others injured on Sunday when gunmen attacked a Celestial Church of Christ at Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State. A source claimed that the gunmen, who were fully armed, stormed the church and started shooting continuously. It was learnt that
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‘The claimed transfer of Obajana to Dangote Industries Limited was “invalid, null and void’ The Kogi State Government has said that it will be ready to enter into negotiations once Dangote Group is ready to admit that Obajana cement plant does not belong to it. Gov Yahaya Bello stated this on Thursday while presenting documents to
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No fewer than four persons have been reportedly killed while two sustained injuries when suspected terrorists opened fire at the vehicle conveying them. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the attacked occurred at Ofeapo along Idrisu-Bagana road in the Omala Local government Area of Kogi State. Sources say the terrorists attacked the victims while returning from
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As Nigeria commenced its vaccination against the lethal coronavirus infection on Friday, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said he won’t receive the vaccine even as his colleagues are expected to receive shots of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days. Bello spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme . He also said there
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The Kogi State government on Tuesday hit back at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), over the agency’s labelling of the state as a high risk one for COVID-19. The state government also accused the NCDC of trying to scare away investors from the state by deliberately peddling falsehood.It was reported that the state,
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The paramount ruler of Igala kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Michael Ameh Oboni II, is dead. The traditional ruler died Thursday morning. The details of his death is not yet clear as at when this report was released. However, sources close to the deceased revealed that he died after a brief illness. The monarch before his
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Armed men have attacked the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja, Kogi State, disrupting a COVID-19 press briefing scheduled for Wednesday morning. The media chat was to demand a COVID-19 screening centre in Kogi. Speakers were also expected to discuss on the challenges health workers face amid the coronavirus pandemic. On arrival, the gunmen shot
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has queried Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello over his “manifest laidback” attitude towards COVID-19 prevention and management protocols, “resulting in spread and avoidable deaths in the state”. In a statement made available to The DAILY VENDOR, Kola Ologbondiyan,National Publicity Secretary of the party said “Our party is deeply worried over
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has expressed sadness following the death of his personal assistant. A personal assistant to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Abdulateef Suleiman has died at a private hospital in Abuja on Wednesday morning. In a statement, Bello’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammad, gave the cause of his death as
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The Kogi State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, to challenge the victory of his successor, Senator Smart Adeyemi, at the November 2019 by-election. Delivering judgment on the petition, the three-man panel led by Justice Isa Sambo, unanimously affirmed Adeyemi’s
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The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has affirmed Yahaya Bello as the winner of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. The petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in the election, Musa Wada was dismissed by two of the three members of the panel.
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