Fixing roads is better than giving palliatives — Kogi Gov. Yahaya tells President Tinubu

Governor Yahaya Bello of of Kogi State says construction of roads and provision of other critical infrastructure by the President Bola Tinubu administration will serve the people better than palliatives.

NAIRA REDESIGN: Kogi govt orders arrest of persons, businesses rejecting old naira notes

The Kogi State Government on Friday ordered the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes.

Appeal court affirms Yahaya Bello as Kogi state governor

Nigeria - The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello.

PDP describes alleged defection plan of governors to APC as laughable

Nigeria - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the claim by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, that some PDP governors were planning to defect to All Progressives Congress (APC), as childish, laughable and pathetic (Read earlier report here)

Alas!!! Yahaya Bello boasts: 10 PDP governors will soon defect to APC, we will reclaim Obaseki

Nigeria - Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says about 10 governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tribunal affirms Yahaya Bello’s election as Kogi state governor

Nigeria - The Kogi state governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as Kogi state governor.

Kogi state govt bans sale of beef for 48 hours after death of 12 cows during grazing

Nigeria - Recall The Forefront Media Org reported the death of 20 cows due to poisoning in Kogi Poly on Friday [ READ HERE ].

Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has banned the sale of beef in Lokoja, the state capital and its environs for the next 48 hours. 

Oh Pele!!! Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello slips, injures leg, says media aide

Nigeria - The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, said he slipped while alighting from a vehicle and injured his left leg.

The governor made this known on Tuesday through his Media and Publicity aide Kingsley Fanwo while dispelling speculations that he is “either hospitalised or otherwise incapacitated”.

KABOOM!!! N145m scam delays Kogi Poly workers’ July salary

Nigeria - Kogi Government says the discovery of N145 million fraud in the salary voucher of the Kogi State Polytechnic ( Kogi Poly ), Lokoja, is responsible for the delay in the payment of July salary of its workers.

The Director -General, Kogi State Bureau of Information and Grassroots Mobilisation, Alhaji Abdulmalik Abdulkareem, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday.

State Broadcast: Comedian Seyi Law blasts Buhari and Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello for this

Nigeria - Ace comedian, Seyi Law has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast as “the presidential goof.”

Law said the President goofed big time and that he needed to do better.

He equally slammed the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello for declaring a public holiday to celebrate Buhari’s return.

And Kogi State declares Monday 21st as Public Holiday to mark President Buhari's safe return

Nigeria - Kogi State government has declared Aug. 21 as a public holiday for citizens to thank God for safely returning President Muhammadu Buhari to the country.

The Director -General, media and publicity to the state governor, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, said it was to enable the people to give thanks to God for returning Buhari in sound health and sound mind.

Police Commissioner and Gov Bello prevent plenary session in Kogi assembly. Read>

Nigeria - The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and the State Commissioner of Police (CP), Wilson Inalegwu, on Tuesday locked up the Kogi State House of Assembly Complex to prevent plenary from taking place.

Daily Post reports that  a source said the development was an attempt to halt the planned removal of the Majority Leader of the House, Matthew Kolawole, who is said to be a staunch supporter of the state governor.

INEC set to challenge court order to stop recall of Senator Dino Melaye: Not succumbing to blackmail

Nigeria - The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, who is reportedly out of the country, has instructed that the Commission should challenge the court order stopping the Senator Dino Melaye‘s recall process.

In a statement released on Saturday, INEC said Yakubu is not, “succumbing to blackmail,” that was rumoured to have come from the Senate.

Kogi government hits back at Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu over Melaye's recall comments

Nigeria - The Kogi State government, yesterday, described as mischievous a statement credited to the deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, suggesting that it is behind Senator Dino Melaye’s recall process.

The State noted that Ekweremadu’s remark that Melaye’s recall process by the people of Kogi West senatorial district was an exercise in futility was an indication that the deputy Senate president was ignorant of the constitution.

Respite for Senator Dino Melaye as Court suspends his recall process

Nigeria - The Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate has disclosed that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has suspended his recall.

According to him, the High Court said the status quo should be followed in the recall process.

And Forum asks Senator Dino Melaye to make peace with Bello

Nigeria - The Northern Monitors Forum (NMF) has asked the Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), to make peace with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. 

The relationship between Governor Bello and Senator Melaye had since turned sour leading to the ongoing process to recall the senator. 

And Kogi APC sues INEC, asks court to stop recall process of Dino Melaye

Nigeria - Kogi State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to halt the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from activating process for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye.

Other plaintiffs joined in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/601/2017, are Alhaji ‎Haddy Ametuo, Hon. Shaibu Osune, S.T Adejo, Comrade Yahaya Ade Ismail, Chief Gbenga Ashagun, Ahovi S. Ibrahim, Ghali ND Usman, Isa Abubakar, I. Molemodile, Abubakr M. Adamu and Daniel Sekpe.

Senator Melaye cries out as Ekweremadu declares his recall process as tantamount to waste of time

Nigeria - The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the ongoing move to recall Senator Dino Melaye would be an exercise in futility if those orchestrating his recall fail to convince lawmakers why the senator should be recalled.

Making his contribution on a point of order raised by Senator Melaye to notify the Senate of the recall moves, Ekweremadu urged the  Senate not to dissipate  effort on a process that is tantamount to a waste of time.

KABOOM!!! INEC releases timetable for Senator Melaye's recall. READ>

Nigeria - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday released a timetable for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) from the Senate in spite of a lawsuit instituted by the senator to stop the Commission from proceeding with the process.

Last surely not heard! Senator Melaye gives reasons his constituents can not recall him

Nigeria - Lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, has dared his constituents, saying they cannot recall him because he was called by God and not them.

In a series of tweets on his twitter handle, the embattled Senator said every effort to pull him down “will be scattered by fire.”