Category: Politics

Supplementary Poll: Govt. Declares Public Holiday for Schools in Kogi West, Ajaokuta

By Stephen Adeleye The Kogi State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has declared Friday Nov. 29, as public holiday for all schools in the Western Senatorial...

Ajaokuta Rerun: Hon. Lawal Goes Into Poll With 5 Votes Advantage

Against the insinuation from the PDP that after the nullification of 22 polling units in Ajaokuta Federal Constituency, Aloysius Okino of PDP is leading the candidate of...

Omission: ABP Sues INEC, Seeks Cancellation of Kogi Gov’ship Election

Umar Zekeri Bamaiyi, the governorship candidate of All Blending Party (ABP), has sued the electoral umpire for exclusion of his name from INEC final list which was...

Give Us Result of Kogi Gov’ship Poll, ADC Tells INEC

African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release result of November 16governorship election in Kogi state...

The Cave Man and Kogi Elections

Anyone who heard the name Salome Abuh on the national stage until last week paid no heed. No one hears it now without a tear at heart. A woman was asleep in her home. A...

Kogi Poll: Late Prince Audu’s Family Condemns Electoral Violence

The family of the late former governor Abubakar Audu of Kogi State has condemned the violence that erupted in the state during and after the November 16, 2019...

Karimi’s Defection a Huge Setback for Kogi PDP – Abraham

The recent defection of former member House of Representatives, Hon. Sunday Karimi from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC)...

Homage to Emperor Yahaya Bello: Long May You Reign

I was tempted before the November 16, gubernatorial elections in Kogi State to suggest that incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello should simply be given a second term as...

Weep Not for Kogi

As I watched the news and videos coming out of the Kogi theatre of war – sorry elections- I bowed my head in shame even as I refused to cry. Just as I was about to...

Kogi Gov’ship Election: To Gun Be The Glory

On April 9, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC had fixed governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states for November 2, 2019. However, following...