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CUSTECH College of Medicine; Bello Shows True Colour

In a move that caught everyone unawares, Governor Yahaya Bello commissioned a committee secretly to draw up a budget to establish and fund a College of Medicine in the...

Abandoned Ibaji-Idah Road: Bello Still Punishing Achuba?

Awarded by Governor Yahaya Bello in 2017, work is yet to commence on the Ibaji-Idah road in the Ibaji local government area, Kogi state. As at today, the state of the...

N50.8b Bailout: How Yahaya Bello Missed the Golden Opportunity to be a Good Governor

When he was sworn in on January 27, 2016, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi was described by many a lucky man. Yes, he was lucky to have emerged Governor of a State without...

2023 Presidency Gamble, Political Thuggery and Kogi Governor’s Bare Faced Lies

Like other awed Nigerians, I watched Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme yesterday (Wednesday). My Governor was...

Gov Bello Planning to Install His Aide, Okoliko Opaluwa as Next Atta Igala?

Tongues have started to wag over the suspicion that Prince Okoliko Opaluwa, a Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor, may be banking of his closeness to the...

Reminiscence: The Woman Frying Akara on the Road Knows the Family That’ll Produce Next Atta Igala

By Adamu Ojonugwa. As the 27th Atta Igala, Dr. Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni II embarks on a ‘hunting trip of no return’, once the rites are concluded, the...

Opinion: Yahaya Bello and His 21 Local Government Maiguards

Without doubt, Kogi state is a theatre of absurdities. The reign of absurdities did not start with incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello, we have had to endure different comic...

Fraudulent Utilization of N30.8b Bailout Fund and Partial Clearance of Salary Arrears

On Monday July 22, 2019, Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello confirmed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has paid the balance of N30.8 billion bailout fund...

Kogi Governorship Election and The ‘Curse’ of a Better Yesterday

We are here again, on a very familiar turf. The quadrennial governorship contest is here again and the usual loud noise is becoming deafening in the confluence state....

Of Yahaya Bello’s Paid Endorsements and Unpaid Workers Salaries

The sad commentary about Kogi state will continue as long as Governor Yahaya Bello continue to get his priorities wrong. His juvenile approach to governance and politics...