Kogi in a sentence

The Bassa community in Kogi local government area of Kogi state has expressed gratitude to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state over the appointment of their son, Danlami Musa, as a Senior Special Assistant, SSA.

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has commended the judgement of the Court of Appeal which upheld the earlier judgement of the Kogi State National Assembly Election Tribunal nullifying the Kogi West Senatorial election.

He listed the properties slated for sale to include: the Confluence Beach Hotel, Lokoja; Kogi Hotels, GRA, Lokoja; Kogi State Liaison Office, Ikeja, Lagos GRA; Kogi State Liaison Office, GRA, Kaduna; and Lokoja International Market, Lokoja.

Revenues to the tune of N75 billion are also being expected from the sales of Kogi State Liaison Office in Lagos, Kogi House in Abuja, and Kogi International Market and others.

Kogi State University was one of the signatures in Kogi state during Prince Audu‘s reign.

Kogi west has seven local government areas- Kaba Bunu, Kogi/Koto Karfe, Mopa Muro, Ijumu, Yagba East, Yagba West and Lokoja.

Senator Melaye disclosed this during an interactive session with Kogi State women, youths and sectoral leaders at his residence in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.

We have no opposition in Kogi Central and in Kogi State.

High Chief and Chief Mrs Folorunsho Richard Asaje are a highly respected leaders and elders of Kogi state holding the titles of Bobagunwa and Yeye Bobagunwa of Igburuku Kingdom in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State respectively.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the decision of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declared Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo as the duly winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State.

The group also praised the efforts of Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, who they believe has demonstrated the political will to lead Kogi State towards significant development.

The duo of Senators Smart Adeyemi and Yakubu Oseni (Kogi West and Kogi Central respectively), also attended the event and presented their goodwill messages.

A former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that the lawmaker representing Kogi West at the Senate, Dino Melaye might end up becoming the next governor of Kogi state.

Failure to do so also reinforces the mindlessness of those in power in Kogi state by reducing themselves to be leaders of some but not everyone in Kogi state.

For the Kogi West Senatorial rerun, the contest is majorly between Senator Dino Melaye of the PDP and Senator Smart Adeyemi of the APC in the seven local government area s of the state: Ijumu, Kabba-Bunu, Kogi, Lokoja, Mopamuro, Yagba East and Yagba West.

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Honourable Edward advised that the people of Kogi west region should desist from adding sentiments to politics noting that for the good of Kogi west, the people should vote for Senator Smart Adeyemi at the rerun poll.

January 26, 2016 was a watershed in the history of Kogi state in many respects – the people celebrated the emergence of a youthful governor after the Buhari tsunami that swept the political horizon of the country including Kogi state.

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Musa Wada, the younger sibling of former Kogi governor, Captain Idris Wada has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary in Kogi State with 748 votes.