LG Poll; There Was No Election – Yagba West SDP Candidate Seeks Cancelation Of Fake Results

LG Poll; There Was No Election – Yagba West SDP Candidate Seeks Cancelation Of Fake Results

By Samuel OJ Temibi Candidate of Social Democratic Party in the Yagba West Chairmanship Election, Comrade Ajagun Opeyemi Samuel has called for the cancelation of what he described as a “Kangaroo” election which took place in Yagba West Local Government yesterday. Ajagun made this statement while reacting to the non availability of election materials in […]

Eseyin counsels politicians to lead with fear of God

Eseyin counsels politicians to lead with fear of God

Former Special Adviser to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Youth Empowerment, Sports and Students Affairs, Comrade Deola Eseyin has hit out at critics of John Oladele Nihi over his recent romance with the present administration. Nihi who is a Youth Ambassador was the Media Aide to Senator Dino Melaye was seen in a love […]

Edo 2020: ‘We are ready to accept Obaseki’ – PDP

Edo 2020: ‘We are ready to accept Obaseki’ – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is ready to welcome the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, if he decides to decamp following his disqualification from the forthcoming governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated this in Abuja on Friday. When asked if […]

Edo 2020: Jubilation in Benin over Governor Obaseki’s disqualification from APC Primaries

Edo 2020: Jubilation in Benin over Governor Obaseki’s disqualification from APC Primaries

People of Edo State have trooped out in large numbers to celebrate the disqualification of the embattled Governor Godwin Obaseki by the All Progressives Congress, APC over unresolved discrepancies in his academic certificates. The Governor claimed to have obtained a Higher School Leaving Certificate from an Institution of Continuing Education in Benin City. However, independent […]

Edo 2020: APC disqualifies Governor Obaseki over school certificate

Edo 2020: APC disqualifies Governor Obaseki over school certificate

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday announced the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and two other aspirants from contesting the primaries of the party in the June 22 primary for the governorship election in the state. Announcing the disqualification at the party headquarters in Abuja, the chairman of the screening committee, […]

We have a viable Kwara Assembly – Hon. Bello

We have a viable Kwara Assembly – Hon. Bello

…lauds Gov. Abdulrasaq’s leadership style By Abdul Momoh A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly representing Lanwa/Ejidongari constituency who also double as the Deputy House Leader, Hon Olanrewaju Bello has describes the present Kwara House of Assembly as a viable one. Bello stated this during a briefing with newsmen in his office, recently. […]

SERDEC decries widespread violence in Kogi elections

SERDEC decries widespread violence in Kogi elections

By Stephen Adeleye The Socio Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) has decried what it called, the widespread violence and intimidation that characterised the Nov.16 governorship and national assembly elections in Kogi. A statement by the Executive Director of SERDEC, Mr Tijani Abdulkareem on Tuesday in Lokoja, said in spite of the process being truncated […]

KOGI ELECTION: A TIME FOR SOBER REFLECTION AND PRAYERS

KOGI ELECTION: A TIME FOR SOBER REFLECTION AND PRAYERS

I have lived over six decades now and I have witnessed many elections but I have never seen this type. The lives that have been lost will never vote again. Some are nursing permanent physical and emotional injuries that will live with them for the rest of their lives on account of that election. Some […]

Bello, Idah – Agenebode Bridge; A Metaphor for the Development of Igala land.

Bello, Idah – Agenebode Bridge; A Metaphor for the  Development of Igala land.

Kogi East is no doubt eager and yearning for development. It has suffered perpetually and perennially from the scourge of underdevelopment. It has from the pre colonial and post colonial to Independent era had  never witness index of development that will uplift the people from the incidence of abject poverty. Although subsequent governments have tried […]