Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo has ordered the reopening of the access road to the Zuma 828 coal mining site blockade in the state. This is to allow operations to resume. In a strategic move to enhance security and restore mining operations in the state, the Executive Chairman/CEO of Etazuma Mining and Industries, Dr. Innocent Ezuma held high-level meetings with …

That the former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello (alias White Lion) is a crafty, devious and dodgy character is an under statement. Those who know him know that he is more ignominious than that when a proper character sketch of him is drawn. His character traits are easily discernible in an encounter with him. This is unmistakable. …

Minders of Ahmed Usman Ododo, the governor of the confluence state of Kogi, flung him into the public square of opprobrium and derision last May. Ododo, by the way, was the Auditor-General in-charge of local government councils under Yahaya Bello. The orchestra of sycophants he inherited from his benefactor and predecessor, Bello, eager to ingratiate themselves to him articulated a …

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, affirmed Alhaji Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State. In upholding the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the tribunal dismissed the petition of Alhaji Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, held that the SDP and …

A human rights lawyer, Deji Ajare has urged the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Umar Yusuf to begin impeachment proceedings against the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office. In a letter addressed to the Speaker, through the Clerk of the House on Friday, Ajare said that the use …

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi has called on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to follow the path of decency and submit himself for probe. Bello is being wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corrupt practices while in office as governor. The last 24 …

Kwara and Kogi Governors Abdulrahman Abdulrazak and Ahmed Ododo have appealed for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the dualisation of the deteriorating Ilorin-Lojoja road. The Governors emphasised that the President’s intervention is crucial, as the road, which extends to Makurdi, Gboko and the Republic of Benin, is vital not only for boosting the economy but also for the development of …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the Kogi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Usman Ododo, on his victory at Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state. Sanwo-Olu, who was a member of the APC National Campaign Council for the governorship election, described Ododo’s landslide victory as a testament to the good work the Yahaha …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo winner of the governorship election conducted on Saturday. This is despite earlier announcement of rescheduled election in some areas where election result sheets were found to have been completed ahead of the commencement of voting would have to be concluded …

The Kogi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Ododo has been interrogated by the Department of State Services on a petition against him by some members of the opposition political parties. In a statement on Saturday in Lokoja, the state capital, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo confirmed that Ododo was invited by the DSS. …