Since he became governor over seven years ago in circumstances which remain fuzzy, Yahaya Bello has left no one in doubt about his totalitarian grip on the north central state of Kogi. He is the be-all-and-end-all of the potentially rich, but pathetically indigent and decrepit state, whose style reminds of that of the infamous King Louis XIV in French history. …

Senator Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for Kogi State and will fly the party’s flag in the 11th November election. Melaye, who represented Kogi West in the eighth Senate (2015 – 2019), secured 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes. Former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who …

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has denied speculations that he is involved in the emergence of an “anointed” candidate for the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 11th November election in Kogi State. Senator Dino Melaye, one of the governorship aspirants in the PDP, was a spokesman for the Atiku presidential campaign council in the 25th …