Tag: Idowu Akinlotan, Kogi, Kogi News, Yahaya Bello
2023: They Also Want to be President
More than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC) will in the coming months contend with a welter of presidential aspirants which its...
The Isanlu, Kogi Robbery and Wadume Affair
Days after armed robbers invaded the agrarian town of Isanlu, East Yagba Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing seven policemen and a civilian, the authorities...
Unbearable Arrogance in Kogi Governorship Race
On Saturday, Kogi State will go to the polls to elect their governor, and Kogi West, their senator. It is not entirely clear what the outcome would look like; but it is...
Gov Bello and Lawlessness in Kogi
On Friday, hours after the John Baiyeshea-led seven-man judicial panel exculpated Kogi State deputy governor Simon Achuba of allegations of gross misconduct, the Kogi...
Oshiomhole’s Kogi Panegyrics
Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, said a lot of provocative stuff last Thursday when he and the ruling party’s National Working...
NJC, Kogi State and Court of Appeal Judgements
On May 9, the Court of Appeal finally decided some of the cases filed before it by former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. He was vindicated in three of...
Gov Bello and Harassed Kogi Judiciary
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State seems more at ease provoking critics than governing the state on which he was foisted more than three years ago. The context of his...
Dino Melaye, Police and Kogi Govt
Last week’s tumultuous event of arrest, transportation, escape and re-arrest of Dino Melaye (APC Sen–Kogi West), is more likely to continue to meet with derision...
Gov Bello and INEC’s Scandalous Prevarication
IN their response to allegations that the electoral body endorsed double standard over Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s Temporary Voter Card (TVC), the Independent...
Opinion: Missing the Point in Kogi
ON February 13, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gave a keynote address at the maiden Kogi State Economic and Investment Summit. There was nothing in the speech to indicate...