Kogi

President Muhammadu Buhari has told supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state not to vote for any candidate from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the general elections.

Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Deputy Chairman, APC Kogi Presidential Campaign Council, Kogi West, on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari would win massively in the Feb. 16, Presidential Poll.

The Federal Government may have made up its mind to privatise the multi-million Naira Ajaokuta Steel Plant located in Kogi State despite opposition by a section of the nation’s economic intelligentsia.

The absence of Dino Melaye in court on Monday stalled his trial in the ongoing alleged false information case before Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of an Abuja Federal High Court.

The trial of a the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, stalled on Monday as the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama refused to go ahead due to his absence.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Kogi State has described as fictitious, unfounded and tendentious, claims that the party has abandoned the spokesman of the council and senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, in his hour of need.

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has vowed to deal decisively with anyone caught arming the youths to perpetuate evil and fuelling insecurity in the state.

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) and My Food Bank (MFB) Nigeria, have trained 500 persons on meal distribution mechanism as part of measures to address food security challenges.

The police have moved Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to the federal special anti-robbery squad (FSARS) office in Guzape district, Abuja.

The Nigeria Police said that the reason behind the movement of Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District from his hospital bed in police hospital to the medical facility of Department of State Service (DSS) was to seek further medical attention.

The Police Command in Kogi on Thursday said two persons were killed and many injured in a renewed hostility between Egbira and Bassa-Kwomu tribes in the state.

Amb. Mukhtar Gashash, the Chairman, Eminent Persons’ Forum, Kano State chapter, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the Inspector General of police, Mr Ibrahim Idris.

The 19-year-old former Kogi United and Kada City youngster added that the club is not coming to the premier league to make up the numbers but to continue their progress and secure a continental ticket at the end of 2018/2019 season.

About 10,000 farmers in Kogi State are to benefit from the $200 million grant of the World Bank assisted Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) project.

The Coalition of United Political Parties on Wednesday announced the donation of N500,000 to the two journalists injured during the fracas that broke out at the rally of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos on Tuesday.

A police inspector on Tuesday shot and injured two drivers in Lokoja, Kogi state, for allegedly refusing to offer bribes he demanded from them.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to complete all abandoned federal projects in Kogi State, if elected in the coming election.

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has given a damning verdict on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying the government is dead.