In the early hour today news went viral that Ahmed Atta APC leader was arrested with AK47 turn out to be false as he was caught on camera casting his vote.
Some Kogi State Government officials on Friday afternoon had hectic time controlling angry Participants protesting alleged poor handling at a two weeks STEP UP training and empowerment programme inside the Glass House, Lokoja. The about 400 beneficiaries drawn from the 21 Local Governments in the State were unhappy over their inability to access funds and tools which organisers had allegedly promised to give them at the end of the programme. The STEP UP skill acquisition training programme is an intiative of Her Excellency Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice President, with support from Kogi State Governor’s wife, Rashida Bello. It was conceived to compliment the All Progressives Congress, APC, Social Investment Programme, SIP and has been carried out in 21 states with Kogi being the 22nd. Participants were given basic training in sewing and soft furniture. After a difficult selection process, the training took place inside the Amusement Park and participants enjoyed free...
AS voters in the Kogi West Senatorial District and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency cast their votes on Saturday, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called for a credible process. The CDD, in a statement signed by its Director, Idayat Hassan, warned that given the violence, voter intimidation and brazen electoral fraud that characterised the November 16 polls in Kogi and Bayelsa states, the onus is now on all electoral stakeholders, particularly the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to redeem themselves. The statement reads: “This supplementary election is an opportunity for the electoral stakeholders, especially INEC, and the security agencies to address the many flaws we saw on November 16. “CDD observation showed that the polls of November 16 were seriously tainted by a myriad of electoral malpractices, which fundamentally undermined the integrity of the process and outcomes in Kogi and Bayelsa states. CDD hopes t...
The chairman of Ebira Peoples Association (EPA), Kaduna chapter, Malam Idris Otohinoyi Usman, has assured that a new Odeyani of Anebira would emerge in the first quarter of 2021 OHIKU TV gathered that the 18-man committee headed by the vice- chairman of the association, Malam Abdul Jatto, was asked to come up with a mode of selecting a new Odeyaniof Anebira in Kaduna, the report was submitted to the executive during the general meeting held on November 1, 2020. The Odeyani of Anebira, Alhaji Sadiku Obari Omenesa died on June 12, 2020 and the need for his replacement arises. The chairman of Ebira People Association EPA Malam Idris Otohinoyi Usman present the guideline and t he sale of nomination forms which had since commenced would last till November ending, adding that the form would cost N100, 000. One of the odovidi who earlier show interest had since windrow his interest as any odovidi who is interested must vindicate his office first before he will...
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