The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been re-elected as the governor of the state. Governor Bello was returned elected on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having scored the highest number of votes in the keenly contested poll. The Returning Officer for the election and…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon has won the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orunmuwese, announced this on Monday morning. Professor Orunmuwese returned Lyon as the winner of the keenly contested election…
The Incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has been announced as the winner of Ijumu local government area. TruetellsNigeria gathered that Bello polled a total of 11,425 votes against the 7,587 votes recorded by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Independent National Electoral Commission has declared 30 of its staff for the governorship election in Kogi State missing. This came on the heels of the abduction of four staff of the commission in Bumodi-Gbene in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and Ologi in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. TruetellsNigeria gathered the…
The police have lamented that the violence in Kogi State during the governorship elections was worse than that of Bayelsa State. Elections had been disrupted in Ward 2, Lokoja, after gunshots were fired into the air by suspected thugs. They also made away with ballot boxes, even as electorates scampered for safety. Speaking about the…
Results of the ongoing Kogi Governorship Election have started coming in from different Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the north-central state. TruetellsNigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced the Kogi Governorship Election on Saturday, November 16, around 8:00 am amidst tight security. The election is holding in 2,548 polling units in the…
Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr Simon Achuba, has been impeached. Mr Achuba was impeached by members of the Kogi State House of Assembly on Friday in Lokoja, the state capital. The Majority Leader of the House disclosed this to reporters at the premises of the Assembly complex. He explained that the report was accepted…
