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Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the candidature of Alh. Usman Ahmed Ododo, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forth coming Kogi State Governorship election.  Ododo in company of the state governor Yahaya Bello Visited the Presidential Villa and held private meeting with the president.  This is in continuation of Ododo's consultations and interface with critical stakeholders of the party.  The Governorship Candidate had earlier visited the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Abdulahi Adamu as well as other top politicians including former governors of Kogi state. 

BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN, Lokoja  A Non-governmental Organization, the National Independent Democratic Observers (NIDO) has commended the All Progressives Congress for holding a free, fair and credible gubernatorial pramaries in Kogi State. This was disclosed in a preliminary report released by its National Coordinator Comr. Habbey Oladejo and made available to Journalists in Lokoja the Kogi state capital.  NIDO affirmed that from the on the field reports of its observer team, Alh. Usman Ododo was clearly the most accepted by the majority of the party members. The report reads "NIDO as a non-profit, non-governmental and   non-affiliated Organization that has been part election monitoring across the Country, including monitoring party candidate selection process, with the aim of ensuring Democratic tenets permeates the books and crannies of the Society. "We in conjunction with other likeminded organizations carried out comprehensive, independent observation and monitor...

  Members and supporters of the People's Democratic Party PDP in central Senatorial District of Kogi State have been charged to remain steadfast in their prayers for the state and Nigeria even as the fasting period is coming to an end. The Leader of the Kogi Central PDP Young Stakeholders and a PDP stalwart in Okene LGA Hon. Alaba Iliyasu Salihu gave the charge during the presentation of food items and cash donations at Otutu Ward as part of his support for his Constituents in preparation of the sallah celebration. While speaking on the reason for their gathering, Hon. Alaba Iliyasu Salihu said asides bringing them together to share the love of the season with them,  they are gathered to review the party's strategy and success of the General elections and the just concluded Governorship primary election. According to him "We are here gathered here to reach out to our people who are observing the ongoing Ramadan  fast and to use the avenue to reassure you of the ...

    A political group, Ijumu All Progressive Congress (APC) Progressive Minds has called on the APC in Ijumu local government area to immediately commence expulsion proceedings against Senator Smart Adeyemi as he has become cancerous to the party. APC stalwart and President of the Group, my Comrade Kamaldeen Toyin made the call on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the press center of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Lokoja. He said it has become imperative to address the press to set the record straight in the face of misinformation circulated by the thoroughly defeated Sen. Smart Adeyemi. Dr. Kamaldeen added that Friday 14th of April, 2023 primary election offered them the opportunity to show the Senator his scorecard. Dr. Toyin said, “As a people, we are not surprised that Senator Smart Adeyemi is attacking Governor Yahaya Bello today. It is his character to repay good with evil. He has made every of his helper regret their benevolence “After his ill-fated failure in...

  By Ayobami Omole-Iyagin, Lokoja. Alhaji Musa Mubarak has been announced as the winner of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) Kogi governorship primary election conducted in Lokoja on Sunday. Mubarak, who is popularly known as 'Emperor' scored a total of 607 votes to defeat his closet rival, Pastor Felix Oni, who scored 44 votes, while Hassan Bawa scored 3 votes. Three aspirants, Sen Abdulrahman Abubakar, Alh. Aliyu Ali and Mr Kamaldeen Yakubu, stepped down from the race to support Mubarak. The election which was free, fair and transparent was witnessed by official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from Abuja. The security agents were also on ground to maintain law and order at the venue of the primary election. The primary election Committee Chairman for NNPP, Comrade Henry Francis, who announced the results, said a total of 717 delegates were to vote by virtue of the party's constitution from the 21 local government areas of Kogi. ''Ha...

  . Asks him to mend his ways before aspiring for governorship  . Says 'he drinks palm wine and breaks the keg' A former Vice President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Zone D, Comrade Tims Ejigah, has described the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Smart Adeyemi, as a politician with a character baggage who lacks capacity to win election for any political party.  Ejigah, who was one of Adeyemi's closest allies during his days as NUJ President and all through the time he began his journey into national politics, disclosed that the Senator had the habit of using and dumping those who assist him, adding that he had no positive records with the NUJ that he served as President for two terms.  The veteran journalist, who spoke to Kogi journalists at the NUJ secretariat in Lokoja, expressed surprise that Adeyemi had joined the Kogi Governorship race, stressing that if elections were to be conducted today, and only jou...