Kogi State

December 22, (THEWILL) - Edward Onoja, the once-formidable Deputy Governor of Kogi State, now finds himself sidelined in the political arena he once dominated. Onoja, who was a trusted ally of the embattled former Governor Yahaya Bello, has...

October 25, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has approved the bid by the Kogi State Government to construct an International Airport in the Zariagi area of the State. Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said the approval was...

September 19, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday night, allegedly laid siege to the Kogi Government Lodge, Asokoro in an attempt to arrest former governor Yahaya Bello. Bello's Media Office Director, Ohiare...

September 17, (THEWILL) – The Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon. Aondoana Dajoh and that of Oyo State, Hon. Edward Ogundoyin, have joined their counterparts across the country to felicitate Kogi Speaker, Aliyu Umar Yusuf,...

August 26, (THEWILL) – The legal battle between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, appears to be coming to an end in favour of the anti-graft commission. Chairman of...

August 23, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has affirmed Governor Usman Ododo as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. Yakubu Muritala Ajaka, the Kogi governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) had approached the apex court to...

August 19, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the appeal filed against the election of Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State. A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, reserved judgement...

August 12, (THEWILL) – Just before the Supreme Court presided over the Kogi Governorship Election appeal by the Social Democratic Party’s candidate, Muritala Ajaka, the respective political parties and a civil society organisation took the battle to the public...

August 03, (THEWILL) – The abducted caretaker chairman (CTC) of the Kabba/Bunu local government area, Zacchaeus Dare-Michael, has escaped from his kidnappers’ den. Dare-Michael was kidnapped on Friday, by gunmen, on the Kaba-Okene road while on his way home. He...

July 15, (THEWILL) - The last is yet to be heard in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Kogi State as the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Murtala Ajaka, on Thursday rejected the Appeal Court ruling...