National Watch

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Candidates elected on Thursday under the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the House of Assembly in Kogi State showed that not all the government endorsed aspirants got the tickets. Though in the Central Senatorial axis, aside Ogori/Magongo (which was not cleared who was the authentic government aspirant), all the Governor’s…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Some aspirants in the forthcoming Kogi State All Progressives Congress, (APC) for National and State legislative seats are threatening to leave the ruling party should the leadership of the party still go ahead to use the purported ‘unity list’ for its primary elections, NationalWatch has learnt. Some of the aspirants…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The story of some special candidates, whose names have been penned down in a list called “unity list” and said to be enjoying the support of the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has been laid to rest has the governor rejected the list and warned against imposition of candidates…

*** Gov. Bello orders for free, pransparent primaries By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has not endorsed any candidate for the forthcoming general election. The governor at a stakeholders meeting held yesterday night in Abuja, a source said rejected a unity list brought in by some government officials. A…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Three-term House of Representatives member, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf, on Tuesday beat former Senator Dino Melaye to secure the ticket of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for Kogi west senatorial zone. Yusuf representing Kabba/Bunu Ijumu federal constituency, polled 163 delegates votes to defeat Melaye with 99 in a rerun after…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A philanthropist, Hon. Muhammed Ibukun Abubakar Bukky, has reportedly picked the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) nomination form for Kogi Western Senatorial District. The development is an indication that the Bukky has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the NNPP. Bukky was said to have picked the form,…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A leading contender for the Ajaokuta federal constituency seat in Kogi State, Barrister Danni Egidi Abdulraheem has promised to preserve the populist government’s ideology by putting premium on the people’s welfare while he represents the interest of his constituency. The aspirant said his campaign and eventual mandate will be hinged…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The only female Aspirant in Kogi West senatorial district under the platform of APC, Chief Mrs Adedoyin Ibikunle Eshanumi, has secured job for six youths in the zone in the Federal Government MDAs. Eshanumi, a frontline aspirant for Kogi west Senate seat, disclosed this in chat with our correspondent in…

*** Thanks Abdullahi for his financial support for the party   By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Ahead of the 2023, general election, the Kogi State Publicity Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Alhaji Musa Audu Dankano, has issued quit notices to the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party, saying Nigerians are tired…