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The recently concluded APC gubernatorial primaries in Kogi State have not only left a sour taste in the mouths of party members, but it has also exposed the party’s uninspiring choice of candidate. Despite being the ruling party in the state, the APC is struggling to project the vibrancy that is expected of a party going into an election. The emergence of Usman Ododo as the party candidate has been greeted with mixed reactions, with many questioning his suitability to lead a strategic state like Kogi. Ododo, who is perceived as an anointed candidate of the outgoing governor Yahaya Bello,…
It was a sober moment as friends, colleagues and relatives converged on Guards Brigade Cemetery Lungi, Abuja where the body of the late spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen. Texas Jude Chukwu (rtd) was laid to rest. Chukwu served as the Director Army Public Relations (DAPR) from 26 February 2018 to 3rd December of the same year. He died on Thursday 5, January 2023 at his residence in Abuja. Before interment, a funeral service was held in his honour at St Joseph Catholic Church, Mambila Barracks, Abuja. In his eulogy, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, who…
We write to you with all sense of humility and as act of love and patriotism to our great Party, APC wherein all the members find abode. This is yet another all-important and critical time in our Party as we begin another phase of electioneering towards gubernatorial election comes November 2023. The efforts of His Excellency Governor Yahaya Bello to manage the affairs of the Party so well cannot be underestimated. His Excellency is a Partyman per excellent and upright leader without any dent. We salute his leadership role and positive impact in Kogi State and in the APC. The…
Ahead of the April 14th All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary Election in Kogi state, a foremost support group, the Confluence Women for Asuku Mandate (CWAM) has urged other gubernatorial aspirants to stepdown and support the ambition of Chief (Pharm) Jamiu Abdulkareem Asuku, a frontline gubernatorial contender in Kogi state. In a communique issued at the end of a closed meeting in Lokoja on Thursday, the group urged other aspirants to align their interest with “the collective will of Kogi people” by adopting Chief Asuku as the consensus candidate of the party owing to his proven track records of excellence. According…
It is a great disservice to our collective sensitivity if we only fixed our attention on the qualifications of the aspirants for political offices and ignore their ability to understand the assignment to effectively deliver positive results. Kogi state witnessed a great turnaround for better in all sectors today because a man who understands the assignment of governance is at the helm of affairs. We talk about GYB Legacy today because the governor perfectly understands what it takes to deliver on the mandate even against all odds. It is on record that Pharm Asuku’s experience both in the private and…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Wednesday, said the report credited to him that INEC deliberately withheld the real-time upload of presidential election results from polling units is “irresponsible and reckless”. The minister made the clarification in Washington DC while reacting to the report published on some online platforms. He said the report was a deliberate falsehood, twisted by the online platforms to serve their selfish interests. “This is irresponsible and reckless journalism. The truth of the matter is that one of the major problems in the polity today is a section of the…
The emergence of Governor Yahaya Bello in the political arena of Kogi State heralded a divergent prism of political perspectives. Though his political ascension was a marvel, it was nonetheless beset with political vicissitudes from the merchants of the status quo and relentless political opponents. This made governance in the state an uphill task in the beginning. It is however praiseworthy that more than seven years down the road, the atmosphere of indifference toward his emergence as a governor is completely dissipated. Hitherto, the naysayers held a creed that the governor was a greenhorn in politics and politically naïve, hence…
A political interest group, Friends of Asuku Reality Network (FARN) has applauded the outcome of the just concluded screening of aspirants aiming for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives’ Congress, APC, ahead of the November 2023 gubernatorial election in Kogi state. In a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday signed by Convener of the forum, Comrade Victoria Akubo, they noted that the screening process was free and fair. FARN further urged delegates of the party to ensure they do the needful by ensuring the emergence of Chief (Pharm) Abdulkareem Jamiu Asuku during the forthcoming primaries in…
A time comes periodically when people must constitutionally and democratically choose/elect their leaders, and in doing so, the people must look beyond every form of primordial sentiments of ethnic chauvinism, religious and tribal bigotry and prejudice. At hand is another election year in Kogi state and plethora of candidates have availed themselves for the Kogi’s top job. However, the delegates as well as the people must queue behind one man that is obviously seen and known to be the best hand and fit for the job of putting Kogi on the threshold of development as a continuation of and commitment…
Emameh Gabriel writes about the readiness of the Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor, Jamiu Asuku, to contest for the APC gubernatorial primary in the state next month. Next month, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State will conduct its governorship primary to pick the flag bearer of the party for the November 1, 2023 gubernatorial election in the confluence state and one who will succeed incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello. Governor Bello, the youngest serving governor in Nigeria who has set a precedence of revolutionizing a system that encourages youth inclusiveness in governance is faced with the challenge…