A Kogi-based anti-corruption group, Kogi Grassroot Conscience, (KGC) has raised an alarm that the Kogi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Ndamodu Ali, is corruptly enriching himself with allocations meant for local governments in the state.

In an email sent to Kogireports.com, the group alleged that Ndamodu fleeced the local councils when Liaison Officers held sway which hampered their performances in the respective local governments. It will be recalled that the Liaison Officers had serious financial challenges and were unable to meet expectations of constituents and even failed to meet up with routine council responsibilities.

“When the Liaison Officers were dissolved by His Excellency, Captain Idris Wada, the DLGs were directed to take over the administration of their respective local councils. Ndamodu Ali caged the DLGs and siphoned over N300million from their allocation”, the group alleged.

source: kogireports.com

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Kogi-Born Abdul Adama Hands Over Ownership of Bukola Babes Football Club to Senator Saraki with a Promise To Replicate Same in Kogi State.

The founder and Chairman of premier league club, Bukola Babes Football Club, Alhaji Abdul Adama, have officially handed over the illustrious football club to his mentor, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

Alhaji Abdul Adama, in his speech, promised to replicate same success he achieved with Bukola Babes FC in Kogi State if given the opportunity and necessary support.

http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-born-abdul-adama-hands-over-ownership-of-bukola-babes-football-club-to-senator-saraki-with-a-promise-to-replicate-same-in-kogi-state

Kogi-Born Abdul Adama Hands Over Ownership of Bukola Babes Football Club to Senator Saraki with a Promise To Replicate Same in Kogi State.

The founder and Chairman of premier league club, Bukola Babes Football Club, Alhaji Abdul Adama, have officially handed over the illustrious football club to his mentor, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

Alhaji Abdul Adama, in his speech, promised to replicate same success he achieved with Bukola Babes FC in Kogi State if given the opportunity and necessary support.

http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-born-abdul-adama-hands-over-ownership-of-bukola-babes-football-club-to-senator-saraki-with-a-promise-to-replicate-same-in-kogi-state

Hundreds of youths, under the aegis of Kogi Transformation Initiative, staged a peaceful protest, describing recent governorship election in the state as fraudulent.

These youths blocked the Abuja-Lokoja highway, causing serious traffic jam.

Leader of the group, Idris Usman, while addressing pressmen, said they were unhappy with the outcome of the recently held poll, which he said did not reflect the wishes of the people of the state.


http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-transformation-initiative-stage-street-protest-against-outcome-of-december-3-kogi-gov-election

The leader of the progressives in the last House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye, is set to emerge as deputy governorship of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Kogi State.

http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-governorship-election-dino-melaye-set-to-emerge-as-acns-deputy-governorship-candidate

Unknown to the ‘Ibro Family’, their patron, Governor Ibrahim Idris, opened discussions with the camp of the first runner-up in the rescheduled primaries, Isa Kutepa. The group, though aggrieved, decided to work for the success of PDP in the forthcoming governorship elections and accepted a working deal with Ibro.

http://www.kogireports.com/emergence-of-awoniyi-ibro-dumps-abiodun-ojo-and-t-j-faniyi-for-kutepa-camp

Ahead of the December 3 Governorship elections, the spirit of the late political warlord, Chief S.B. Awoniyi has been exorcised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

http://www.kogireports.com/awoniyi-resurrects-ahead-of-december-kogi-governorship-election

Information available to KogiReports.Com confirmed that Audu has been endorsed by the party at the national level.

The primaries is expected to be a mere formality as is known with ACN nationwide

http://www.kogireports.com/acn-to-endorse-prince-abubakar-audu-as-flagbearer-today-in-lokoja

Members of a pressure group, Kogi Patriots, have petitioned the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri, pleading with her not to allow the state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, to foist Alhaji Idris Wada on the state in the December governorship election.

http://www.kogireports.com/pdp-primaries-update-kogi-patriots-petitions-efcc-to-stop-captain-wada

A formidable youth group, Coalition of Okun and Ebira Youths (COEY) said it has adopted Kutepa as its consensus candidate for the rescheduled governorship poll.

http://www.kogireports.com/okun-ebira-youths-endorse-kutepa

Apparently not comfortable with the decision by the leadership of PDP to jettison the outcome of the governorship primaries, protesters from Kogi State under the aegis, Kogi PDP Frontiers, yesterday, stormed Wadata House national secretariat of the party to register their grievances.
“The PDP is about to lose Kogi State because we are going to mobilize for mass exodus. We will not recognise any other counterfeit candidate. Alhaji Jibrin Isah is the only candidate we know”.

http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-guber-election-pro-echocho-protesters-warns-pdp-of-imminent-loss

Mr Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega, identified Kogi as a flash point, saying; “it is a potentially violent terrain"
http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-is-a-potentially-violent-terrain-inec

The out-going governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, is said to be a confused man at the moment. He supported Alhaji Isah Echocho in the nullified January primaries but is now rooting for one of his commissioners
http://www.kogireports.com/pdp-governorship-primaries-confused-ibro-says-he-is-neutral

The leader of the progressives in the last House of Representatives, Comrade Dino Melaye, is said to be lobbying Prince Abubakar Audu and leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) so as to be the deputy governorship aspirant in the forthcoming December governorship elections.
http://www.kogireports.com/dino-schemes-to-be-audus-running-mate

A member in Kogi State House of Assembly, Honourable Gowon Paul Haruna has donated his June and July salaries to two wards in Dekina/Biraidu Constituency in Kogi state.

http://www.kogireports.com/house-of-assembly-member-donate-salaries-to-constituency

He said the party had four aspirants for the governorship elections in Kogi, “but they are yet to officially pick our nomination forms.”

“There is Professor Yusuf Obaje, Prince Abubakar Audu, Prince Rotimi Obadofin and Alhaji Zakari Jiya.

http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-acn-we-have-4-governorship-aspirants

A suspected armed robbery gang, Sunday evening attacked motorists at Manderegi village, along Abaji-Lokoja highway. A motorist, who escaped the attack, put the time of the incident at 4:12 pm and said the seven-man gang emerged from a nearby bush with sophisticated weapon

http://www.kogireports.com/robbers-attack-motorists-on-abuja-lokoja-road

The Kogi government has wound up the operations of the state-owned transport company and paid off all the 142 workers on its payroll.

http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-government-renders-142-jobless

A proposal for the phased completion of the troubled Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State will soon be sent to the Presidency.

Sen. Nurudeen Abatemi, representing Kogi Central in the Upper legislative chamber, made the declaration after an inspection tour of the steel complex that the proposal would ensure adequate funding needed for the completion of the company within three years.

http://www.kogireports.com/i-will-soon-send-ajaokuta-completion-plan-to-presidency-%E2%80%93-senator-abatemi

The people of Lokoja, Kogi State, on Saturday, were in a state of confusion as a grenade suspected to belonging to the police was discovered near Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke -Isegun at Phase II Estate extension in the state capital

read more http://www.kogireports.com/grenade-found-beside-a-church-in-lokoja

A former state chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Chief J.S Odawn, declared that governorship tickets do not expire.
http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-pdp-primaries-echocho’s-ticket-cannot-expire

The premises of the National Assembly and state assembly election tribunal in Lokoja, Kogi State, was turned into a war zone, on Wednesday, as supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and that of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) clashed
http://www.kogireports.com/pdp-acn-supporters-clash-at-kogi-tribunal

Jeremiah Omosanyin, an employee of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was on Wednesday electrocuted while working on the 11,000 voltage cable supplying power to the Kogi State Government House in Lokoja

http://www.kogireports.com/cable-electrocutes-phcn-employee-in-kogi-government-house

A chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kogi State, Hamza Sherrif Aliu, said the ACN in Kogi States appreciates the entrance of the former governor, Prince Abubakar Audu, into the party, stressing that as it stands today, Audu has no equal among the other governorship aspirants.
http://www.kogireports.com/audu-has-no-equal-among-the-other-governorship-aspirants-–-hamza-sherrif

The former Governor of Kogi and ACN governorship aspirant, Prince Abubakar Audu, said in Lokoja that he would not probe the present administration in the state, if he secured power.
http://www.kogireports.com/i-will-not-probe-ibro-%E2%80%94-audu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today announced that governorship elections will hold in Kogi State on 3rd December 2011.
http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-state-governorship-elections-to-hold-december-3-2011-inec

Kogi State Governor Ibrahim Idris has urged political office holders in the Central Senatorial District to woo viable projects to the area to boost the state economy.

He said since peace had returned to the area, stakeholders should attract investors, who could establish viable projects in the district
http://www.kogireports.com/ibro-seeks-industries-in-ebiraland

AN Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftain in Kogi State, Hamza Aliu, has said the party would be victorious in the state if former Governor Abubakar Audu contests under the party flagship.

Audu recently defected from the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to ACN.

http://www.kogireports.com/audu-will-liberate-kogi-acn-chieftain

As the 2012 governorship election in Kogi State draws nearer, opposition parties in the state appear battle ready to take on the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They have said repeatedly that they will take over the state. To actualize this, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) decided to ‘merge’ with the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), including Fresh Democratic Party in order to change the political equation of the state
http://www.kogireports.com/can-anpp-acn-alliance-dethrone-pdp-in-kogi

Kogi State Government has been called upon to rehabilitate Otite, Ochaja and Egbe Booster Stations, in order to inform, entertain and educate the people at the grassroots on the government programmes and projects.

The Assembly member also urged the local governments to participate in the funding of Radio Kogi by contributing one percent of their monthly statutory allocation
http://www.kogireports.com/kogi-lgs-urged-to-fund-kogi-radio-with-1-of-monthly-allocation