Son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, Mohammed, arraigned for Robbery
The Police in Kogi on Thursday arraigned Mohammed Audu, son of the former governor of the state, the late Prince Abubakar Audu, for robbery and attempted culpable homicide at a Lokoja Magistrates’ Court. Mohammed was arrested Wednesday night when he honoured police invitation at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at the Police Headquarters in Lokoja. The […]
OP-ED| LEST OUR DEMOCRACY BECOMES A MONARCHY
If recent developments out of Kogi are anything to go by, then our democracy may soon become extinct and a hybrid enforced in its place. While the dust around the unfortunate demise of Prince Abubakar Audu remains far from settled, a new one seems to be gathering storm. The issue of who becomes the flag […]
KOGI ELECTION| Kogi Legislators Throw their Weight Behind Mohammed Audu
APC members of the Kogi State House of Assembly are insisting that Mohammed Audu, the first son of the deceased APC Candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, should replace his father in the December 5 supplementary governorship polls. The legislators threatened to impeach anyone other than Mohammed Audu, if elected. This message, the lawmakers took to the […]
Abubakar Audu Was A Talented Politician – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, as a talented and courageous politician. In a statement issued on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President was quoted as saying: “We are obviously devastated at the […]
BREAKING| Prince Abubakar Audu In Secret Wedding
Worried by his single status, the All Progressives Congress Kogi State Governorship Candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, has finally dumped his new wife for Hajia Halima Alfa, at a marriage held in the early hours of Sunday 8-11-2015, in Ankpa. It would be recalled that the two time governor’s bid to marry from Alh Salisu Mariga’s family of […]
Wada, Echocho and The PDP Primaries in Kogi State
By Demola Olarewaju Kogi is in the news these days because of the forthcoming elections – the first since the PDP suffered what Bode George calls ‘a bloody nose’ from the APC in the presidential elections. A defeat in Kogi would surely mean more than a bloody nose like BG euphemistically called it but it […]
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