A statement issued by the party in Lokoja on Sunday said that Uhuotu scored 1, 478 votes to defeat another contestant, Mohammed Omuya, who scored 270 votes.
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The Kogi State Government on Thursday said it had taken some measures to mitigate flood disaster and outbreak Lassa fever and other epidemic prone diseases in the state.
A Prosecution witness told an FCT High Court that Senator Dino Melaye did not jump out of a moving vehicle on April 24, 2018.
The organised labour in Kogi State on Wednesday told Governor Yahaya Bello that his administration was owing workers eight to 39 months salary arrears.
The Kogi chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to release the N30.8 billion balance of bailout fund to the state government to enable it settle salaries, pensions and gratuity.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has commiserated with the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye, over the death of his mother, Comfort, whose death was announced on Thursday.
Tosin Ojuola, father of the five-day old child, abducted by two gunmen on April 11 at Ijagbe community in the Mopa-Muro Local GovernmentAarea of Kogi has been released by the police authorities.
Acute water scarcity has hit Lokoja and its environs following the shutdown of the greater Lokoja water treatment plant by the state government since March 27.
This year’s edition of the annual Dankwo fishing festival in Lokoja ended abruptly on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on participants.
The National Teachers’ Institute has begun training school teachers on Moral HIV/AIDS Awareness in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Aide-De-Camp to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, DSP Usman Shugaba, on Saturday led a team of policemen and some persons believed to be political thugs to invade the Press Centre in Lokoja.
Six staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission were kidnapped and later released in Lokoja, Kogi State during the state assembly election on Saturday.
Some armed thugs in police and army uniforms invaded polling units in Adankolo community in Lokoja, Kogi State shooting sporadically to scare away voters on the queue.
The Nigeria Medical Association has called on Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi to reverse the ‘current internal drift’ of doctors and other healthcare workers in the state.
Subscribers of MTN mobile phone and date services in Lokoja and its environs are presently experiencing difficulty in accessing the services of the provider.
The National Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress Broom Revolution, Mohammed Abubakar, has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari would be re-elected on the strength of his performance and achievements.
Residents of Ganaja area of Lokoja, Kogi State on Thursday stormed the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Area Office to protest alleged exorbitant, estimated billings and general inefficiency of the electricity company.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to complete all abandoned federal projects in Kogi State, if elected in the coming election.
The Kogi State House of Assembly has declared vacant the seat of Hon. Linus Enench, the member representing Olamaboro Constituency of the state.
Four staff members of Independent National Electoral Commission, an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an accident on Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road on Saturday, an official has confirmed.