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By Rotimi Odofin The story is no longer about what Governor Ododo promised. It is about what Kogites can now see, touch, and experience in the health sector. And at the center of that unfolding transformation is Dr. Abdulazeez Adams Adeiza. For years, healthcare in Nigeria has been trapped in the familiar cycle of promises, budget speeches, foundation-laying ceremonies, and abandoned expectations. Kogi State is beginning to tell a different story. Under Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, healthcare has emerged as one of the administration’s most visible areas of intervention, with the Coordinating Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abdulazeez Adams Adeiza, driving a reform agenda increasingly defined by grassroots access, primary healthcare revitalisation, preventive medicine, emergency response, institutional planning, and measurable performance. This is no longer governance by announcement. It is governance being tested at the point where the government meets the ordinary citizen. Tha...

“A UNITED OKUN CAN NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH” — OLUSOJI ABUJA — Asiwaju Prince Dr. Olatunji Olusoji has called on the people of Okunland to rise above personal interests, political differences and internal divisions, stressing that the collective destiny and development of the region must remain paramount. Olusoji made the call while addressing stakeholders at the Okun Unity Dialogue, organised by the Okun Development Initiative in Abuja, where political leaders, traditional stakeholders, professionals, community advocates and other sons and daughters of Okunland converged to deliberate on the future of the region. In a strongly worded appeal for unity, Olusoji urged Okun people to close ranks and support leadership capable of advancing development, strengthening political influence and securing greater opportunities for the people within the political architecture of Kogi State. He maintained that unity remains the most potent political capital available to Oku...

The Owe Common Front has reaffirmed its commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC) while calling on political leaders in Kogi State and Kogi West to prioritise unity, cooperation and the long-term development of the Owe community. The group made the position known in a 10-point resolution adopted at its meeting held on Monday, August 31, 2026, and signed by its Chairman, Chief Julius Arokoyo, Obamudi of Oweland, and Secretary, Mr. Augustine Ajibade. In the resolution, the Owe Common Front said its continued support for the APC would go hand in hand with its commitment to protecting the welfare, unity, development and future of the Owe people. The group recognised Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State and leader of the APC in the state, while also acknowledging the responsibilities of federal legislators representing Kogi West to advance the interests of their constituents. It urged political leaders to work together and complement one another despi...

“A MARGINALIZED SYSTEM CANNOT BE USED TO JUSTIFY EQUITY AGAINST THE PEOPLE; EVIL CANNOT CURE EVIL.” The 2027 Kogi State governorship election is gradually becoming much more than another contest for political power. It is increasingly shaping up as a defining moment in the state's political history—a moment that will force Kogi people to confront questions of equity, inclusion, political rotation, democratic choice and the right of every major section of the state to aspire to the highest office. At the centre of that conversation is the growing agitation for Kogi West, particularly the Okun people, to produce the next governor of the state in 2027. The metaphor contained in the headline is simple but politically powerful. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. It does not remain permanently in the middle. In a plural society such as Kogi, political power should similarly not be regarded as the permanent possession of any geographical, ethnic or political bloc....

An Ijesa-based youth advocacy group, Ijesa Intellectuals, has rejected calls for the recall of Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, describing the move as politically motivated and a reflection of inadequate understanding of the constitutional requirements for recalling a serving senator. In a statement issued on Thursday in Ilesa by it's spokesman, Yinka Aluko, the group said those behind the recall campaign were attempting to exploit political sentiments to undermine the senator's standing in Osun East Senatorial District. The group argued that the recall process was a constitutionally prescribed procedure involving substantial mobilisation of voters and verification by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), rather than a political petition. It said, “An averagely educated Nigerian knows that recall process is not a joke like the jokers and their sponsors thought; however, it is important we educate them and alert Ijesas in particular about the despe...

In a move to deepen grassroots support for the administration of Governor Usman Ahmed Ododo, the Southerners in Kogi State have concluded arrangements to empower over 1,000 market women across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The initiative, tagged “South-South Traders and Market Women Empowerment Fund in Support of Ododo,” is designed as a grant, not a loan, aimed at strengthening economic resilience among traders while also mobilizing support ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to a statement signed by Kingsley Oshilim, Acting Secretary of Southerners in Kogi State, the program reflects a shift “from handouts to sustainable wealth creation” in line with the economic priorities of the Ododo administration. Under the arrangement, 50 market women will be selected from each LGA, with 100 beneficiaries in Lokoja, which will serve as the pilot for the flag-off.   Governor Ododo is expected to formally launch the first phase of the scheme in Lokoja...