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OGORI, KOGI STATE — The Ogori Muslim Community is set to officially launch its proposed Central Mosque Project as part of efforts to provide a befitting place of worship and promote religious harmony, community development and peaceful coexistence in Ogori and its environs. The launching ceremony is scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the National Open University Study Centre, Ogori, Kogi State. The project, according to the organisers, is conceived as a landmark initiative aimed at addressing the need for a central place of worship for the Muslim faithful in Ogori, while also providing a platform for strengthening unity, brotherhood and peaceful relationships among members of the community. The Ogori Muslim Community is therefore inviting traditional rulers, government officials, political leaders, religious leaders, community leaders, business personalities, philanthropists, friends of Ogori and the general public to grace the occasion and ...

Residents of South origin living in Kogi State have declared their resolve to "overwhelmingly" vote for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Usman Ahmed Ododo in the coming elections, citing recognition, respect and empowerment by the present administration. The declaration was made on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Southerners Resident in Kogi State, Abu Michael, during a courtesy visit to the Director General of Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Hajia Princess Nana Hawa Yusuf, in Lokoja. Mr. Abu said the Ododo administration has, for the first time since the creation of Kogi State, given Southerners a true sense of belonging and inclusiveness in governance.  "We have never been treated like this before. Since the creation of Kogi State, Governor Ododo has made history by giving us recognition. Today, we are not only part of his administration, he has given us that sense of belonging," he stated. He described the Governor's...

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....