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Kogi men and women all carry traditional bags across their shoulders. Only women are allowed to weave the bags. Many of the things carried inside a bag are secret and known only to the owner. Bags carried by Mamos contain sacred traditional objects. When two Kogi men meet, the customary greeting is to exchange handfuls of coca.
The 2023 Kogi State gubernatorial election was held on 11 November 2023 to elect the Governor of Kogi State. [1] Incumbent APC Governor Yahaya Bello was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office.
The 2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election occurred on 16 November 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Yahaya Bello won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Musa Wada and several minor party candidates. [1] [2] [3]
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State were held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Kogi State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided with the 2023 presidential election , as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives ; with ...
Ahmed Usman Ododo (born 7 February 1982) [1] is a Nigerian accountant and politician who has served as the governor of Kogi State since 2024. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Kogi is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, [5] [6] bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, [7] [8] [9] to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the southwest by Edo and Ondo states, to the southeast by the states of Anambra and Enugu, and to the east by Benue State.
Kogi East: APC: Supplementary Election Yakubu Oseni: Kogi Central APC: Dino Melaye: Kogi West: PDP: Sacked by Election Petition Tribunal, lost to Smart Adeyemi in a re-run election. Smart Adeyemi: Kogi West: APC Elected in a re-run election to replace Dino Melaye whose election was nullified by the court. Representative Constituency Party Bello ...
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kogi State held on February 23, and November 16, 2019. [1] Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West , Yakubu Oseni representing Kogi Central and Jibrin Isah representing Kogi East all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress , unseating their predecessors in the People's Democratic party.