By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has been buried at the Gudu Muslim Cemetery in Abuja amid tears and emotional tributes from family members, political associates, friends, and well-wishers. The late former governor was laid to rest today in accordance with Islamic rites, as mourners gathered to pay…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Hajiya Aishat Kende Adamu, a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, has recounted the devastating loss she suffered after fire destroyed parts of her three-bedroom building in Lokoja. Recounting the incident in an interview with newsmen, Hajiya Aishat Kende Adamu…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The controversy surrounding the burial arrangements for former Kogi State Governor, late Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, CON, has taken a new twist following a declaration by his son, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim Idris, that he is the sole custodian of his father’s remains. Abdullahi had on Thursday officially announced the death of…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Government is facing backlash over plans to evacuate facilities belonging to the Isanlu Water Project, with the Mayegun of Isanlu Land and Akogun of Itakete-Ide, High Chief Olatunde David Dare, demanding the immediate suspension of the exercise. High Chief Dare condemned the decision by the Kogi State…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old man, Mohammed Aliyu, for allegedly attempting to steal a Hyundai Santa Fe vehicle parked at the Customs Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Muhammad Sanusi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the activities of the Command….

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Chief Elijah Olorunsuwa has expressed appreciation to Senator Sunday Karimi, Hon. James Faleke and other individuals who stood by him following his alleged arrest by the Nigerian Police in Ilorin. Olorunsuwa said he was arrested at his residence at about 5:30am over a WhatsApp post concerning the rehabilitation of the…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Qur’anic school, Markazi Nurul Huda, Karaworo Branch One, Lokoja, has graduated 14 students who successfully completed the memorisation and recitation of the Holy Qur’an. The National Watch TV reports that the Qur’anic graduation ceremony was the 10th edition organised by the school, with the 14 graduands completing their Qur’anic…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Veteran musician and cultural promoter, Tijay Bala, has briefed the Kogi State Chairman of the Igala Cultural Development Association (ICDA), Comrade Faruna Danladi, on plans for a special event marking his 40 years in music and 30 years on stage. Tijay Bala paid a courtesy visit to the ICDA Kogi…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Stanley Ajileye, has appealed to Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf to reconsider his reported aspiration for the Senate, urging him to respect the existing rotational arrangement among the constituencies in Kogi West. Ajileye made the appeal in an open letter addressed to Yusuf,…

… Hon. Jones Says Road Is State-Funded, Not World Bank Project By Lami Ibrahim  The Kogi State Government has declared that the planned construction and rehabilitation of the 38-kilometre Kabba–Iluke–Bunu Road is a project conceived, approved and funded entirely by the state government under Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, and not a World Bank intervention as…