By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Nigerian Muslims have joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate the 2024 Eid-El-Adha also known as Eid-El Kabir. The annual festival of Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca by hundreds of millions of Muslims. It is usually celebrated with…
The entire members of the “Like Minds Alliance Pressure Group” Kogi State chapter, has hail Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja for granting the bail application brought before it on Friday 13/12/2024 saying that God has answered their prayers. The leader of the group, Chief Richard Asaje stressed that the bail application…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The newly turbaned Santali of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Muhammed Haruna, has expressed appreciation to the Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikafi over his coronation yesterday. Expressing his appreciation at his GRA residence in Lokoja shortly after the turbaning ceremony, Haruna, who is a retired NNPC Limited Director, said…
By Lami Ibrahim There was a mild drama on Wednesday as a dispute over seating arrangements led to a heated exchange between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) and the senate leadership. Trouble began when Senator Natasha’s seat was relocated upon resumption of the session presided by the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, but she…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has dissolved his cabinet and appointed new one as part of transition process for the incoming administration in the state. The Kogi Governor-elect, Usman Ododo, will take over from the Bello administration on Jan. 27. Those affected by the dissolution included; Heads of agencies, parastatals…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, Hon. Sulaiman Danladi Aguye, on Monday said that all late Hon. Buba Jibril constituency projects abandoned by contractors would be completed by his administration for public use in a bid to put an end to the ugly trend of project abandonment in the federal…
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By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Inspector-General of Police, IGP kayode Egbetokun on Saturday ordered a discreet investigation into the altercation between officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC and the Nigeria Police Force in Osogbo, Osun State. The order was in response to a viral video of public confrontation between officers…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Like birds, desperate hungry women, men and children are seen struggling to pick scattered grains of beans and rice from the floor. Amid the hunger ravaging Nigeria, residents of Madara ward in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, have been captured in a video struggling for food given as…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria, Kogi State chapter has decried the impact of lack of access to agricultural inputs, saying it has affected food production in the state. SWOFON stakeholders made this disclosure on Wednesday during the presentation of the community scorecard on smallholder women farmers’ access to…
