By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Abdulrahman Hussaini, popularly known as Gentle, has organized a special prayer session to mark the birthday of the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo. The prayer session was held at the Lokoja Central Mosque and was led by Sheikh Aminu Shaban, the Chief Imam of Lokoja, with the recitation…
By Lami Ibrahim A senior Customs officer appearing before the House Committee on Public Accounts developed health complications on Monday, June 25, and died at the National Assembly clinic. The official, whose name could not be identified immediately, was rushed to the National Assembly clinic where first aid responders were said to have attended to…
…Ahead of His Honorary Doctorate Award by Federal University Lokoja By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab In a gesture of recognition and solidarity, the Lokoja Consultative Forum (LCF), has presented a portrait to Senator Tunde Ogbeha, the Lakpini of Lokoja and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi State, in honour of the honorary…
The National Coordinator, “Like Minds Alliance Pressure Group”, Chief Richard Asaje has debunked circulating rumors that FGYB brought bandits to Yagba land and the state at large, noting that FGYB never sought the services of the mercenaries to claim power in 2015 and 2019 respectively. According to him, the statement alleging that FGYB recruited bandits…
By Tanko Taidi An elderly woman, name (withheld) alongside her accomplices who trade human parts have been arrested by the Ogun State police command. The suspects were nabbed by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad after one of the officers posed as a buyer. A human head was going to be sold to the undercover…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi Citizens have been called upon to come under one platform to agitate and carry out actions and programmes towards achieving transformative governance in Kogi State and Nigeria in general. The Civil Society Co-Convener, Campaign for Transformative Governance, (CFTG) Tijani Abdulkareem made the call on Saturday at a State multi-stakeholder…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Alhaji Idris Abdulrahman Sofada has emerged as the Chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP in Lokoja Local Government Area Cross for the October 2024 council election. Sofada emerged through consensus in an exercise held at Adankolo Primary School in Lokoja on Saturday. The exercise, which involved 7 aspirants,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Council of Ulama’u on Monday flagged off its annual Ramadan Lecture Series at the Lokoja Central Mosque, calling on Islamic preachers to use the holy month as a platform to promote peace, unity, and moral guidance. The programme began with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an, followed…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Sunday Karimi on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to supporting robust legislative actions aimed at ending insecurity across communities in Kogi State and the wider Northern region. In a statement issued after arriving for plenary and signing in ahead of the day’s session,…
