By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There was jubilation on Friday as the Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, alongside key stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, endorsed Sunday Karimi as the consensus candidate of the party for Kogi West. The endorsement took place during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Government House in Lokoja,…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Adankolo Junction in Lokoja have called on relevant authorities to urgently evacuate the corpse of an unidentified man found lying at the busy junction since yesterday. According to a source who spoke to National Watch TV, the unidentified man reportedly arrived at the area around 12 noon on…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sunday Karimi, has appealed to his supporters and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to promote unity and avoid inflammatory statements capable of creating division within the party. In a statement issued on Thursday, Senator Karimi expressed deep appreciation to his supporters…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A political group in Kogi West has declared that the outcome of ongoing online opinion polls has further discredited the endorsement of Hon. Sam Aro by some self-acclaimed stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the district. The group, under the umbrella of Concerned Kogi West Progressives, said the…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Garkuwan Matasa of Lokoja, Alhaji Abdulkareem Umar, has named his newly born baby Muhammad Bashir during a well-attended naming ceremony held at the Hausa Street Mosque in Kabawa, Lokoja. The event attracted family members, friends, associates, political allies, community leaders, and well-wishers who gathered to celebrate with the family…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A wave of reactions has continued to trail the alleged endorsement of Hon. Bamidele Sam Aro by a few stakeholders in Kogi West, with many residents and political supporters reportedly rejecting the move and reaffirming their support for Sunday Karimi. The endorsement, which reportedly took place in a secret location,…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi West, Alhaji Tajudeen Bisimilahi, has rejected the alleged endorsement of Hon. Samuel Bamidele Aro as consensus candidate for the 2027 senatorial race in the district. Bisimilahi, through his campaign organization, described the endorsement as “faceless and undemocratic,” insisting that no individual…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Karimi 2.0 Group has strongly dismissed the communiqué issued after the so-called Kogi West APC Stakeholders’ Strategic Alignment Meeting held in Lokoja, describing the gathering as a congregation of self-appointed political actors seeking to undermine democracy and impose predetermined candidates on the people of Kogi West Senatorial District. In…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A former aspirant for the Kogi State House of Assembly, Lokoja II State Constituency, Comrade Abdullahi Madami, has collapsed his political structure in support of the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aliyu Umar Yusuf. According to a statement issued by Yabagi Mohammed, Chief Press Secretary…

By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja Local Government Area, Hon. Jibril Kasim Idris Aloma, has appealed to the Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, to reinstate Hon. Abubakar Sadiq Bala as Special Adviser on Political and Grassroots Mobilization. The appeal followed Bala’s acceptance of the…