By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State chapter of Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, an umbrella body of Islamic organisations in Nigeria has called on all scholars delivering the Tafseer or lecture during the Islamic month of Ramadan to shun bad preaching and use courteous language and kind words during their Tafseer sessions. The call was…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The remains of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, his wife and his son were on Saturday buried in Rivers State. Wigwe, his wife, Doreen Chizoba and first son, Chizzy died in a copter crash in California, United States in February. They were buried…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Ahead of the commencement of the 2024 Ramadan fasting this week, the Kogi State Council of Ulama’u has urged Muslims to strictly adhere to the tenets of Islam associated with the holy month. The Chairman of the Kogi State Council of Ulama’u and the Chief Imam, of Ankpa Sheikh Salman…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi 1V, has called on members of Lokoja traditional title holders council on the need to support him in his efforts to move the emirate forward. He made the appeal during the meeting of Lokoja traditional title holders council held at Reverton…
By Lami Ibrahim There was pandemonium at the E-Arrival Finger of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, as fire broke out at the terminal. The fire outbreak, National Watch Tv gathered, led to power outage at the airport. According to eyewitness, the incident caused panic among workers and passengers at the airport as travelers…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Chairman, Kogi State Chapter of Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN), Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel, on Tuesday appealed to the public over the hike in the price of bread. Gabriel said in Lokoja that the increase was unavoidable because bakers could no longer run the business…
… Visits scene of incident By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister of state, Mariya Mahmoud, on Monday, March 4, declared that the looting of a warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha on Sunday by hoodlums was beyond hunger, but a criminal act. The minister made this declaration at the end of her…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab No fewer than 10 suspects have been arrested after hoodlums attacked a BUA truck conveying cartons of spaghetti at Dogarawa axis of Zaria-Kano expressway. Kaduna Police spokesman ASP Mansir Hassan could not confirm the arrest but promised to get back when contacted by National Watch Tv Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Muhammed Yahaya Bala, younger brother of late Alhaji Ida Ibrahim Momoh, has expressed profound gratitude to friends and well-wishers who joined him in prayer during and after the wedding of his brother’s daughter, Hajara Momoh. CSP Bala, who expressed appreciation in an interview with National…
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…
