By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The ancient town of Koton-Karfe was agog on Sunday as the Ohimegye Igu of Koton-Karfe and Chairman, Lokoja/Kogi Local Government Traditional Council, His Royal Majesty, Alhaji (Dr) Saidu Akawu Salihu, turbaned Mallam Adamu Suleiman Zico as the new Ohinoyi of Adabode. The colourful ceremony, held at the Ohimege’s palace, attracted…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Lokoja residents have taken to the streets to demand fair treatment from the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), threatening to escalate their protest to Abuja if their grievances are ignored. The demonstrators accuse the agency of sidelining locals in employment and awarding most contracts to outsiders, particularly indigenes of Osun State. Aggrieved…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There was tension in the New Layout area of Lokoja as police evacuated the body of an unidentified man found dumped in the compound of an uncompleted building alleged to be used as a brothel. NationalWatch TV gathered that the incident, which occurred about five days ago, threw residents into…
*** Allege Bola Oyebamiji Focused on Osun Governorship Ambition, Rarely Visits Lokoja By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Indigenes of Lokoja have accused the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) of neglecting the host community and marginalising them in employment, contracts, and local empowerment initiatives. They alleged that the Managing Director and Chief Executive…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A political pressure group under the aegis of the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) has called on Engr. Nda Usman Muhammed, Executive Director of the Kogi State Oil Producing Development Commission and the Galadima of Bassa Nge Kingdom, to contest the Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency seat under the platform of the All…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A frontline APC Lokoja I State Constituency hopeful, Adam Bala Justice, on Friday, paid a sympathy visit to Malam Ibrahim Ndagi, a fire victim whose residence was recently destroyed by an inferno at Kabawa Street in Lokoja, Kogi State. The tragic incident, which occurred on Wednesday, reportedly started in the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Fulani man has called on the Federal and Kogi State governments to urgently investigate the alleged daily inflow of Fulani people being dropped by helicopters in Obajana and Oshokoshoko communities in Lokoja Local Government Area. In a viral video recorded in Hausa language, the man expressed concern over the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The family of the late Alhaji Umar Gimba, aged 50, on Wednesday held a Fidau (third-day) prayer at his Ibaji Quarters residence in Lokoja, Kogi State. The solemn event drew relatives, friends, political associates, and community members, who gathered to pray for the repose of his soul and console the…
By Abu Micheal. There is no need crying over split milk. The victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere, truncated by the Court was no doubt a set back when juxtaposed with the mileage he covered in his brief stay in the 10th Senate. While it was safe to say that Sen. Ohere laid some of the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Panic and confusion enveloped the Lokoja Area Office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Tuesday when a staff member, Ibrahim Ahmed, reportedly collapsed after hearing reports of a mass sack within the company. Ahmed, who serves in the Distribution Department, was said to have slumped after receiving information…
