By Lami Ibrahim President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received a vote of confidence from members of the Council of State, comprising former Presidents and past Heads of State, as well as former Chief Justices of the Federation. Tuesday’s Council of State meeting is the first presided by Tinubu since he assumed office. The Council members…
By Lami Ibrahim There was pandemonium on Tuesday as heavily armed police officers allegedly fired teargas canisters into a meeting room of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja while top leaders of the party were addressing journalists. The incident reportedly occurred at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, where the National Chairman, Dr. Kabiru…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have taken the first ride in the Abuja Metro train to mark the launch of commercial operations. National Watch Tv reported that President Tinubu inaugurated the Abuja light rail on Wednesday, May 29. President Bola Tinubu had also approved the extension of free train…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Abubakar Muhammed, Councilorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Lokoja Ward ‘D’ Councilorship position has said that he will make youth and women empowerment a priority if elected in the October 19 local government election. Muhammed, a philanthropist disclosed this in Lokoja on Friday in a remark during…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Council of Ulama’u has felicitated with Christians in the state on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration. The council in a statement in Lokoja on Tuesday also applauded the positive and sustained synergy between the Muslim and Christian faiths in the state. It said the love…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A group under the aegis of Ajaokuta Progressive Stakeholders (APS) has said that the growing popularity and performance of the member representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Sanni Egidi Abdulraheem, has unsettled his political opponents. In a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Monday,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The newly appointed Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Prof. Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, has held his maiden press briefing, issuing a strong warning to criminal elements to steer clear of the nation’s capital. Addressing journalists at the FCT Police Command Headquarters in Abuja, the Commissioner reaffirmed his…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Top politicians and dignitaries within and outside the state have eulogised Nana Fatima Bababubon, step mother of Hon. Danladi Bababubon, former member Kogi State House of Assembly, who died and was buried on Monday, 28 January. The death of the deceased was described as a great loss to the entire…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Gosakin Suites Limited has extended warm felicitations to Abdulrazak Isah Kutepa on the occasion of his 65th birthday. In a congratulatory message signed by Barrister Ebaiya Sayadi and made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Monday, the management described Kutepa as a visionary leader whose life has been marked by…
The Kogi West people, of the olden days, were well cultured, well behaved, well mannered, and their integrity could be vouched for. But can same be said about the people of today? Such positive glowing tributes cannot be said about them today, as they have lost those values, norms, ethics and decorum. They are eroded…
