By Lami Ibrahim As the Ijaw Nation marked Boro Day on Thursday, the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), High Chief (Dr.) Dennis Otuaro, has called on Niger Delta youths to embrace peace, unity, and collective vigilance for the future of the region. Speaking at a gathering to commemorate the legacy of late Ijaw…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Secretary of the Nigeria Motorcycle Transport Union (NMTU), Umar Anas Okpahi has said there will be no imposition of candidates in the forthcoming election of Lokoja local government branch of the union. Okpahi made the declaration at the Lokoja Local Government branch of the NMTU stakeholders meeting…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A philanthropist and Abuja-based businessman, Alhaji Zakari Abubakar Ola has named his newly born baby ‘Adiza’. The naming ceremony was held on Monday at his New Layout residence in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. In his sermon, the Chief Imam of Lokoja, Sheikh Muhammad Aminu Sha’aban, admonished parents to ensure…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A tragic hit-and-run accident on Tuesday night along Rano Filling Station, Lokongoma Road, Lokoja, claimed the life of an Okada rider and left several others critically injured, after a suspected drug addict, identified as a native of Kupa in Lokoja Local Government Area, lost control of his vehicle. Eyewitnesses said…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Sunday Karimi and the Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Sulaiman Baba-Ali have paid a condolence visit to the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Usman Ododo, over the death of his father, Alhaji Ahmed Sani Ododo. The late Alhaji Ododo passed…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, attended the maiden Matriculation Ceremony of Kogi State University, Kabba held on Tuesday at the university campus in Kabba, Kogi State. According to the University authority, a total of 967 students were matriculated with 374 students from Kogi East, 290 from Kogi West, 152 from…
Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A philanthropist and Lokoja-based businessman, Hon. Munkail Dan-Asabe Abdulkadir as named his newly born baby after his late grandfather. The son was named ####Mariam Danjuma Dauda, reflecting his late grandfather. The naming ceremony took place on Wednesday at his family resident in Lokongoma, Lokoja. In an interview with Abdulkadir shortly after…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Executive Chairman, Lokoja Local Government Council, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu, has presented a budget of Seven Billion, Four Hundred and Eighty Three Million, One Hundred and Thirty Nine Thousand, Two Hundred and Ten Naira (N7,483,139,210) as the year 2025 proposed budget to the Legislative Council members on Tuesday, for consideration…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Chairman, Lokoja Local Government Area chapter of Arewa Traders Union, Mallam Iliyasu Aliyu, has extolled the Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Sunday Karimi for the mega empowerment program organized for market traders and artisans in his constituency recently. In an interview with the Chairman of the Arewa Traders Union,…
By Lami Ibrahim Supporters of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Tuesday destroyed the statue of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in the Obi Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The youths were protesting attempts by local government chairmen in the state to extend their tenure. The LG chairmen are loyal…
