By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Worried by the growing high cost of food items and other commodities in Nigeria, the Lokoja chapter of the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisation, (NACOMYO), has held a summit to address the issue. At the 3rd Islamic Summit held on Sunday at Majesty International College Lokongoma, Lokoja, Chairman of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi, has commemorated his one year on the throne with a prayer session dedicated to the peace and unity of the nation. The occasion also included the distribution of food items to the less preveleged, during which prayers were offered for the…
By Lami Ibrahim Suspected political thugs on Wednesday attacked and destroyed the Secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Eyewitnesses told reporters that the hoodlums stormed the Secretariat in the early hours, vandalizing offices, scattering documents, and destroying furniture and party materials. They were said to have…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Hon. Sulaiman Baba-Ali, Vice Chairman of the Kogi Progressive Stakeholders Forum (KPSF) and the Gabi Sayadi of Lokoja, reaffirmed the forum’s unwavering support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second-term bid. The crucial meeting of the Kogi Progressive Stakeholders Forum was held on Wednesday at Reveton Hotel, Lokoja, bringing together key…
By Muhammad Sanni It was heroic homecoming for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), governorship candidate in the Kogi State November 11 gubernatorial election, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, as thousands of sons and daughters of Igalaland trooped out to welcome him and express gratitude for his struggles during and after the election. In what they described as a…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The ancient city of Lokoja the Kogi State capital stood still on Friday as high-profile personalities stormed the city for the wedding ceremony of the Lokoja local government area chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maikudi Bature younger brother, Gimba Bature. The event, conducted at Kabawa residence of Alhaji…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A socio-cultural group under the auspices of the Ebira Avaibe Youth Association Lokoja branch, has called on the national body of Egbira Peoples Association (EPA) to wade into the crisis that has bedeviled EPA Lokoja branch before it collapse the association. The president of the group, Comrade Ayodeji Ubaida who…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Abutu Yaro (rtd), has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as bold, people-oriented reforms, declaring support for the President’s second-term aspiration. AIG Yaro made the remarks in an interview with newsmen shortly after the inaugural meeting of the Kogi Progressive…
Esteem members of the Like Minds Alliance Pressure Group, Kogi State chapter has again lauded the judiciary judgement on FGYB bail grant at FCT High Court in Martama, Abuja today 19/12/2024. The trial judge, Justice Maryanni Anenih’s ruling on Thursday granted the bail application for Bello’s bail. However, this development comes a week after Bello…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A near physical confrontation between the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, and the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development was averted on Wednesday at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, where the minister appeared to clarify the controversy surrounding the alleged diversion of N1.5bn, meant for…
