By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Some youths in Rivers State have warned Governor Siminalayi Fubara against recalling the commissioners that resigned from his administration. They also warned the governor against re-presenting the 2024 budget to the House of Assembly. The youths, who protested in large numbers in Port Harcourt on Friday, said they will occupy…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The remains of late president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, have been buried in his home city of Mashhad. Raisi was laid to rest in the holy shrine of Imam Reza, a revered figure in Shia Islam on Thursday. The burial of the 63-year-old hard-line cleric was witnessed by a large…
By Lami Ibrahim Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos from Abuja for the Christmas holiday. Tinubu arrived the Lagos Airport on Thursday afternoon where he was received by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and members of the Lagos State Cabinet. The president then departed the airport for Bourndillon in…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Muhammed Sule, a charity worker who usually patch Lokoja township roads, has sent a passionate appeal to Nigerians for financial assistance to enable him settle hospital bill. Making the appeal during an encounter, with Nationalwatch Tv and MOHAB Peoples Care Foundation, at his Kpata-Koto residence in Lokoja, on Wednesday, Sule said he started bedridden…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The remains of the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland on Friday afternoon were laid to rest at his Aliwo ancestral family home. The late monarch, who reigned for two years, joined his ancestors at the age of 81 on Thursday night at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, after a brief illness. The…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Ohimegye Igu of Koton-Karfe and Chairman, Lokoja/Kogi Local Government Areas Traditional Council, Alhaji (Dr.) Saidu Akawu Salihu, has turbaned twenty five indigenes of the Emirate, charging them to be good ambassadors wherever they are. The monarch who stated this at his palace in Koton-Karfe during the turbaning of the…
By Lami Ibrahim Security agents in Katsina State have intercepted a large supply of ammunition intended for terrorists in Katsina state. The operation, carried out over the weekend, resulted in the apprehension of Aisha Abubakar, who was identified as the transporter. The arrest came following heightened vigilance by security personnel at a checkpoint in Katsina…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Senator Sunday Steve Karimi has kick-started the process of distributing One Hundred Thousand Naira each to 1,000 deserving Students from the Senatorial District in Tertiary Institutions across the Country. This is as the Students’ Bodies have…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Dozens of shops and property worth millions of naira were destroyed on Thursday morning as fire razed the Lokoja GSM market. According to eye witness, the fire started at about 3:30 am and lasted for several hours before it was extinguished by some youths and members of the community. The…
By Lami Ibrahim The Kogi State Senior Secondary Education Board in a statement issued to Newsmen and signed by Dr. Aisha Mohammed Atojoko, KGSSEB Board Secretary, described the story alleging demand of money from teachers seeking confirmation as a figments of mischief makers. The Statement said, “if the State Government could recruit Teachers without asking…
