By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The remains of Alhaji Salihu Muhammed Mairago, on Saturday morning were laid to rest at Adankolo Muslim Cemetery. The late Mairago, who was a Cheiftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi State joined his ancestors at the age of 53, early hours of today after a brief illness….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Adankolo Junction in Lokoja have called on relevant authorities to urgently evacuate the corpse of an unidentified man found lying at the busy junction since yesterday. According to a source who spoke to National Watch TV, the unidentified man reportedly arrived at the area around 12 noon on…
By Lami Ibrahim The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has delivered a landmark judgment in a suit filed by the Benikrukru Community in Warri South-west local government area and others against Chevron Nigeria Limited and other Itsekiri’s defendants. In the suit number: FHC/WR/CS/49/2024, Pa. Kwekwewei Onimiyenmene, Pastor Paul Willie, Elder David Kiriodougha, Captain…
By Lami Ibrahim The Plateau State Government has expressed sadness over a school building which collapsed in Jos, the state capital, on Friday. 17 persons have been confirmed dead and over 120 persons trapped at the Saint Academy building located in the Busa Buji community. Nationalwatch Tv reports that the school building collapsed around 8.30…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi Citizens have been called upon to come under one platform to agitate and carry out actions and programmes towards achieving transformative governance in Kogi State and Nigeria in general. The Civil Society Co-Convener, Campaign for Transformative Governance, (CFTG) Tijani Abdulkareem made the call on Saturday at a State multi-stakeholder…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab AT least 57 lives have been lost during the sharing of food and palliative items in three separate incidents that occurred in three states of the federation. The incidents happened during the sharing of food items, a regular feature at Christmas and New Year festivities. The philanthropic gestures turned awry…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The ancient city of Lokoja the Kogi State capital literally stood still on Friday as the remains of the General Manager Corporate Affairs, National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA, Alhaji Jibril Dar’dau, were buried amidst wailing and crying. The Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Lokoja, where prayers were held for…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Chairman of the 2024 Lokoja Boat Regatta festival, Barrister Nasser Ahmed has called for the sustenance of the festival in order to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youth and creation of enormous wealth for the people of Lokoja communities. Barrister Ahmed made the call on Saturday during the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A group known as Lokoja Concerned Citizens, (LCC), in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State has sent a “Save Our Soul” message to the State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo over the illegal sale of old Lokoja Water Reservoir and the surrounding plot of land to an hotelier. Speaking…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Council of Ulama’u has congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the commencement of the Islamic New Year 1448AH, urging Muslims across the state to remain steadfast in faith, unity, and prayers for peace and progress. In a press statement signed by the Secretary General of the Council, Alhaji…
