By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab To commemorate Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s One in office, a support group, ‘Ododo Major Boys’ (OMB), has donated food items and cash to orphanages and covered the medical bills of some indigent patients at the Kogi State Specialist Hospital in Lokoja on Tuesday. Speaking, Hon. Abdulrahman Hussaini, who is the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A retired Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Manager Environment, Engr. Sulaiman Tanimu Ibrahim, on Saturday organised a special prayer session for a successful life after his retirement. The prayer session, held at his family residence in Lokoja, had in attendance top Islamic scholars in the state as well as…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Youths from Lokoja Ward D, on Saturday apprehended and severely beat a thirty-eight-year-old, Hassan Salihu, a suspected thief who was allegedly caught burgling a house in Angwan-Kura street in Lokoja local government area of Kogi State. According to National Watch Tv findings, a passerby witnessed the suspect in the act…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman As Nigerian Muslims join their counterparts worldwide to mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year, Hijrah 1447 A.H, the Kogi State branch of the Council of Ulama’u of Nigeria admonished wealthy Muslims across the state have been enjoined to share their wealth with the poor and needy, towards the economic…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A philanthropist, Mallam Mamudu Sardauna Phaila, has through his foundation, built and fully equipped a Tailoring Institute opposite Muslim Cemetery in Hangwan Kura, Lokoja to empower the less privileged children with entrepreneurial skills. Sardauna Phaila said the project at the Muslim Cemetery was aimed at skillfully empowering the less previleged…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi, has reaffirmed the traditional institution’s commitment to honouring individuals who contribute significantly to the development of the Lokoja Kingdom, Kogi State, and humanity at large. The monarch stated this on Saturday at the turbanning ceremony of Alhaji Abdulkarim Umar, as…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The new Galadima Pawa of Lokoja, Alhaji Ali Zaki Inuwa has pledged his members commitment to safe and hygienic meat for Lokoja residents in both independent butcher’s shops and counters. The newly-appointed Galadima Pawa made this known in Lokoja on Saturday shortly after he paid the Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A suspected Internet fraudster popularly call ‘Yahoo boy’ has been arrested by police operatives in Kogi State for killing a 21-year-old girl and cutting her to pieces. The police officer who never wanted his name in print because he was not authorized to speak to newsmen named the suspect as…
*** As they express appreciation By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Maikarfi IV, has appointed two prominent sons of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Muhammad Haruna and Alhaji Bama Mundi. Haruna was conferred with the chieftaincy tittle of “SANTALI OF LOKOJA while the Chairman of Danko Development Forum (DDF), Mundi was…
By Lami Ibrahim The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has announced that the first Inaugural National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting under his leadership will hold tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18, at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. Dr. Turaki made the declaration on Monday while addressing journalists…
