By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday. According to a statement by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesperson, Umar Abubakar, the escapees overpowered personnel on duty during the jailbreak, injuring five officers. Two of the injured officers are…
By Lami Ibrahim Concerned stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi West Senatorial District have condemned the action of the APC chairman in Kogi State, Hon. Abdullahi Bello, during the recent decampment rally in honor of former Governor Captain Idris Wada. The stakeholders alleged that Bello imported thugs to disrupt the rally,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Federated Chapel has paid a courtesy visit to the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA)Â in Lokoja, today. The Union while briefing the Managing Director/CEO of NIWA, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, who was represented by the acting Head Corporate Affairs,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Local Government branch of Kogi State Motorcycle Transport Union has passed a vote of no confidence on its chairman, Alhaji Baba Musa Aliyu a.k.a Babaguguru. The Union Executive, in a meeting held in Lokoja yesterday, resolved to sack the chairman âto save the unionââ. The executive, whose resolutions…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The youths of various groups in the ancient city of Lokoja has organized a Snooker competition at Karaworo open space for Hon. Muhammed Ibukun Bukky as reciprocation for his philanthropic gestures on Sunday. Declaring the ceremony open, Bukky  described sport as a veritable tool of forging good relationship among Nations,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Lokoja Local Government Chairmanship aspirant under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Idris Abdulrahman Sofada, has said his exploits during the 2023 governorship election gives him an edge over the other aspirants, ahead of the primaries. He stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after his screening…
A misleading report in some sections of the media concocting that an Awaiting Trial Person, Ayomide Adeleye, âis not in prison,â has come to the attention of the Nigerian Correctional Service. To set the records straight, the said inmate aged 23 years with Custody Number: S-1995/24 was remanded at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre (MSCC),…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The family of the Dan Darma of Lokoja, Barrister Naseer Ahmed, has donated a temporary office building located at Kabawa to the Karaworo Vigilante Group, in a move aimed at strengthening local security and supporting community safety efforts. The keys to the building were officially presented to the Vigilante Commander,…
By Lami Ibrahim Thousands of Maiduguri inhabitants have been displaced, with the Nigerian Correctional Service recapturing three inmates after a jailbreak, while 80 per cent of animals at the Sanda Kyarimi Park zoo died as Borno State suffered its most devastating flood disaster in 30 years, Nationalwatch Tv reports. Following the disaster, President Bola Tinubu,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was a day of joy and celebration at the country home of Engr Abubakar Bashir Gegu, Kogi State Commissioner for Solid Minerals and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as he named his newborn baby in Gegu, Kogi Local Government Area, today. The naming ceremony, which was…
