… As Maigari lauds Gov Ododo for prompt payment of workers salary By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab As part of activities to mark this year Eid-El Kabir, the Lokoja Traditional Title Holders Council in collaboration with Lokoja Local Government Traditional Council on Monday held Sallah Hawan Bariki/Parade Durbar Picnic. The ceremony was held at Muhammadu…
Few days ago, Governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo concluded a 5-day inspection tour of ongoing road projects and community engagement across the five local government areas of Kogi Central Senatorial District comprising Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi, Okene, and Ogori-Magogo local government area as part of his administration’s ongoing commitment to enhance equitable development across the state….
By Lami Ibrahim Five people have been confirmed dead and over 70 vehicles burnt in the tanker explosion at the Eleme section on the East-West Road in Rivers State on Friday night. An eyewitness who gave his name as Baridi said the incident followed a petrol-laden tanker which collided with a heavy-duty truck, spilling its…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, may be forced to ring some changes in the leadership and composition of the State’s Ramadan Feeding Committee. The Feeding Committee largely comprising officials from the Kano State Ministry of Special Duties and Poverty Alleviation and Religious Matters is charged with the responsibility…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Alhaji Idris Abdulrahman Sofada has emerged as the Chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP in Lokoja Local Government Area Cross for the October 2024 council election. Sofada emerged through consensus in an exercise held at Adankolo Primary School in Lokoja on Saturday. The exercise, which involved 7 aspirants,…
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…
As His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, marks his one-year anniversary as the Executive Governor of Kogi State, I, Prince Tanimu Abubakar Amorley, on behalf of the Kogi Peoples Assembly and the Arewa Youth Forum, Kogi State Chapter, celebrate his outstanding achievements and visionary leadership. In just 12 months, Governor Ododo has transformed Kogi State…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Like birds, desperate hungry women, men and children are seen struggling to pick scattered grains of beans and rice from the floor. Amid the hunger ravaging Nigeria, residents of Madara ward in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, have been captured in a video struggling for food given as…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senate on Wednesday called for stiffer punishment for violation of construction and building codes in the country in a bid to contain the growing cases of collapsed buildings. It noted that cases of professional misconduct by supposedly trained officials were on the rise, saying that such punishment must be…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab It was a gathering of ‘who is who’ in Kogi State and beyond, Saturday, at Maigari of Lokoja Palace, as dignitaries from all walks of life gathered to witness the wedding fathia of the daughter of Musa Nagidi, the Kigudu of Lokoja and retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Service. The Kigudu…
