By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi State Muslim Organization, (KOSMO) has on Saturday unveiled the 1446 Islamic calendar with a call on the Federal and State Governments in Nigeria to declare Muharram 1, the first day of the Islamic Calendar year, as a public holiday. The Islamic new year calendar was unveiled by Governor Ahmed…
*** Tinubu mourns, orders probe *** Ooniâs ex-queen, six others arrested By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The police yesterday put the death toll of children during the stampede at a funfair in Ibadan on Wednesday at 35. Six critically injured participants are undergoing treatment. Also yesterday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who expressed deep sorrow over…
By Lami Ibrahim A frontline Northern group, Arewa Peoples Assembly (APA), has called for the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate plenary over the allegation of sexual harassment she levelled against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The group lampooned Akpoti-Uduaghan for what it perceived as her “unrepentant frivolities” and asked…
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 Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Family of a charity worker, Muhammed Sule who underwent a successful surgery at Shifah Hospital in Lokoja, has sent appreciation message to those who assisted in settling his hospital bills. Speaking to Nationalwatch Tv, at his Kpata-Koto, residence in Lokoja, the family said: “We would like to take this time…
By Lami Ibrahim NationalWatch TV, one of the most reliable online television platforms, has extended warm Christmas greetings to its teeming viewers across Nigeria and beyond, as Christians mark the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. In a goodwill message released on Thursday, the management of NationalWatch TV described Christmas as a season of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Karu modern market in the nationâs capital, Abuja was on Thursday evening gutted by fire. The fire incident, whose cause could not be ascertained at the moment, was said to have affected a section of the market. At the time of filing the report, firefighters who had difficulty earlier…
*** Kogi Speaker calls for religious tolerance By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab This yearâs Ramadan Tafsir organized by the Kogi State chapter of Council of Ulamaâu has been brought to a close few days to the end of the month long religion exercise. The Ramadan Tafsir was brought to an end on Thursday as believers…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to participate fully in the forthcoming local government elections in the state. The resolution was reached at an enlarged meeting of the partyâs State Executive Committee (SEC) and key stakeholders held at the party secretariat on Monday, where…
By Our Correspondent Armed bandits operating in parts of northern Nigeria have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigerian Army to halt ongoing aerial bombardments and military offensives against their camps, claiming they are ready to embrace peace. In a video and audio messages circulating on social media on Sunday, the armed men,…
