By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sunday Karimi, has extended goodwill and support to Muslim and Christian faithful in Ogori-Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State, urging them to continue supporting the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a message conveyed through leaders of the Muslim and Christian communities, the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The family of the late Alhaji Isah Maliki Ndambabo on Sunday held an 8-day Fidau prayer in his honour at Cantonment Street, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The solemn event, led by the Chief Imam of Lokoja, Sheikh Muhammad Aminu Sha’aban, brought together family members, friends, Islamic clerics, traditional rulers,…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Prominent Lokoja indegines and other notable Nigerians eulogised late Muhammed Kabir Yusuf Olarewaju at the 8-Day Fidau Prayer held at his family residence in Angwuan-Kura, Lokoja, today. At the Fidau (prayer for the deceased) Sheikh Abubakar Adamu, the Chief Imam of Angwuan-Kura Jamata Mosque called on politicians in the state…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward ‘E’, Lokoja, have again appealed to party leaders to zone the Lokoja I State Constituency House of Assembly seat to the ward ahead of the next election. The appeal was made on Monday during a well-attended press conference held at Sarkin-Noma…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Central Anniversary Planning Committee of the Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi on Sunday, unveiled the activities lined up for his one year anniversary scheduled to commence tomorrow. The committee at a press conference held in Lokoja said the 6-day events will kickstart on Monday, 6th January…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There were emotional scenes in Abuja on Sunday as the remains of Captain Umar Aliyu, a Nigerian Army officer killed in Plateau State, were laid to rest amid tears and prayers from family members, colleagues and sympathisers. The funeral prayer (Jana’iza) was led by Sheikh Shehu Ahmad Galadanchi, the Murshid…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Obasanjo Square and NTA Roundabouts, Lokoja designated as the venues of Thursday’s hardship protest was empty as at the time of filing this report. There were no protesters in and around the venue except security operatives who were deployed there to maintain law and order. Also, the residents of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Engr. Yahaya MD Farouk has assured Kogites that the current administration, under the leadership of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and his Ministry are not sleeping over the scarcity of portable water in Lokoja and its environs. The Commissioner disclosed that the governor, had…
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By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A coalition of stakeholders, youth groups, and community leaders under the aegis of the Dekina/Bassa Progressive Forum has declared its total support for Engr. Nda Usman Muhammed, Executive Director of the Kogi State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (KOSOPADEC) and the Galadima of Bassa Nge, describing him as the best…
