By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Policemen deployed in the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RISIEC) have been chased away by crowd of persons around the facility ahead of the controversial local government elections billed for Saturday. It was not certain who sent the police detachment to the facility around 1am on Friday since the police said…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Joint security agencies, under the leadership of the Kano Police Commissioner, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, have said they will obey the court order issued by a Federal High Court stopping the Kano State government from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. The Police Commissioner, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, alongside other top security officers…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab An Islamic organisation under the aegis of Sisters of Jannah, Lokoja Zone (LSOJ), has called on Muslims across the country to use the period of Hijra, migration of Holy Prophet to Medina, to reflect on their past and amend their ways in order to enjoy the blessing of God Almighty….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab About 25 indigent Pupils and Students of primary and secondary schools in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital have been offered scholarship by Angwan Pawa Progressive Youth Forum (APPYF). Speaking during a ceremony to unveil the first batch of 25 recipients, at Anwan Pawa in Lokoja on Sunday, the President of…
An elder statesman from Kogi West Senatorial District, and a political leader in the North Central of Nigeria, HE Chief Richard Asaje has suggested that the immediate past governor of Kogi State should be the next APC party National Chairman. Chief Asaje in a statement he personally signed, stated that Yahaya Bello was eminently qualified…
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By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja Forum of Patriots (LFP), is set to host the fifth edition of Lokoja Boat Regatta. The festival, which commenced in 2017, has become an annual event, during which communities showcases their cultural endowments to the outside world. The LFP Chairman, Alhaji Idris Baba’Ango, disclosed this at a stakeholders…
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) 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,…
… As Kogi Water Resources Commissioner Organises stakeholders engagement By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Angwan Tiv and other communities in and around New layout area of Lokoja LGA, have collectively made a commitment to work towards owning and ensuring the protection of Water facilities located in the area. This is as the Commissioner…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A group known as Lokoja Concerned Citizens, (LCC), in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State has sent a “Save Our Soul” message to the State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo over the illegal sale of old Lokoja Water Reservoir and the surrounding plot of land to an hotelier. Speaking…
