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 Residents of Ayetoro Gbede Community in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State have called on those demanding the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, to stop distracting him and allow him to concentrate on his duties. The call was made during…
… 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…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab An Islamic School in Lokoja, Madarasatul Ummul Yasir, has graduated nine Qur’anic memorizers in its 2025 graduation ceremony. The event took place on Saturday at the school premises in Angwan Pawa in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The colorful occasion was graced by Islamic scholars, traditional rulers, politicians, and philanthropists….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A political commentator, Reno Omokri, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remain focused on its constitutional responsibilities and disregard pressures arising from the ongoing crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a statement, Omokri criticized a faction of the party allegedly aligned with former Senate President…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and member of the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has declared that he is not a political merchant who moves from one party to another in search of political relevance. Abejide stated that he has remained a committed member of the ADC…
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 Lami Ibrahim Nigerians, on Friday, besieged the South West zonal office of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Yaba, Lagos to purchase 25kg rice launched by the service to reduce the soaring price of food in the country. The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, flagged off the distribution of the seized…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Indigenes of Lokoja have called for the immediate redeployment of the General Manager (Administration) of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr. Abdullahi Aliyu Dabai, accusing him of aiding the Managing Director, Bola Oyebamiji, in the alleged marginalization of Lokoja indigenes within the agency. The demand was made on Monday…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There was an unprecedented crowd and jubilation at the Kogi State Secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lokoja on Wednesday as Alhaji Idris Abdulrahman Sofada picked expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the October 19 local government Chairmanship election in Lokoja LGA. The party secretariat…
