By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Kogi State Wing, on Wednesday staged an awareness walk in Lokoja to commemorate Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary and to drum support for the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At a press briefing held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Lokoja, the State…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A Frontline Chairmanship aspirant in next weekend’s Kogi State National Youth Council of Nigeria Congress NYCN, Comrade Abdurahman Abdulmumuni has promised to evolve impressive programmes that would engage the state’s youths gainfully. Abdulmumuni made the pledge while officially declaring his intention to run during a press conference in Lokoja on…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja LGA Stakeholders Forum has held a town hall meeting in Lokoja where it called for unity among indegines. The meeting which took place at Reverton Hotels, Lokoja on Saturday, has as its theme, “Chatting And Charting Ways Forward For The Sustainable Development of Lokoja LGA” and was convened…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Gabi of Lokoja, Alhaji Sulaiman Baba-Ali, today, visited the Katika of Lokoja, Alhaji Bala Salisu, over the death of his wife, Aishat Mojisola. Baba-Ali, who arrived at Salisu’s GRA residence in Lokoja at 12:30 pm., expressed sadness over the death of the traditional title holder’s wife. Nationalwatch Tv reports…
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 Lami Ibrahim The Kogi State Senior Secondary Education Board in a statement issued to Newsmen and signed by Dr. Aisha Mohammed Atojoko, KGSSEB Board Secretary, described the story alleging demand of money from teachers seeking confirmation as a figments of mischief makers. The Statement said, “if the State Government could recruit Teachers without asking…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The family and friends of Alhaji Abdulkarim Umar, on Friday paid an appreciation visit to the Maigari of Lokoja, Dr Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi, over the appointment of Umar as the new Garkuwan Matasan Lokoja. The delegation, which was led by the Hakimi of Ward ‘E’, Yahaya Abdukadir, was…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Tears and tributes flowed freely as the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja was laid to rest in Abuja on Friday, November 15. The burial took place at the National Cemetery in the nation’s capital marking an end to two days of funeral rites that began…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, concluded the hearing of the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, to challenge the victory of Governor Usman Ododo, who was declared the winner of the keenly contested November 2023…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Residents of Koton-Karfe in Kogi Local Government Area have expressed discontent over the way Shaibu Abdullahi Alkowel, former legislative aide to late Buba Jibril handle the uncomplited Ultra Modern General Hospital in Koto since the death of his boss six years ago. They alleged that Abdullahi who has personalized the…
