By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Tragedy struck in Abugi, Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State on Sunday when armed bandits riding on a motorcycle opened fire on security operatives, killing two policemen and a passerby. The incident occurred along Abugi-Gugurugi road, when the assailants, who were reportedly heavily armed, ambushed the officers on duty….
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kabba, the headquarters of Kogi West Senatorial District, came alive over the weekend as stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) formally unveiled the party’s structure for the zone ahead of the 2027 general elections. The event, which drew supporters from all seven local government areas of the district, was…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab An attempt by operatives of the Directorate of State Security (DSS), to arrest the dethroned Amana Of Muye in Niger State, Alhaji Abdulqadir Muhammad Maigari was on Saturday resisted by youths of the community. The incident reportedly occurred in Muye on Saturday when the secret police stormed the village with…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have taken the first ride in the Abuja Metro train to mark the launch of commercial operations. National Watch Tv reported that President Tinubu inaugurated the Abuja light rail on Wednesday, May 29. President Bola Tinubu had also approved the extension of free train…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The political atmosphere within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency has become increasingly tense following the unexpected resignation of Hon. Sulaiman Baba-Ali as Leader of the party in the constituency. Hon. Baba-Ali, a respected party stalwart and the Gabi Sayadi of Lokoja, had long been considered a…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Lokoja local government area Indeginous Publishers/Bloggers (LIPB), on Tuesday, visited the Maigari of Lokoja, HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi. The LIPB’ visit to the foremost palace of the Maigari was to felicitate with him on his appointment as the new Maigari of Lokoja. In his address, Chairman of…
…. Fingers Deputy Governor for disloyalty, casting aspersions on his principal. The Kogi State Deputy Governor, Comr. Joel Salifu has been strongly advised to disassociate himself from the evil plot by some section of NUT members, trying to create ranks amongst the Union. The western bloc of the Nigeria Union Of Teachers (NUT), Kogi State…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A 24-year-old woman, Martha Koffa Amadosi, who hails from Ogori/Magongo local government area of Kogi State, has appealed to kind-hearted Nigerians to urgently come to her aid to raise N30m for a kidney transplant. Making the appeal during an encounter, with the Kogi State Chief Executive Officer of Participation Initiative For Behavioural…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Engr Yahaya Danladi Faruq, one of the Kogi State commissioner designates, says he is ready to work with Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to take the state to the next level. Faruq who is also the Gabi- Sayadi of Eggan, gave this assurance in an interview with newsmen at the sidelines…
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…
